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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.
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BENEDICTINE ORDER (Black Monks) followed the rule established by St Benedict (d. 543) for communal worship and living. The order came to dominate monastic life in Europe during the early Middle Ages, although it never established a major presence in Ireland.
The Cistercians (/ sɪˈstɜːrʃənz /), [1] officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of ...
From its origins in Brussels in 1598 to their arrival in Kylemore in 1920, as The Irish Dames of Ypres, our Benedictine community has lived “seeking God”, following the call of Jesus in the way laid out by St. Benedict of Nursia in his Rule for Monks written around.
Categories: Benedictines by nationality. Irish Roman Catholics. Irish Christian monks. Irish Roman Catholic clergy.
The Irish Benedictines: A history. 30 November, 1999. A collection of historical essays by professional historians, some of them themselves Benedictines, recording how Irish men and women have responded to the Rule of St Benedict over a period of 1400 years as a way to seek and find God. 242 pp.
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Feb 21, 2023 · We take a look at the history of Kylemore Abbey, in County Galway, and in particular its relationship with the Benedictine nuns.
