Of my own free choice, I _____, ...for the sake of the Kingdom of God, do solemnly promise and swear before God to dedicate myself for my whole life to the missionary apostolate in the rural areas and small towns of the United States and to the Glenmary way of life.... 

I am aware that the Glenmary way of life commits me to a special practice of poverty, chastity, obedience and prayer. Thus bound in a covenant with the other members in the Glenmary community, I ask for their support and loyalty and pledge to them my own.