Crespi Carmelite Vocations

Your Journey Starts Here

We prepare young men to take ownership of their education by encouraging their intellectual curiosity. With accessible resources and support, Crespi students develop a self-advocacy that ensures success in college. Learn what steps need to be taken to earn admittance to Crespi Carmelite High School. Let our Admissions Office assist you in your journey with all of your application and registration needs.

Cultivating 21st Century Learners

We understand how boys develop into young men. Through smaller class sizes, research-based best practices, and the latest technological tools, we create an environment that cultivates 21st century learning. A collaborative spirit permeates the academic fabric of the school. With the support of our learning community, these young men are ready to face academic challenges with greater depth. Through struggle and hard work, our young men are able to gain strong self-efficacy.

Crespi Athletics Home

Our Carmelite philosophy focuses on the development of the whole person. Competitive athletics, properly conceived and executed, are an integral part of the overall educational experience of the Crespi student. The successful athlete must have a strong will - the will to win, the will to persevere despite discouragement and seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and the will to discipline himself for his own good and that of the team.

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Men of Character

There is a special bond that binds all members of the Crespi Family: it is through brotherhood that young men come to understand the value of community. We are all called to strive for fairness and honesty in our dealings with others, to hold ourselves to high moral standards, to treat everyone with respect, and strive for excellence in everything we do as Celts. At Crespi, we strive to develop students that are men of character and, together with these young men, to create a school we can all be proud of and serve as a model for others.

Guiding Through Tradition

In the spirit of the Gospel and the Carmelite Tradition, Crespi engages the student in three interlocking dimensions: Community, Service, and Prayer. We continue to build a community that listens and bears witness to the divine plan through the promotion of justice in the service of the whole person. Under the guidance of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Carmelite schools are places of prayer and contemplation, committed to living the gospel of social justice through our daily actions and interactions with the wider community.

A Variety of Religious Orders

Carmelites

Much has developed and changed in the 800-year life of the Carmelite brotherhood, but the common thread that has always distinguished the Carmelite way is that their lives are defined by prayer, community and apostolic works. It’s a balanced way of life that leads you closer to Christ while in service to His Church.

Carmelite Vocations Office
(773) 322-1222
www.carmelites.net
Diocesan

Assigned to parishes throughout a particular diocese. They do all types of ministry from visiting the sick and homebound, to working with schools, families, and kids. They are in charge of a parish and all the activities that happen with the parish.

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Vocations Office
(213) 637-7248
www.lavocations.org
Capuchin Franciscans

The Capuchin Franciscans follow St. Francis of Assisi as brothers, living the Gospel in prayer, fraternity, and ministry.

Through contemplative prayer, they witness to Jesus Christ, Mary, the Blessed Mother, and the Church as a joyful presence of hope and salvation to all—especially those most in need. Their worldwide brotherhood spans 101 countries, with 11,000 religious living in more than 1,800 communities. Their work includes ministries in parishes, schools, hospital and prison chaplaincies, retreat houses and historic missions.

Capuchin Franciscan Friars Vocations Office
(805) 686-4127
www.beafriar.com
Dominicans

The Dominicans, or Order of Preachers, live lives built upon the Four Pillars of the Order: Common life, Prayer, Study, Preaching. The first three pillars direct the friar toward his own sanctification and to the glory of God. They impel the friar to preach the Gospel to his neighbor.

Dominican Vocations Office
(415) 674-0468
vocations@opwest.org
www.opwest.org
Franciscans

As part of their calling as brothers — both to each other and to all of creation — they reflect upon:
+Their commitment to experience God, and to listen to brothers and sisters who will share their own experiences of Gospel amid today’s world.
+Their commitment to respect all persons in our multicultural society, with the courage to stand together against the corrosive elements of violence and hatred.
+Their commitment to prayer, both communal and individual, and to a life of simplicity and solidarity with the poor.

Franciscan Friars Vocations Office
(408) 903-3422
vocations@sbfranciscans.org
www.sbfranciscans.org
Holy Cross

This family is the Congregation of Holy Cross, founded by Basil Anthony Moreau. They are a religious congregation composed of two distinct societies of religious, one of priests and one of brothers, bound together in one indivisible brotherhood. They are called to be a sign and witness of hope to all people.

Holy Cross Vocations Office:
(574) 631-6196
www.holycrossusa.org
Jesuit

With close to 17,000-plus priests and brothers worldwide, they are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church. Jesuits work together in a wide variety of ministries: as teachers and pastors, retreat directors and missionaries. Many work in direct service to the poor. They live in communities that are centered on the Eucharist and, faithful to the vision of our founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, seek to “find God in all things.”

Jesuit Vocations Office:
(408) 884-1614
vocations@calprov.org
www.jesuitscalifornia.org
Salesian

St. John Bosco began his ministry to youth in 1841. Today the Salesians continue that ministry for young people in schools, parishes and youth centers throughout the world.

Salesian Vocations Office
(626) 280-2574
info@salesianvocation.org
www.salesianvocation.org