St Benedict Week 2025
5th-13th July 2025 Programme Organiser: Adam Simon leader@lcsb.uk
St Benedict Week returns this summer, with a series of major events from 5–13 July 2025 celebrating the spiritual and cultural legacy of St Benedict. Organised by the Lay Community of St Benedict, this year will be headlined by Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder OSB, who will deliver a keynote address at
Worth Abbey on 12 July at 2:30pm.
The Abbot Primate’s talk, titled “St Benedict’s Message for Europe in 2025,” comes as the Church marks 60 years since Pope St Paul VI declared St Benedict Patron of Europe.​
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Drawing on his background as a historian, Abbot Jeremias will explore how Benedictine values remain relevant today.
"St Benedict's legacy as Patron of Europe is not merely historical; it is a living inheritance impacting both secular and religious landscapes. In 2025, his guidance on leadership, a balanced life, hospitality to all, and human organisational structures continue to offer essential inspiration for fostering a more just and spiritually enriched Europe."​​
​Earlier that same day, Worth Abbey will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the consecration of its Abbey Church, with a Thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Abbot Mark Barrett OSB at which guests of Worth Abbey’s monastic community, attendees of the Catholic Union’s Summer Gathering, and members of the Lay Community of St Benedict will be present. Places are available for those who would like to attend – please email comms@lcsb.uk.
​The two other keynote speakers during the week are:
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Dr Charles Insley (University of Manchester):
“The Rule of Saint Benedict and the Making of the English State”
4 July, 8:00pm (zoom online) REGISTER HERE
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Baroness Sheila Hollins,
President of the Catholic Union
“St Benedict at 60: A Monastic Vision Lived by Laypeople in a Fragmented Europe”
7 July, 8:00pm (zoom online) REGISTER HERE
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St Benedict Week offers a unique opportunity to reflect on the relevance of monastic tradition in shaping Europe’s future — and invites all to join in a journey of prayer, learning, and celebration. To enrol in the events of St Benedict Week and find out more, please register here.
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About The Lay Community of St Benedict​
The Lay Community of St Benedict is a lay-led, inter-generational, and ecumenical Benedictine community engaged with the world, with a welcome to all. Inspired by the Gospel and the Rule of St Benedict, our members pray together daily online and meet physically in local and regional groups. In 2021, the LCSB celebrated 50 years since its foundation by the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey. We offer a warm welcome to those wanting to integrate prayer, community and service more fully into their daily lives. More information is available on our website (www.lcsb.uk).
Press Contact: Adam Simon
Benedictine communities throughout the UK invite you to pray the Office of the Church in person or online - details are available on the Divine Office page.
A novena to St Benedict is available
to be prayed throughout the nine
days of St Benedict week.
Share the joy of Community​
Click here for ideas for a Benedictine celebration
Every Benedictine community is a unique flowering of the Holy Spirit - we invite all Benedictine communities to share photos of how they celebrate the feast of St Benedict.
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"I warmly endorse the celebration of the Benedictine way of living the Gospel. Blogs, talks and podcasts will highlight the inspiration that St Benedict brings to people's lives today, while community events and times of prayer will enable active participation in this way of life. St Benedict says that guests are to be received with humanity and humility, two qualities that I hope will characterise the experience of those taking part in the week."
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Dom Christopher Jamison, Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation
The LCSB is a lay-led, inter-generational, ecumenical and inclusive Benedictine community engaged with the world, with a mission to inspire people with the Gospel of Jesus and create a new generation of fans of St Benedict. We invite you to celebrate St Benedict Week in the company of a rich diversity of Benedictine communities, around the feast on 11th July.
