North American Association of Benedictine Oblate Directors

Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica

  • As Oblates, your wider monastery is the world, the city and the workplace, for it is there that you are called to be models of welcome with regard to whoever knocks at your door, and models in preferential love for the poor.

    Pope Francis, September 2023

  • Never lose hope in God's mercy

    RB 4:74

  • The Lord waits for us daily to translate into action, as we should, his holy teachings.

    RB Prologue 35

  • Your way of acting should be different from the world's way; the love of Christ must come before all else.

    RB 4:20

Who is an Oblate?

Oblates are everyday people. We are women, men, laity, religious, clergy, Catholic and non -Catholic sharing a commitment to Benedictine spirituality. We are drawn to the life lessons found in the Rule on living with humility and purpose, meeting others in a spirit of hospitality, being grounded in a sense of belonging and listening with the ear of our hearts.

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