If you find that monastic life is attractive to you and are interested in the possibility of becoming a monk, please fill out the form below.  It can be printed and mailed to our address, or you can simply copy the text, fill in the blanks and email it to us. This form is not an application to join our order, it is a way of helping us get the information that we need to begin the process of applying to become a candidate of our community.
 

Name (with middle initial) ____________________________________________________________
Date of birth__________________
Name of parents (living or deceased)_____________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________________
Email address (if you have one)_____________________________________
Parish you are a member of_____________________________________________________________
Number of years as a Catholic (fill in only if you are a convert)______________
Previous demonination (converts only)_________________________________
Level of education (e.g. high school diploma, college undergraduate, etc.)________________________
Place of employment (if any)_________________________________________

If you are mailing this form to us, please attach on a separate sheet of paper a brief description of yourself and why our monastic community interests you.  If you are emailing this form to us, copy the text (by using the left mouse button) and type in the information requested, then send it to Fr. Damien Gjonaj.

Our postal address is:

Fr. Damien Gjonaj
St. Benedict Monastery
2711 E. Drahner Rd.
Oxford, MI 48370