Benedictine Monastery of San Benedetto
The Monastery of San Benedetto in Monte is a community of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, the birthplace of St. Benedict, founder of western monasticism. The monks' goal is to prefer nothing to the love of Christ. They pray the full monastic office as laid out in the Rule of St. Benedict, observe the monastic fast and have retained the patrimony of Gregorian chant and the traditional form of the Latin liturgy (extraordinary form).
Contact:
VOCATIONS OFFICE
VIA CASE SPARSE 164
06046 NORCIA (PG), ITALY
+39 348 3931121
vocations@nursia.org
nursia.org
Professed Members: 15
Year Founded: 1998
Diocese: Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
Worldwide: Every continent
Qualifications: Men aged 18-30 are welcome to make vocation-related inquiries.
Formation: Formation focuses strongly on the interior life: conversion, self-knowledge, the rooting out of vice and the acquiring of virtue- all to create a man of continual prayer. An observership of three months and a postulancy of nine months precede a one-year novitiate. Then, simple profession of three years is made before solemn profession, the monk’s total consecration.
Age range/limit: 18-30
Belated vocations? If you are not between 18 to 30 but think you have a monastic vocation, please email oldervocations@nursia.org explaining your circumstances. If you do not receive a response, please know that the monks are praying for you in your discernment.