The monastic life of the Fraternity of Jesus builds on past monastic experiences, blending old and new, in order to create a new style of monasticism for the modern world.

The main aim of the community is to witness that God is the only true necessity in life, being the origin and everlasting source of every activity. This contemplative aspect of the community's life forms the basis for an active dimension: evangelisation and taking care of those who are suffering. Evangelisation is focussed on young people searching for a more authentic way of living out their Christian vocation. Taking care of those who are suffering provides the chance to share the Gospel message with those who are suffering exclusion and immarginalisation.

The Fraternity of Jesus is a monastic community responding to the signs of the times, open on the world and ready to take a risk to share the hopes and fears of those living in today's society. The monastery is like the beating heart of a much wider community united in the love of God. This puts at the service of the church and all those of good-will (both believers and non-believers) a spiritual centre witnessing to the primacy of God and the transforming power of those living and working together in peace.

The monastic community aspires to witness that it is possible to live out the Gospel - that the Good News can be realised through practical choices and projects providing both spiritual and material benefits. This provides a positive and effective environment in which both spirituality and manual work nurture the life of the wider community - a peaceful environment where people are respected and the beauty of God's creation is protected.

God willing, a new generation of monks and nuns will inhabit:

• Monasteries, modelled upon the Holy Family of Nazareth, where it is possible to experience the love of God.

• Monasteries keeping alight the living Word of the Gospel - the gestures and words of Jesus of Nazareth.

• Monasteries realising a harmony of action and contemplation - opus Dei (one's life of prayer and relationship with God) and opus caritatis (one's life of charity towards others).

• Monasteries gathering together people of different nationalities, races and cultures united in the belief that the Gospel is not a 'Utopia' but the Good News, which can be realised through practical choices and projects.

• Monasteries where "nothing is placed before the love of Christ" (the dream of St. Benedict).

• Monasteries providing a living witness to the timeless values of the Gospel: authors of a new evangelisation in Italy and Europe.