Benedictin Monks’Project in Chiangmai

 The slogan of the Benedictin Congregation is “Ora et Labora” (to pray and to work). It’s main task for our monks.  At first, a benedictin monk is not an actived person outdoor like Dominican, Jesuit, Redemtorist or Franciscan etc…, but he prays accoding to de Holy Rules of Saint Benedict. In the heart of the Church,  his principal task is to pray. He prays for himself, for the Church, for the Diocese where he’s living in and for the whole world. He lives in solitude, there are no relations of outdoor. Although isolated from the world, he maintains always contact with the world by his prayers. He also works for living. In nessity and depends on his capacbility he can build hotellerie for people who want to live with God in silence; he can build infirmary, rest-home…; or he can help the priests in the pastoral service.

In this spirit, and with the invitation of Bishop Antonio Mathiazzo at Padova in Italia, vietnamese benedictin monks, once arrived at Chiangmai, want to seed the benedictin life over this country where they try to build and to live the life according to the Holy Rules of Saint Benedict.

For the future of the Chiangmai Abbey, we will receive new candidates who love the life we live actually. The aim of our life is not priesthood. Our monks do not become all priests. Some of them stay all their life monks. We have equal rights and duty. We share  the same rule.