As monks, we strive to live in touch with both ancient traditions and contemporary life. We are committed to stand in the full flow of the modern world, while at the same time inviting people to stop, to be still, to reflect, and to receive the love of God. We believe there is much wisdom to be found in the timeless monastic traditions and practices that inform our life as Brothers, and we feel called to share this wisdom, to help others confront the challenges of knowing and loving God in our contemporary world. We offer to the Church the "Monastic Wisdom for everyday living" that has enriched our own lives, with gratitude to God.
The Rule of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist
One cornerstone of our monastic community is our Rule of Life. A framework that expresses what we most deeply value, our Rule has 49 chapters crafted to help us to shape our common life, focus our mission and ministry, and resolve the challenges and conflicts that arise.
What are the values you want to express in your daily life? Perhaps you might want to share in one of our daily practices: listening to and reflecting on a chapter of our Rule of Life.
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Living Intentionally: Creating a Personal Rule of Life
A workbook to help readers create a rule of life.
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Recent Online Programs
Against the dominant voices of power, wealth, and privilege, Jesus valorized and lifted up the lowly, marginal, and oppressed in both his life and his teachings, notably the Beatitudes. The reflections on the Beatitudes, which invite you to hear afresh Jesus’ countercultural message in our own day, were developed in collaboration with the Communities for Spiritual Vitality for Lent 2026.
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During Advent and Christmastide 2025, as we await and welcome the coming of our Savior, we invite you to join us in praying with a series of new seasonal Collects. These seven prayers, newly authored by the Brothers, draw on the richness of both scriptural language and imagery and the Christian tradition. Accompanying the prayer book Collects for the seasons, these new prayers form a part of our community’s intentional experiment with inclusive and expansive language in our liturgies this coming year.
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Each day, we Brothers gather beneath the gaze of sixteen of our forebears in the religious life, spanning from Anthony of Egypt in the third century to our own founder, Richard Meux Benson, in the nineteenth. As the sun illuminates their faces in our clerestory windows, creating icons in glass, so did their own faces—and lives—shine with the light of new life in Christ through his death and resurrection. “In your light,” we pray with the psalmist, “we see light” (Ps 36:9).
In a series of sixteen video reflections on our monastic ancestors, we invite you to reflect on your own “family tree of faith.” Whose face shines out God’s light and love into your heart? Whose example inspires you to make your own life “shine like stars in the world” (Phil. 2:15)?
Read MoreThe Lord's Prayer: An Exploration
"The prayer that Jesus taught is a simple, supremely effective tool to slice away anything in us that is not humble or sincere. It is the best, most straightforward antidote to all our articulate spiritual nonsense. Over time, it makes us real."
This resource dives deep into one of the treasures of the Christian tradition: the Lord’s Prayer. With a mix of reflections written by Brothers and meditation prompts for you to answer, this is a resource to deepen your own prayer life or to share in a group. We hope you’ll join us in reflecting on the prayer that Jesus taught, and experience firsthand its power to make us real.
Monastic Wisdom
for everyday living
Monastic Wisdom
essentials
A nugget of wisdom from the monastic tradition, illustrated with suggested spiritual practices to try today, reflection questions, and further resources.
Monastic Wisdom
reflections
On topics central to our Christian faith, these longer reflections hope to deepen our understanding and experience of "the hope that is in us." Share one in your prayer group, or delve in on your own. Available to read and view online, or download as a PDF.
