BENEDICTINE FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON
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Mission Statement
We, the monks of St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington, DC, have answered God’s call to the following of Jesus Christ within the tradition of Benedictine monasticism as found in the Catholic Church. As part of this tradition, we strive to seek God in all things. We do this principally through prayer, which we offer both in common and in solitude and which issues from an attentive listening to the Lord addressing us, above all in the Scriptures; through a life together which is marked by simplicity, celibacy, obedience, stability in this one community, and loving service to one another; and through work, especially in education, spiritual guidance, hospitality, and pastoral work, by which we seek to share with others the love and knowledge of God and of his creation which we have received.
About This Cause
Near the north-east boundary of the District of Columbia, twelve minutes by Metro from Union Station and twenty minutes from the Capitol, is a thriving Benedictine monastery. Here, we monks live the life of prayer established by our sixth- century founder St. Benedict and where we continue that life and the aspirations of our founder for the glory of God and the sanctification of our nation and world. Within an urban oasis of 40 acres of secluded woodland surrounding the monastery, the usual sounds of a busy city are subdued. Here, too, stands our highly regarded middle school and high school, where the values of our patrons, St. Benedict and St. Anselm, are proclaimed among our youth as we prepare them for lives of service to God and their fellow human beings. Some have referred to the abbey as “Washington’s best kept secret”; perhaps this is because monks are not naturally given to the more ostentatious ways of projecting themselves upon the surrounding world. Monasteries are primarily places of prayer and virtuous activity, and our evangelization is precisely through prayer, spiritual direction, and education. We cordially invite you to share our “secret.” We invite you to “come and see.”