Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas! (Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!)
Bishop Dr. †Stephen Paul, OSB, Abbot
The Rev. Kent Wheeler†, OSB
Mr. Nicholas Carter, Associate Member
Welcome to the home of the Order of Saint Benedict - CCEF, a dispersed, independent religious order in the Anglican tradition inspired by the rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia.
We are a Religious Order of contemplatives, building individual practices on tools given us by Saint Benedict. Our practice takes root in the same beginnings as other Benedictine communities; however the OSB-CCEF expresses spirituality in a more contemporary way.
Our members (associates, postulants, novices and professed) are free to live and work in the community and to minister as they feel called to, if they feel so called. The guiding principle behind this is the call to "be in the world but not of it". We believe that many are called to live a contemplative life, in service to God and neighbor, however cannot express it in the traditional manner. We believe that God's call is just as strong and just as valid for those who have families as those who don't.
Anyone who feels inspired to contemplative prayer and meditation, without leaving the challenges of the world behind, may find a spiritual home here with the OSB-CCEF without judgments nor discrimination, just love, acceptance and fraternity in the name of our Lord.