Benedictine Sisters
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Benedictine Sisters may refer to any of the following Benedictine
religious orders:
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
religious orders:
- Benedictine Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face
- Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual AdorationBenedictine Sisters of Perpetual AdorationThe Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are a congregation of nuns within the Benedictine Confederation. The original monastery was founded in 1874 by a group of five nuns, led by Sister Mary Anselma Felber, O.S.B., who came from the young monastery of Maria-Rickenbach in Switzerland...
- Benedictine Sisters of Elk CountyBenedictine Sisters of Elk CountyThe Benedictine Sisters of Elk County is the oldest Benedictine women's religious order in the United States and is located in St. Marys, Pennsylvania at St. Joseph's Monastery....
- Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery of Covington, Kentucky