Factors Influencing Vocation To Brotherhood In Holy Cross Congregation District Of East Africa
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2021-01
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
The general objective of the study is to assess the factors influencing the rate of vocation to
be a brother in Holy Cross Congregation in East Africa. The objectives that guided the study
are; to explore how social status influence vocation to be a brother; to examine how the factor
of being a clerical congregation may be influencing vocation to a brother;to determine how
the need for professional career satisfaction influences vocation to be a brother, to investigate
how different motivations influences vocation to be a brother and to identify possible ways
of responding to challenges of vocation to be a brother in Holy Cross Congregation in East
Africa. The study anchored on the Maslow hierarchy of needs theory and the Model of the
Congregation of Holy Cross Charism.The study used convergent parallel approach to the
mixed methods research design. The target population in this study is107 and used Total
Population Sampling to study the 107 respondents. The study usedinterview guide and selfadministered questionnaire for data collection. The quantitative data will be coded and
analyzed systematically and presented using figure, percentages and chats. The qualitative
data was analyzed according to the emerging themes and the results of both the quantitative
and qualitative findings were compared to draw out their significance for the study. The study
established that social status, lack of awareness and perception that clerical vocation is more
prestigious and glamorous than that of brotherhood are some of the factors affecting reduced
vocations in brotherhood. The study recommends the need for a rigorous promotion of
brotherhood vocations, training of brothers as professionals, uplift the status of brothers and
put in place proper discernment of vocations to reduce the high rate of brothers’ turnover.
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Vocation, Brotherhood, Holy Cross Congregation, Brothers in a Clerical Congregation, Motivation on Vocation to Brotherhood, Career Satisfaction on Vocation to Brotherhood