today is #monkmonday

Make your gift now to help us end the year strong. Your generosity sustains the mission of St. Benedict’s Abbey and supports our work of prayer and service.

You can choose to target where your gift is used by entering one of the seven impact funds listed below into the comments section when you complete your gift information. If left blank, your contribution will be deposited into the One Mission, One Future Fund of our Paterfamilias Account and used to meet our areas of greatest need.

  • The monks’ living expenses, the costs associated with their call to work and prayer, and the activities of the cloister or daily assignments, are deposited into the Monastic Life Fund.

  • ment planning, and security projects provide for the future health and safety of monks of every age. St. Benedict’s Abbey is also blessed to have an infirmary where our eldest brothers can live out their vocation with their monastic family to the end. Gifts earmarked for these needs are deposited into the Faithful Servant Fund.

  • The Abbey serves many apostolates, and monks partner with Catholic-affiliated ministries in numerous ways. Education, family support, chaplaincies, parochial service, and more, are just a few of the many ways in which the Kansas Monks work in the world without being of the world.

  • In today’s world, the Church’s evangelizing mission has expanded into new frontiers of digital outreach, audio-visual production, and producing traditional media with new technologies. The Kansas Monks have embraced communications strategies that allow them to practice the vow of stability from their small-town Abbey while bringing the message of Christ to the world. Contributions to advance this work are deposited into the Good News Fund.

  • When a donor would like to designate a gift for a specific expense not categorized into one of the funds above, or when the Abbey identifies an out-of-the-ordinary need for a special project, those contributions are deposited into the Great Commission Fund.

  • The capital needs for maintaining, modernizing, and enhancing the Abbey church, cloister, guesthouse, and campus constitute an investment in the future generations of monks who will live and repose here. The monks of today are stewards of a patrimony that they have received and wish to ameliorate for decades and even centuries to come. Gifts to support that end are deposited in the Abbey Restoration Fund.

  • Even before a man enters the monastery, the Abbey invests in helping him discern the call to a religious life. Once fully professed, all monks continue to be formed as spiritual leaders and, for some monks, as priests. The costs of our vocations program, studies for the priesthood, and lifelong formation and discernment, are designated for the Good Shepherd Fund.

  • The One Mission, One Future Fund directs gifts not otherwise designated to areas of greatest need. This fund ensures that all aspects of our mission are supported and advanced throughout the year.