Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time · 2026
Today the Church keeps Benedict of Nursia Abbot — Memorial.
Memorial of Benedict of Nursia Abbot
Today the Church keeps Benedict of Nursia Abbot — memorial.
Benedict founded Monte Cassino and wrote the Rule of St. Benedict, the bedrock of Western monasticism. His motto Ora et Labora — Pray and Work — shaped European civilization.
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Father of Western Monasticism · Patron of Europe
Benedict founded Monte Cassino and wrote the Rule of St. Benedict, the bedrock of Western monasticism. His motto Ora et Labora — Pray and Work — shaped European civilization.
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- DrostanFundador · Vida Monástica
- DrostanZałożyciel · Życie Monastyczne
- DrostanFundador · Vida Monástica
- DrostanFounder · Monastic Life
- HidulfOpat benedyktyński · Przywódca duchowy
- HidulfBenedictine Abbot · Spiritual Leader
- HidulfoAbade Beneditino · Líder Espiritual
- HidulfoAbad Benedictino · Líder Espiritual
- Kjeld de ViborgProvost danés · Líder fiel
- Kjeld of ViborgDanish Provost · Faithful Leader
- Kjeld z ViborguDuński Proboszcz · Wierny Przywódca
- Pio IPapa · Pastor da Igreja
- Pío IPapa · Pastor de la Iglesia
- Pius IPapież · Pasterz Kościoła
- Pius IPope · Shepherd of the Church
- San BenitoAbad · Fundador del Monacato Occidental · Patrón de Europa
- San Benito de NursiaPadre del Monacato Occidental · Patrón de Europa
- São BentoAbade · Fundador do Monasticismo Ocidental · Patrono da Europa
- São Bento de NúrsiaPai do Monasticismo Ocidental · Patrono da Europa
- São Kjeld de ViborgProvost dinamarquês · Líder fiel
- St. BenedictAbbot · Founder of Western Monasticism · Patron of Europe
- Św. Benedykt z NursjiOjciec Monastycyzmu Zachodniego · Patron Europy
- Święty BenedyktOpat · Założyciel monastycyzmu zachodniego · Patron Europy
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Ordinary Time
We are in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time — the Church wears green.
The long, green stretch between the great seasons — the everyday of faith, where most of the Christian life is actually lived. Today, though, the Church sets that aside and wears white — for the memorial of Benedict of Nursia Abbot.
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