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affiliated in prayer with an individual monastery of their choice, who have made a formal private promise (annually renewable or for life) to follow the Rule of St. Benedict in their private life at home and at work as closely as their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit.
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became interchangeable titles, given to any one who, for his generosity or special service to the monastery, received the privilege of lay membership, with a share in the prayers and good works of the brethren.
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to the abbot, their willingness to share in monastic life and to place their own strengths at the disposal of the monastery and its mission. While the monks or nuns renounce all their own possessions with the
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1985:Oblates of Saint Brigid of Kildare Monastery
1896:Oblaten – was bedeutet dieses komische Wort?
2876:Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady
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2727:Order of Saint Francis
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1570:Francis Eugene George
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