The Benedictine Handbook
edited by Anthony Marett-Crosby
$24.95 Hardcover

The Benedictine Handbook is a lifelong companion for oblates, associates, and friends of the Benedictine communities. Many people who visit communities for retreats and quiet days look for help in integrating into their daily lives some of the things they see and experience. This handbook will help people follow the Rule of Benedict as it explains the essential elements of Benedictine spirituality. It provides information on the spread of the Benedictine movement, its outstanding figures, and the main branches of the Benedictine family today. It also includes a simple version of the Daily Office and a collection of Benedictine devotions. The Benedictine Handbook will appeal to a broad range of readers who may or may not be familiar with Benedictine literature.

A Blessed Life: Benedictine Guidelines for Those Who Long for Good Days
by Wil Derkse
$11.95 Paperback

In this sequel to The Rule of Benedict for Beginners, Wil Derkse is searching for those basic attitudes and virtues that characterize Benedictine spirituality, making them available for those living and working outside a monastery. The cultivation of silence and restrained speech; the dedication to work and study; the importance of humility (which is the courage to serve); the cultivation of hospitality, care, and stewardship; mutual respect and taking care of speaking "good words" -- these are the book's main topics. All these attitudes are boundary conditions for a life on which God’s blessing is resting.

Engaging Benedict: What the Rule Can Teach Us Today
by Laura Swan
$12.95 Paperback

Nearly fifteen centuries ago, Benedict of Nursia wrote a rule for Christians who wanted to live, work, and pray together in community. With its core values of contemplation, hospitality, and simplicity, the Rule remains as useful today as it was when it was created. But the Rule is not without its difficulties in contemporary practice. Author Laura Swan, a Benedictine sister, looks at the Rule with a critical eye, taking the obstacles that women and young people find, and offering insights that resonate with their experience and are still faithful to the challenge of the Rule.