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"Let them prefer nothing whatever to Christ.
And may He bring us all together to everlasting life!"
Rule of Benedict, ch. 72

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The Rule of Saint Benedict:

Today's reading; readings by date(s) or by chapters.

Bibliography, Latin text, and translations in Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

General Information and Monastic Topics:

Saint Benedict, Saint Scholastica, Medal of St. Benedict, The Benedictines

Bibliographies, elections, Gregory's Dialogs, Bk. II, Lectio Divina, liturgy, monastic topics, monastica/benedictina miscellanea

American Benedictine Formation Conference | American-Cassinese Congregation | Benedictines for Peace | Swiss American Congregation

Oblates of Saint Benedict:

Oblates are men and women living in the world according to the spirit of Saint Benedict (480-547 AD) Oblates are always affiliated with a particular monastery. The Oblates affiliated with Saint John's Abbey publish The Oblate. The cordial exchanges of The Oblate Forum highlight ecumenical congruence. The website for the International Benedictine Oblates documents the quadrennial congresses.

Geographic Database:

Search Form * Benedictine Retreat Houses * OSB Atlas (Roma)

Academic Institutions, Publishers and Studies:

Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, Roma; American Benedictine Academy, the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities (ABCU), bibliographies, Intl Commission on Benedictine Education (ICBE database of schools), the Monastic Liturgy Forum, monastic studies and institutions

The American Benedictine Review, The American Monastic Newsletter, ABA Monastic Researchers' Newsletter, and other periodicals.

International Institutions:

The Abbot Primate | Atlas OSB (index of monasteries) | Pont. Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, Roma

Confederazio Benedictina (Roma) | Benedictine Congregations (USA) | Lex Propria (Proper Law of the Benedictine Confederation of Monastic Congregations)

AIM-USA (Erie, PA) and Alliance InterMonastères (multilingual)

Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB; women's communities)

International Benedictine Oblates

Monastic Interreligious Dialog (DIM-MID) | MID USA

Bede Griffiths Assoc. | Monastic Worship Forum

Prayer Requests:

Abbey of Saint Walburga + Assumption Abbey Web of Prayer + Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration + Ferdinand Benedictines + Mount St. Scholastica + Portsmouth Abbey + Saint Walburg Abbey

Mass Stipends (Aliance for International Monasticism)

Other Institutions (not OSB Confederation)

Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona, The Carthusians, The Cistercians and Trappists.

Anglican Benedictines and Friends of St. Benedict; and others.

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