Five times every day, we gather together to pray through the Liturgy of the Hours and the Eucharist and lift the needs of the world up to God; and from those times of prayer flows the work the men perform in service to God and others. We monks serve as pastors and ministry support for several parishes in Northeast Kansas and beyond. We serve the students, faculty, and staff of Benedictine College
and Maur Hill-Mount Academy in Atchison; as priests, teachers, confessors, and spiritual directors. And we serve as chaplains, regionally and nationally, for religious houses, prisons, colleges, and various ministries. As sons of the Catholic Church and heirs of a 1500-year old monastic tradition credited with preserving Western civilization in the aftermath of the Dark Ages, we continue the work begun in 1858. During the tumultuous years of the American Civil War, when the state was known as “Bloody Kansas,” we founded a mission and the school that is now Benedictine College. Through our ongoing commitment to a life of prayer and work, we hope to serve the Church. Through grace, may our service result in the salvation of souls, the renewal of culture, our own sanctification, and the glory of God!
