A Community Discovering the Balanced Life ​of Prayer, Work, Study, & Rest

Vertical Divider

Benedictine Experience Retreats

For many people who would never consider themselves monastic, a Benedictine Experience cultivates and nourishes that monastic dimension within them. ​
Vertical Divider

Benedictine Way
​Groups

When groups of people interested in how the Rule can support their spiritual life begin to meet, they are encouraged to keep this single word, listen, always in their hearts and minds.

Annual
​Symposium

This lively annual event in DC will include a keynote speaker, time to engage with lay people and religious leaders, and our customary Benedictine hospitality!
Vertical Divider
Vertical Divider

News & Notes

Friends of St. Benedict 10th Annual Symposium
"Sleepers Wake: Saint Benedict's call to an Energized Life"
Saturday, October 22, 2022
--------------
Friends of St. Benedict 2022 Canterbury Pilgrimage
August 27 - Sept 3, 2022
--------------
Symposium 2021: Bonnie Thurston
Thomas Merton's Monastic Wisdom for These Times: Saturday, February 20, 2021
Click here for Program, Recommended Reading, and Bonnie Thurston's Writings
Click here to watch on YouTube 
--------------
Symposium 2020: Fr. Eric Hollas
Tools for Life, Monastic and Worldly
February 1, 2020
--------------

Subscribe to FSB emails