What Are Oblates?
The Benedictine Oblates of Saint Meinrad Archabbey are Christian men and women with a spiritual bond to the monks of Saint Meinrad. Their affiliation and partnership spread the outreach of Benedictine spirituality into the secular world and provide a strong foundation for individual spiritual growth.

Often, Christian men and women living in the secular world yearn for a spiritual life more deeply rooted in God. They know in their hearts there can be more fulfillment in their everyday, ordinary Christian lives. For more than 1,500 years, the Rule of St. Benedict has offered a way to pursue that search. Although written as a guide to living in monastic communities, St. Benedict's Rule applies the teachings of Jesus, as found in the Gospels, to everyday life.

Oblates are affiliated with a particular Benedictine monastery and share a spiritual union and human friendship with that monastic community. They are bonded in prayer, love and commitment, becoming partners in the prayer and works of the monastery.

Living the Christian life with the Rule of St. Benedict is not difficult, but it requires commitment and daily, dedicated time with Christ. The rewards of attending to the wisdom of the Rule bring many wonderful opportunities for turning the ordinary Christian life into something spiritually extraordinary.