"Central to the Benedictine vocation...

"are the words from the letter to the Philippians:

"Christ 'emptied Himself
and took the form of a slave....
He was known to be of human estate,
and it was thus that He humbled Himself,
obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross!'
(Phil. 2:7-8)

"St. Benedict took this humble, obedient Lamb of God as the archetype of our monastic lives, calling his own teachings a 'little rule for beginners' who are 'hastening to their heavenly homeland.' (Rule of St. Benedict 73:8)

"It is to this that the woman who desires to become a Benedictine nun grafts herself."

"The Abbey of St. Walburga is a small community of contemplative Benedictine nuns located in a valley in northern Colorado, where the high plains meet the foothills of the Rocky Mountains."

from the Abbey website www.walburga.org