Missionarios Claretianos Ribeirão Preto

What Missionarios Claretianos Ribeirão Preto does

Missionarios Claretianos Ribeirão Preto operates as Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional, the vocational ministry arm of the Missionários Claretianos (Claretian Missionaries) order in Brazil. The organization has maintained a continuous missionary presence in the country since 1895, currently structured around two regional vocational animators — Pe. Fagner Geraldo Almeida Pereira (CMF) covering the São Paulo sector from Ribeirão Preto, and Pe. Ricardo Alexandre Alves de Albuquerque (CMF) covering the Minas Gerais sector from Campinas — with additional formation activity hosted at Claretiano Centro Universitário de Batatais. Its functional mission is vocational discernment, priestly and religious formation, youth pastoral care (COJU), and the Santas Missões Populares outreach to Brazilian parishes and underserved communities. The organization also coordinates the COMISE (Conselho Missionário de Seminaristas) network of seminarian multipliers across formation houses.

The core product surface is the serclaretiano.com.br website, which serves as the central content and pastoral information portal for the Claretian community in Brazil. The platform delivers daily liturgy readings (Liturgia Diária), daily saint profiles (Santo do Dia), vocational discernment pathways (Caminho Vocacional / Passos para o Discernimento Vocacional), youth ministry content (Juventude Claretiana / COJU), multimedia galleries, news, and a contact directory. Content is supplied internally and through partnerships with Agência Arcanjo and ACI Digital for news, saint biographies, and Church coverage. There is no public API, no SDK, no third-party integrations, no mobile app, and no proprietary software components; the technology stack is described as not applicable, as the organization is a religious congregation rather than a software or technology entity. Notable programmatic assets include the annual Claret Fest youth festival, online roundtables on vocation themes, and a commemorative 125-year milestone campaign.

The business model is ecclesiastical non-profit. Vocational ministry services are provided free of charge to the public; the source data explicitly states no commercial pricing applies and revenue is not publicly disclosed. The entity operates under the governance of the Missionários Claretianos parent order and is sustained through congregational support rather than commercial revenue. There are no funding rounds, no investor disclosures, and no monetization of digital content. Customer segments are diversified across Catholic youth discerning vocations, seminarians in Claretian formation, parishes and dioceses receiving missionary outreach, and the broader Catholic community in Brazil, served across São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Alagoas.

Name

Missionarios Claretianos Ribeirão Preto

Legal name

Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional

Website

https://serclaretiano.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional is the vocational ministry arm of the Missionários Claretianos (Claretian Missionaries) in Brazil, providing free Catholic vocational discernment, youth pastoral care, and missionary formation across São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Alagoas through a central content portal and regional animator network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Pastoral Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Catholic vocational ministry
• Religious formation programs
• Youth pastoral care
• Missionary outreach services
• Vocational discernment

Headquarters

HQ city

Campinas

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Missionarios Claretianos Ribeirão Preto operates the Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional, a Catholic vocational ministry program within the Missionários Claretianos (Claretian Missionaries) congregation. The organization delivers vocational discernment, youth pastoral care, and missionary formation services free of charge to individuals, Catholic parishes, and communities across Brazil. Core activities include one-on-one vocational accompaniment by ordained priests (vocational animators), the annual Claret Fest youth festival, Santas Missões Populares community evangelization, and the COMISE missionary formation council for seminarians, all supported by a content portal (serclaretiano.com.br) publishing daily liturgy, saint profiles, and pastoral resources.

