"Living Benedictine Spirituality as a Lay Person" with Dr. Pamela Patnode

Seek Things Above

In this talk given at Mount Angel Abbey on February 11, 2024, Dr. Pamela Patnode explores the relevance of the Rule of St. Benedict for the life of the Christian layperson. She focuses on five themes within the Holy Rule: prayer and work (“ora et labora”), obedience, humility, stability, and hospitality.
Dr. Patnode is a Benedictine oblate, wife, mother, grandmother, and director of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Saint Paul Seminary in Minnesota.
For more information about being a Benedictine oblate of Mount Angel Abbey, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/oblates/.
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