ST. BENEDICT’S
RULE FOR MONASTERIES

Translated from the Latin by
Leonard J. Doyle

THE LITURGICAL PRESS
St John’s Abbey Collegeville, Minnesota

This translation of the Holy Rule of St. Benedict was made from the third edition of the text as edited by Dom Cuthbert Butler of Downside Abbey in England (St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1935).

Nihil obstat: Basil Stegmann, O.S.B., Censor librorum. Imprimi potest: ✠ Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., D.D., Abbot, St. John's Abbey, January 5, 1947. Imprimatur: ✠ Joseph F. Busch, D.D., Bishop of St. Cloud, January 8, 1947.

Prologue

1. On the Kinds of Monks

2. What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be

3. On Calling the Brethren for Counsel

4. What Are the Instruments of Good Works

5. On Obedience

6. On the Spirit of Silence

7. On Humility

8. On the Divine Office During the Night

9. How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night Office

10. How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time

11. How the Night Office Is to Be Said on Sundays