Product overview

Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional is a Catholic vocational ministry website operated by the Missionários Claretianos (Claretian Missionaries) for their Brazilian Province. The organization offers a unified web-based platform delivering spiritual content and pastoral resources, including daily liturgy readings (Liturgia Diária), daily saint profiles (Santo do Dia), vocational discernment pathways (Vocação Claretiana), youth ministry (Juventude Claretiana), multimedia galleries, news, and contact information. The website functions as a content portal rather than a software product — there are no AI capabilities, public APIs, integrations with third-party platforms, or software product modules. All offerings are informational and pastoral in nature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vocação Claretiana - Caminho Vocacional (Claretian Vocational Path) Structured vocational discernment service offered by the Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional to young Catholics discerning priestly, religious, or consecrated life within the Claretian missionary charism. Includes steps for discernment and information about religious life, delivered through regional vocational animators (Padres CMF) and supporting online resources.
• Claret Fest (Festival da Juventude Claretiana) Annual large-scale youth festival organized by the Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional for young members of the Catholic community, featuring Christian art competitions (theater, dance, slam, music, photography) and formation activities. The 2019 edition gathered more than 250 young attendees. Held in partnership with Claretiano Centro Universitário de Batatais.
• Santas Missões Populares (Popular Missions) Community evangelization initiative organized by the Claretianos Pastoral Vocacional, delivering Popular Mission outreach activities across Brazilian parishes and cities to support missionary formation and community renewal.
• COMISE (Conselho Missionário de Seminaristas) Missionary formation program for seminarians within the Claretian Province of Brazil, coordinated by COMISE and supported by Pontifícias Obras Missionárias. The program trains seminary students to serve as multipliers for missionary activities in various formation houses.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pontifícias Obras MissionáriascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 February 2022Pontifícias Obras Missionárias (Pontifical Mission Works) collaborates with the Claretian Province of Brazil for missionary formation and COMISE activities. The organization provides support for missionary outreach and formation of seminary students.
• Claretiano - Centro Universitário de BatataiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2020The Claretiano Centro Universitário de Batatais partners with the Pastoral Vocacional for joint activities including online roundtables on vocation themes. The university serves as the venue for the annual Claret Fest event and provides academic expertise for formation programs.
• Agencia ArcanjominorOthersAgencia Arcanjo provides news content and imagery for the serclaretiano.com.br website, including saint profiles, liturgical content, and religious news articles.
• ACI DigitalminorOthersACI Digital is referenced as a source for saint biographies and religious content published on the website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Paulinas – Pia Sociedade de São Paulo (Brasil): Catholic religious congregation in Brazil focused on communication, formation, and evangelization through multimedia. Directly comparable as a faith-based organization combining pastoral ministry with publishing and digital content distribution.
• Comunidade Canção Nova: Brazilian Catholic community with strong multimedia (TV, radio, web) evangelization and youth formation programs. Directly comparable as a Catholic organization in Brazil combining pastoral ministry with large-scale digital content distribution and youth events.
• Congregação do Verbo Divino – Distrito do Brasil: Catholic missionary congregation active in Brazil with vocational ministry and formation programs. Comparable as another religious order running vocational discernment and youth pastoral work across Brazilian states.
• Comunidade Shalom: Brazilian Catholic community focused on evangelization, vocations, and youth ministry with a strong presence across multiple Brazilian states. Comparable as a missionary Catholic organization running vocational discernment and youth outreach programs.
• Salesianos de Dom Bosco (Salesian Province of São Paulo): Catholic religious order in Brazil dedicated to youth education and vocational formation. Comparable as a missionary congregation operating youth ministry, formation houses, and schools across Brazilian states.

Broad incumbents

• Companhia de Jesus (Jesuits) – Brazil: Global Catholic religious order with extensive operations in Brazil including universities, parishes, and formation programs. Comparable as a larger Catholic missionary organization operating vocational and youth formation in the same geography.
• Ordem Franciscana Secular do Brasil: Brazilian Franciscan organization running formation, evangelization, and community programs. Comparable as another historic Catholic religious order with vocational and pastoral activities in Brazil.

Emerging players

• Comunidade Católica Colo de Deus: Brazilian Catholic community with focus on youth and family evangelization. Comparable as a newer Catholic movement targeting similar youth demographics with events and digital content in Brazil.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/missionariosclaretianos
• Instagraminstagram.com/serclaretiano
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/missionarios-claretianos-ribeir%C3%A3o-preto

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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