DOUAI ABBEY

DOUAI OBLATES

Oblates

A group of oblates outside the Abbey Church


RULE OF ST BENEDICT
has inspired the lives of Christian women and men for fifteen centuries.

Besides those who live in monasteries, countless others, married and single, cleric and lay,
who live 'in the world', finding inspiration in St Benedict's Rule, become Benedictine Oblates.
This Rule, characterised as it is by moderation and humanity, becomes their guide in life.

Its opening words, "Listen, my son, to the instructions of your master,
turn the ear of your heart to the advice of a loving father" are an invitation to everyone.

The Rule offers a way of life for all "who seek God" and "yearn for life".

The key to this life is "moderation in all things"; St Benedict invites us to an integrated life.

Oblates undertake to seek God by the daily living of the threefold Benedictine spirituality

OBLATES

LOCAL CHAPTERS

Click for details of meetings.

BECOMING AN OBLATE

The process of becoming an Oblate parallels that of becoming a monk:

If you are interested in the possibility of becoming an oblate of Douai
or would like more details, please contact the Oblate Director at douaioblate@aol.com

Douai Oblates have a new website.

INTERNATIONAL OBLATES CONGRESS

Two international Oblates Congresses have been held in Rome in 2005 & 2009
and a third is planned for 2013.

RESOURCES FOR OBLATES

Information about oblates, and the different Benedictine monastic communities in Great Britain and Ireland.

Oblates Website with much information and useful links.

Benedictine Oblates

Lectio divina - spending some time in the prayerful reading of Scripture.

Benedictine Bibliography

The oblates of the Monastery of the Ascension, Idaho, have created a most useful Oblate Manual.

Oblate Resources and News.

More Resources.

Benedictine Forum.

Oblate Newsletters of many monasteries.

History of the Oblate Movement.

For further information about Oblates.

Carved Lectern
Ejus in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur

May we be strengthened at our death by the presence of St Benedict.
(Carving on Choir Lectern at Doaui Abbey)

Douai Oblates Chronicle
Douai Oblate Newsletter
Oblate Retreats & Meetings

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Registered Charity No.236962

revised 08/10/12

Oblate Director, Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berks. RG7 5TQ
e-mail: douaioblate@aol.com