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	Saint Benedict's Catholic Church - Broken Arrow, OK - Our Patron Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Benedict soon realized that Florentius’ attacks were meant for him personally, so to spare his brethren he retreated to Monte Cassino, a place which had been given to him by the grateful parents of one of his students at a Benedictine school.
		Benedict’s symbols are a flbird, a broken sieve, a rose bush, a scourge, a dove, a globe of fire, or a luminous stairway ascending into heaven.
		Benedict picked up the monastic tradition and even copied from its documents (as was customary at the time); but he also corrected and altered the tradition in significant ways.
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	Amazon.com: "Order of Saint Benedict": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		2005 by the Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota.
		2004 by the Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota.
		2003 by The Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota.
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	Order of Saint Benedict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy established by Saint Benedict of Nursia ca 529 was the first of the Benedictine monasteries.
		The "Order of St Benedict" is fundamentally different from other Western religious orders: there is no legal entity called the "Order of St Benedict", run on similar lines with other Roman Catholic religious orders with their Generalates and Superiors General.
		Within the Order of Saint Benedict, other religious that use the Rule of Saint Benedict and are generally considered to be of the Benedictine tradition are the Cistercians, Bernardines, and Benedictine Sisters of Grace and Compassion, although these are not part of the Benedictine Confederation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_Saint_Benedict (1096 words)

	Saint Leo University \| Alumni & Friends
		Saint Leo College was established in 1889 as the first Catholic college in Florida by the Order of Saint Benedict of Florida.
		Saint Leo College Preparatory School came into being in 1920, growing out of Saint Leo College - established by the Order of Saint Benedict of Florida in 1889 - and was accredited by the Southern Educational Association in 1921.
		Saint Leo is the sixth-largest provider of higher education to military-related personnel in the United States and has a total enrollment of more than 9,000 students: 1,000 on the Saint Leo, FL campus and over 8,000 at regional centers on military bases and community colleges and through the Center for Online Learning.
	info.saintleo.edu /alumni/history.html (734 words)

	Saint Anselm College - Academics - Faculty Senate - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Saint Anselm College challenges its students to engage in the fullest experience of a liberal arts education--to free themselves from the strictures of ignorance, illiteracy and indecision and to dedicate themselves to an active and enthusiastic pursuit of truth.
		Nominations are presented to the Governing Board of the Order of Saint Benedict of New Hampshire by a nominating committee composed of the President of the College and two members selected by the Chairperson from the Board of Trustees of the College.
		Saint Anselm College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in administration of educational policies, in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in any programs and activities.
	www.anselm.edu /academic/facsenate/docs/fachandaims.html (2488 words)

	OSB. General. Saint Benedict of Nursia by Jerome Theisen OSB (1930-1995)
		Benedict did not establish the monastery of Monte Cassino in order to preserve the learning of the ages, but in fact the monasteries that later followed his Rule were places where learning and manuscripts were preserved.
		Gregory sought to show that saints of God, particularly St. Benedict, were still operative in the Christian Church in spite of all the political and religious chaos present in the realm.
		Benedict, was then discovered by a group of monks who prevailed upon him to become their spiritual leader.
	mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr /link/med/monastery/benedict/bendct.html (1059 words)

	Benedictine Summary
		The Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.) is not a centralized religious order like the Franciscans, Dominicans, or Jesuits but rather a confederation of congregations of monks and nuns who follow the rule of Benedict of Nursia (c.
		Saint Benedict: Father of Western Civilization, prepared under the direction of Pieter Balsetier (New York, 1981), is a comprehensive and generously illustrated volume exploring many aspects of the Benedictine contribution to Christian humanism through art and architecture, as well as through scholarship.
		While all the various communities of the Order of Saint Benedict, founded in the sixth century, are within the Catholic Church, other communities bearing his name, though historically unrelated can be found in the Anglican Communion and other Christian religious denominations as well.
	www.bookrags.com /Benedictine (1797 words)

	St. Benedict and his Order: A brief history
		The nurse was devastated over her carelessness and Benedict, seeking to comfort her, picked up the shards and began to pray; by the time he rose from his knees, the object was once again whole.
		This incident caused Benedict to become so admired, (in fact, the sieve was promptly displayed in the porch of the village church), that he may have been practically forced into the next phase of his life.
		Benedict had the revolutionary idea that work was a necessary instrument of virtue almost on a par with prayer, and often indistinguishable from it.
	www.christdesert.org /noframes/scholar/benedict/benedict_history.html (3697 words)

