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John Bakas is a Benedictine oblate of St. Leo Abbey, a Catholic monastery in Florida. As a former atheist and former evangelical Protestant, he writes about Benedictine monastic spirituality. John and his wife, also an oblate, live in the Tampa area. He has been a lawyer since 1974. Send John a message.

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Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Christian Conscience

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

On November 20, 2009, more than 125 Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Christians released the 4,700-word Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Christian...
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Abbot Jerome Kodell, Subiaco Abbey: author, woodworker, Bible-study program founder

Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB, of Subiaco Abbey is the author of several books, including one published this year, he loves woodworking, and in 1974 was...
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Benedictine spiritual resources: The Byzantine Anglo-Catholic blog

Joe Rawls writes The Byzantine Anglo-Catholic blog. It is a remarkable resource of Benedictine spirituality. He describes himself with this:...
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Newsletter on Benedictine research, books, presentations

The American Benedictine Academy’s “ABA Monastic Researchers’ Newsletter” contains information about the publication and...
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Find a Benedictine or other spiritual retreat

Find a Benedictine or other spiritual retreat by using this list of spiritual retreat links: Benedictine Retreat Centers Catholiclinks.org Order of...
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Benedictine timeline 480 AD to present

Google has a timeline feature that creates a timeline for topics. The Benedictine timeline is created from books and references all across the...
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EWTN TV crew films at Scotland's oldest male monastery

An Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) film crew has kept an online travel journal of their visit to Scotland. EWTN's crew spent about three-weeks...
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Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration offer women introduction to monastic life

November 1 is the registration deadline for women ages 18-49 to participate in the November 13-15, 2009 “Autumn Monastic Experience” in...
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Prayer as listening to God: A call to the 21st century

Prayer can be more than what we say to God. We can listen to what God has to say to us. And that’s very Benedictine, very Monastic, and filled...
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Lectio divina: When God reads the Bible to us

When our reading of the Bible becomes listening to God read the Bible to us, we have moved into the realm of lectio divina. For an excellent...
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