He lives in a solitude that can be both desert and cross. The poverty that flows from the vow of chastity completes and fulfills his life but it comes at a great cost. Familiarity with God and friendship with Christ grow with a life of prayer. Community life supports a life lived in the denial of wife and children. Thus, apostolic chastity cannot be lived in a life withdrawn from others.
Communities ought to be hospitable while at the same time observing a certain privacy.
The life of ministry strengthens our attachment to the Lord. This attachment is the source of chastity. Chastity is our way of relating to others. It is important that those in ministries such as spiritual direction, counseling or therapy keep appropriate professional boundaries. Cultural differences require sensitivity on the part of Jesuits.