Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing

The men community started at Reichenbach, but the site was too remote, and in 1887 the community moved to St. Ottilien Abbey in...

Birth and Early education Josef Amrhein was born on February 844 at Gunzwil/Beromunster, Canton Lucerne in Switzerland. He was unusually...

Lectio Divina This method of prayer goes back to the early monastic tradition. There were not bibles for everyone and not everyone knew...

After almost 1500 years of monastic tradition, the Rule of St. Benedict is still observed and followed by many monasteries and convents...

Seeking God · Sollicitudo sit si revera Deum quaerit. R.B. 58,7 · Christo omnino nihil praeponant.R.B. 72,11 · Ut in omnibus glorificetur...

Early Life — Norcia Saint Benedict was born at Norcia around 480 AD. That historical time frame, a mere four years before the Western...