	Selection from the Rule of St. Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them be subjected to severe fasts or brought to terms by harsh beatings, that they may be cured.
		And in order that this vice of private ownership may be cut out by the roots, the Abbot should provide all the necessary articles: cowl, tunic, stockings, shoes, belt, knife, stylus, needle, handkerchief, writing tablets; that all pretext of need may be taken away.
		Now we have written this Rule in order that by its observance in monasteries we may show that we have attained some degree of virtue and the rudiments of the religious life.
	www.nadn.navy.mil /Users/history/tucker/hh205/benedict.html (4383 words)

	The Camaldolese
		The Camaldolese are a contemplative branch of the Order of Saint Benedict.
		The last three were disciples by extension as they joined Benedict and John after the beginning of their missionary work in Poland away from the hermitage.
		Peter Dagnino, Peter, Benedict, Gisso and Teuzo were the five men with whom Romuald started his hermitage in Camaldoli and are therefore the original community from which the order takes its final name.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/2104/hunter-kilmer/camaldolese.html (1244 words)

	Saint Benedict (of Nursia) - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Benedict (of Nursia), Saint (480–547) Roman Christian figure, founder of Western monasticism and of the Benedictine order.
		Saint Benedict was of noble birth and educated in Rome.
		Choice of `Benedict' may have been inspired by saint, scholars say.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O142-BenedictofNursiaSaint.html (441 words)

	Oblate of Saint Benedict (Obl.S.B.)
		Saint Bernard Abbey is an abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict's
		Benedict did not establish the monastery of Monte Cassino in order to preserve the learning of the ages, but in fact the monasteries that later followed his Rule were places where learning and
		Benedict was born in Nursia, a village high in the mountains northeast of Rome.
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	Constitution of the OSB
		In all things let the members of the Order avoid extremes of cost and style, seeking always to be shining examples of the poverty of spirit and detachment from material things which marked the lives of Christ and Saint Benedict.
		The habit of Order for male members shall consist of a tunic extending to the ankles with a hood and scapular after the manner of the Order of the Ancient Undivided Church.
		Professed members of the Order may be dismissed from the Order by the Abbot General if, after three admonitions to conform their conduct to that required by the Holy Rule and this Constitution or to the Constitution and Code of Canons of CACINA, the members fail to conduct themselves as prescribed by those documents.
	www.cacina.org /OSB_Constitution.htm (2781 words)

	Order of Saint Benedict at AllExperts
		The Order of Saint Benedict — full Latin name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, initials: OSB — sometimes referred to as the Benedictine Order, is a term used to denote the independent Roman Catholic monasteries that observe the Rule of St Benedict, supplemented by later constitutions and modern customaries.
		The "Order of St Benedict" is fundamentally different from other Western religious orders: there is no legal entity called the "Order of St Benedict", run on similar lines with other Roman Catholic religious orders with their Generalates and Superiors General.
		Within the Order of Saint Benedict, other religious that use the Rule of Saint Benedict and are generally considered to be of the Benedictine tradition are the Cistercians, Bernardines, and Benedictine Sisters of Grace and Compassion, although these are not part of the Benedictine Confederation.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/or/order_of_saint_benedict.htm (893 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Order Of Saint Benedict
		The next thing Benedict knew was that the miraculous sieve had been hung high up over the church door for all to see, as an exhortation to prayer and a reminder that a Saint dwelt amongst them.
		Benedict leaned over to bless it, and at once the vessel was shattered in the bearer's hands, the wine spreading in a dark, sinister pool over the stone floor.
		Benedict was accustomed to meet her just beyond the monastery gates where the monks maintained a guest house.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=4366 (8977 words)

	Order of St. Benedict
		OSB refers to Father Rob's association with St. Benedict's Abbey in Bartonville, IL where he has become an Oblate of the Order of Saint Benedict, replacing his long time affiliation with the Society of St. John the Evangelist.
		The Friends of St. Benedict are Christian lay people who support the community of St. Benedict's Abbey with prayers and offerings, and in return are remembered in the regular prayers of the Abbey.
		While no Rule of Life is established for the Friends of St. Benedict beyond praying for the Abbey on a regular basis, the Friends are encouraged to pray and read Scripture daily, and to follow a devotional guide such as the Bible Reading Fellowship.
	web2.airmail.net /apostles/osb.html (558 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Order of Saint Benedict; Benedictines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The aim of the order is the personal sanctification of its members who may undertake any work provided it be compatible with living in community and the performance of Divine Office in choir.
		Saint Benedict's sister, Scholastica, ruled over such a community not far from the Abbey of Monte Cassino, though it is open to question whether this may be considered the actual foundation of the Benedictine nuns.
		Gradually the Rule of Saint Benedict was introduced into convents of Gaul and the Council of Aix-la-Chapelle enjoined its observance in all nunneries of the empire.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd06144.htm (748 words)

	Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) Website Store : CafePress.com
		The cross (CSPB) and medal of Saint Benedict serve as the basis for the copyrighted logo of the OSB Website at Collegeville, MN 56321-2015.
		Proceeds from sale of items support the Internet service for the Order by Saint John's Abbey , a Catholic institution of prayer, education and hospitality that, since
		Cap in khaki or white with St. Benedict Medal
	www.cafepress.com /osb (152 words)

	Order of Saint Benedict (Institute of Consecrated Life) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
		Angelo Maria Ettinger, O.S.B. Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. (Priest: 13 Jun 1829 to 7 Mar 1853)
		Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. (Priest: 29 Jun 1939 to 15 Oct 1979)
		Benito Tocco, O.S.B. Fulgentius Torres, O.S.B. (Priest: 5 Jun 1889)
	www.catholic-hierarchy.org /diocese/dqosb.html (3515 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Order of Saint Benedict
		The Order of Saint Benedict — full Latin name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, initials: OSB — sometimes referred to as the Benedictine Order, is a term used to denote the independent Roman Catholic monasteries that observe the Rule of St Benedict, supplemented by later constitutions and modern customaries.
		Rather, the various autonomy Houses (that is, communities) have formed themselves loosely into Congregations (for example, Cassinese, English, Solesmes, Subiaco, Camaldolese, Sylvestrines) that in turn are represented in the Benedictine Confederation.
		Saint Joseph Abbey & Seminary College Benedictine Monks In Saint Benedict, Louisiana
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Benedictine_order (835 words)

	History of the Benedictine-Order of Saint John the Beloved
		Benedict became disenchanted with what he experienced in Rome and went to live with monks in several small towns around Rome.
		This restored the American Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict to the long-standing tradition of Western Orthodoxy that it had followed since its founding in 1908.
		Under the name The Benedictine Order of Saint John the Beloved, Archbishop Simpson has followed Benedictine tradition with a ministry inclusive and welcoming to all.
	www.osjtb.org /html/pop_ups/osjbhistory.html (898 words)

	ORDO - A Resource on Christian Religious Orders - Links
		Any Order who is not presently on this site but wishes to be included can contact me with the URL of their web site if they have one, or information about their Order if they do not.
		The Ecumenical Order of Saint Francis of Assisi.
		The Military Order of the Knights of the Temple of Solomon.
	www.sosdg.org /~seneschal/ordo/links.html (1160 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Benedict of Narsia; Benedict of Norsia; Benedict of Nursia; Founder of Western Monasticism
		His discipline was such that an attempt was made on his life; some monks tried by poison him, but he blessed the cup and rendered it harmless.
		For wisdom hath built up a throne for herself in the bosom of the righteous man. And his tongue shall speak of judgment, seeing the Logos-teaching Pneumatos bedeweth the hidden places of his heart; for the law of his God is in his heart.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintb02.htm (479 words)

	Pope choice fulfills ancient prophecy?
		A prophecy by a 12th-century Catholic saint that predicted characteristics of the last 112 popes appears to have been strengthened by the election of the new pontiff today.
		The prophecy labels the new pope "the Glory of the Olive." The Benedictine Order known as the Olivetans has as its symbol the olive branch.
		"The Order of Saint Benedict has claimed that this pope will come from their ranks," states an analysis on BibleProbe.com.
	www.infowars.com /articles/world/pope_benedict_choice_fulfills_prophecy.htm (579 words)

	CAMALDOLESE CONGREGATION OF THE ORDER OF SAINT BENEDICT
		In the course of the next few months, in order to foster these objectives, we shall publish an organic collection of the material that stimulated our research and that resulted from it: extracts from the “Working Paper,” the reports given to the two assemblies, and general pastoral directives.
		With them, the brothers at the Monastery of Saints Blaise and Romuald in Fabriano, in spite of the earthquake damage there, made it possible to celebrate our pilgrimage to the tomb of holy father Romuald together with the whole family of his sons and daughters.
		“Today it is not enough to be a saint; a saint today must be holy in a way that the present moment demands, a new and unprecedented form of holinessa new kind of sanctity that springs forth suddenly, a discovery.
	www.camaldolese.com /CamCon99.htm (5164 words)

	icdb.org - Order of Saint Benedict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		His twin sister, Saint Scholastica, is the patron of many women's communities.
		Monastic institutions allied to the Order of Saint Benedict are highly autonomous, but most are grouped today into loose congregations to form the Benedictine Confederation of Congregations.
		Information on the Web about general monastic topics and the international Order of Saint Benedict is provided from Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN 56321-2015 USA.
	ofek.com /icdb/show.php?r=osb (226 words)

	Benedict of Nursia Summary
		480-547) was the founder of the monastic order known as the Benedictines.
		Benedict is looked upon as the father of Western m...
		Many of those monastic men and women belong to a Christian religious order named in his honor, the Order of Saint Benedict.
	www.bookrags.com /Benedict_of_Nursia (272 words)

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