Today in the Divine Liturgy, I prayed almost constantly for the people of Norcia, especially the monks. Like countless people around the world today who have been touched by the ministry and witness ...

Rome, Italy - The Benedictine Confederation today launches the first phase of its Jubilee website, inviting visitors around ...

One of the key aspects of Benedictine spirituality is “stability.” The Mennonite scholar Gerald Schlabach has written about what this means. Excerpt: Benedict’s rule requires a “vow of stability” — ...

Benedict’s monks and nuns take vows of obedience, stability and conversion of life. Obedience helps to break a person’s selfish will and makes us open to respond with alacrity to the will of God.

During the six weeks of Lent I have been blogging about the six aspects of the Benedictine life. First we considered the three vows of obedience, stability and conversion of life. Now, for the second ...