The International Commission on Benedictine Education

Education has been an integral element of Benedictine history and is still an important part of Benedictine life today. In our global culture, we need an international organisation to promote this aspect of Benedictine life. To this end, I am establishing the International Commission on Benedictine Education.

Dr. Notker Wolf, Abbas Primas, November 2002

Mission

Prologue of RB: "our aim then is to establish a school of the Lord's service"

The International Commission on Benedictine Education (ICBE) exists in order to support those schools which promote a Benedictine vision of education.

Aims

1. To provide the human and financial resources needed to foster an international network of cooperation between Benedictine schools*

2. To foster the appreciation of Benedictine education expressed within different cultures

3. To foster discussions about the Benedictine vision of education

 *      A Benedictine school has one or both of the following:

- sponsorship by Benedictine or Cistercian monks, sisters or oblates

- an explicitly Benedictine mission statement.

The Structure of ICBE