The Companions of St. Luke, OSB, is a recognized religious community within The Episcopal Church. We are a community of men and women who are committed to following the Way of Jesus Christ by living into the Rule and the Vows of St. Benedict. We are a dispersed community with members who live throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil and who are tied together by our love of Christ. We pray and meditate in our homes and sometimes at work; we study the Rule and scriptures; and we work in the world and in our churches. The struggle for balance in our lives is not unlike the challenge all Benedictines have struggled with through the ages.
Welcome
Peace be with you and welcome to The Companions of St. Luke, OSB (CSL). Perhaps, you are where many of us were at some point in our lives and are feeling a bit lost or that there must be more to spiritual life than what you are currently experiencing. Going to services on Sunday, taking part in parish life, having an active prayer life and trying to be a good person are all important and satisfying…
Membership
CSL members are called “to prefer nothing whatever to Christ,” the core tenet of the Rule of St. Benedict, and to express, through traditional and contemporary ways, religious life practiced and formed as either professed-life or oblate-life members. Professed members are Baptized and in good standing with The Episcopal Church or churches that are in communion with the See of Canterbury; and Oblate members are Baptized and members of any Christian church.
Our Offering
CSL’s community works hard to be what St. Benedict conceived when he created his Rule – A School for the Lord’s Service. Member careers (journeys through work and life) include our monastic commitments, balanced with prayer, meditation, and study. We have tools and resources that help us to live as Benedictines and to link us together as Companions of St. Luke, even though we are geographically dispersed.