Vocations "Be it unto me according to Your Word"
Before reading the materials below, please read the
letter from the Community..
There are three vocational paths in the Companions of St. Luke ~ OSB. Associate Associates of St. Benedict are single and married, men and women, who desire a richer and fuller Christian experience through an association with a Benedictine Community. (read more).
Oblate
Oblates of St. Benedict are Christian individuals or families who have chosen to associate themselves with a Benedictine Community in order to enrich their Christian way of life. Oblates incorporate the principles of St. Benedict, whose spiritual wisdom is derived from the Gospels, into their lives. Oblates seek God by searching for the perfection that he has set before us in Christ Jesus. By integrating their prayer and work, Oblates open themselves to and reveal Christ’s presence among us. (read more). Vowed Life From the earliest days of the Church, individuals have been compelled by the calling of the Holy Spirit to consecrate themselves to God in a vowed life. As early as the third century, men, and later women, answered that call and bound themselves to a particular community and to a way of life that is now known as monastic. .(read more). Formation"Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore, the community members should have specified periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading"
-The Rule of Saint Benedict
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