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The Legacy of St. Benedict

Saint Benedict and his twin sister Scholastica were born in 480. In times not unlike our own, groups struggled for power and were at odds with each other. The feeling of alienation and inability to change things prevailed. Benedict offered an alternative: a community of faith to bond rich and poor, educated and ignorant, young and old--where people could be a family, work together and seek God through prayer and ministry--where the love of Christ would be preferred to all else.

Fifteen hundred years have time-tested Benedict's vision and have brought countless ordinary people to holiness. Today those who live in a community under the Rule of Benedict share his vision and continue to experience and respond to the transforming presence of God.

In Benedictine Christian community all sorts of persons come together in a noncompetitive, nonviolent society to share gifts and decision making, to support and encourage, to give service for the common good. Community is a gift of God and a task. Each member strives to be open to the Spirit who makes us into a community of love by remembering we are Christ's. We spend time and energy to nurture and build community among ourselves. We plant the spirit of community wherever we may serve -- in the classroom, in the parish, in the local Church and society.

Today is a time not unlike that of Benedict and his twin sister, Scholastica who were born in 480. There are still power struggles, violence, mistrust, alienation and hopelessness. We live out Benedict's vision ; we offer the alternative of a faith community where people can be a family, work together and seek God through prayer and ministry--where the love of Christ is preferred to all else.

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