BalanceACTIVITY FOCUS: Bring balance (and sanity) to daily life Is your life out of balance? Feeling frazzled? This activity offers a way to reflect on how you spend your days.Then you can make needed adjustments with the help of St. Benedict and the Feline...
Novice Activities
Novice Activity – Four Target Areas for Worldwide Novice Humans
Balance - Hospitality - Patience - Presence of GodACTIVITY FOCUS: Help your human to grow in the Benedictine Way Worldwide Novices identified four areas where their humans could grow. This activity addresses those areas -Balance, Hospitality, Patience and the...
Novice Activity – LISTEN! The First Word in The Rule of St. Benedict
Benedictine BasicsACTIVITY FOCUS: The Benedictine Art of Listening Here you will learn why listening is an important Benedictine practice.Listening is a gift to others as well as a way we learn and grow.Listen up, Worldwide Novice and Human! The first word in The...
Novice Activity – Chapter 49 – The Benedictine Roadmap for Lent
Novice Life PracticesACTIVITY FOCUS: How to have a holy Lent the Benedictine Way Benedict’s Chapter 49 – The Observance of Lent offers us inspiration as we walk through the holy season of Lent.Four Benedictine signposts guide your decision on a Lenten...
Novice Activity – How the Rule of St. Benedict is Relevant Today
Benedictine Basics - Novice Life PracticesACTIVITY FOCUS: The Value of the Rule of St. Benedict Today The Rule is a rich resource for living the Christian life. Learn about how and why in this activity.Even if you are familiar with the Rule there is always much more...
Novice Activity – The Benedictine Art of Meandering
Novice Life Practices - Balance - Benedictine BasicsACTIVITY FOCUS: Meandering as a Benedictine Practice We too often miss the beauty of life as we rush from one task to the next. Here discover Benedictine ways to practice moderation and living in the present...
Novice Activity – Meeting Challenge and Change with the Rule of St. Benedict
Novice Life PracticesACTIVITY FOCUS: Ways to move from resistance to acceptance Do you ever dig in your paws when faced with a change or something you don’t want to do?Br. Rancy, OSB-F, suggests two ways to move beyond our resistance.Hello, Worldwide Novice! ...
Novice Activity – Trade Panic for Calmness and Peace
Novice Life PracticesACTIVITY FOCUS: Moving Towards a Calmer Life Finding calmness and peace in life can be a real struggle for our humans.This activity can help you and your human move towards this goal.Hello, Worldwide Novice! Welcome to this activity. While many...