Theology Flashcards
Named after St. Bede,
A great Benedictine saint
The greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar (BBC)
Doctor of the Church (1 of only 36)
Recognized in several Protestant denominations
SAN BEDA UNIVERSITY
may be shortened to SAN BEDA .
To drop SAN is to omit the deserved honor.
480 - 547 A.D. in Italy
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia
born ??
480, Nursia [Italy]
Saint Benedict of Nursia died?
c. 547, Monte Cassino
Saint Benedict of Nursia
feast day
July 11 (formerly March 21)
Saint Benedict of Nursia
twin brother of
St. Scholastica
Founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino and
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Father of Western monasticism
Saint Benedict of Nursia
the last Roman emperor
Flavius Romulus Augustus
removed in 476 AD by the barbarian chief Odoacer
Flavius Romulus Augustus
Wrote The Rule in 529 A.D.
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Preserved Ancient Culture and Christianity;
and therefore, Western Civilization
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Monte Cassino was destroyed by:
Lombards . 585
Saracens . 884
Normans . 1046
earthquake . 1349
U.S.A. bombs . 1944
At the age of 17,
answering the call of God instead of studying in Rome, St. Benedict went sincerely to the mountains of Subiaco to live as a hermit.
After building 12 monasteries at Subiaco, he founded the
he founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino, a place about 80 miles Southeast of Rome.
he wrote the Holy Rule and lived until his death on
March 21, 547 A.D
rule that he established became the norm for monastic living throughout Europe
The Rule of St. Benedict
the cradle of the Benedictine Order
The Abbey of Monte Casino
who proclaimed St Benedict the patron saint of all Europe.
Pope Paul VI
The only recognized authority for the facts of Benedict’s life is
book 2 of the Dialogues of St. Gregory I, who said that he had obtained his information from four of Benedict’s disciples.
is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
Monasticism or monkhood
the pioneers of Christian civilization preaching the Gospel, serving the poor and sick and teaching religion and various crafts to the young.
The Benedictine monks
“Benedictine centuries”
6th to the 13th
known as the “Father of Western Monasticism”
St. Benedict
came to the Philippines not to establish a school but to undertake agricultural and missionary work in Surigao.
The Benedictines
The first group of Benedictines from the Monastery of Monseratt, Spain, that went to the Philippines
consisting of eight Fathers and six Brothers, led by abbot Jose Deas y Villar, arrived in Manila in the morning of September 12, 1985.
They stayed for a while with whom? (Benedictine Monks in the Philippines
the Jesuit community in Sta. Ana.
This was to be their home base in Manila.
They were able to acquire a house in Blames St., Tanduay on April 25, 1896.
June 17, 1901
San Beda College, named after the great English Benedictine scholar and saint, Venerable Bede, was inaugurated in Arlegui with Fr. Silvestre Jofre, first Rector, celebrating the opening Mass at 6 o’clock in the morning.
the Benedictine Fathers purchased a large tract of land along Mendiola on (when?) and additional land also along Mendiola on (when?)
October 17, 1906 and December 15, 1918.
The cornerstone of the main building (St. Bede’s Hall) was laid on
September 15, 1925
The cornerstone of the main building (St. Bede’s Hall) was laid on and it was solemnly inaugurated on (when)
June 20, 1926
The Abbey Church was consecrated on The Abbey Church was consecrated on(when)
January 13, 1926
was dedicated to the Holy Infant of Prague when it was consecrated in 1926
The Abbey Church
The image of the Sto. Niño sculptured in 1905 was, (where was it installed?)
installed above the Abbatial throne of the altar.
The College celebrates the annual feast of the Infant Child on the fourth Sunday of (what month?)
January
religious activities anticipated not only by the members of the school community but also by devotees of the Sto. Niño all over Metro Manila.
The year triduum-novena and procession
The patroness of the College is
Our Lady of Montserrat after whom the first abbey of the Benedictine Order in the country is named.
The dark image of the Blessed Virgin, donated by
Mr. Bartolome Oller,
The College celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Montserrat on
September 12.
The College Commemorates the feast of St. Bede, its patron saint, on
the first day of the school year.
St. Bede was born in
673 A.D. in Wearmouth Estate within the territory of the monastery of Abbot Benedict Bishop
St. Bede was later transferred to the
Abbey of St. Paul at Jarrow.
Though he was a well known preacher, St. Bede spent most of his time in
historical researches.
His famous work was the “Ecclesiastical History of the English People”.
St. Bede
St. Bede died after dictating the last sentence of his translation in English of the Gospel according to St. John at the ninth hour of Wednesday, the Feast of the Ascension, (date?)
May 26, 735.
Divine Reading
An ancient art of praying the Scriptures
LECTIO DIVINA
Lectio: Reading
Involves attentive, slow, reverent reading of scriptural passage
Quietly savor the Word and ponder upon it
Meditatio: Meditation
Oratio: Prayer
A response to the Word coming from the heart
Resting in God’s presence
A divine gift; mysterious in nature
Contemplatio: Contemplation
Actio: Action
Translating good insights to concrete acts
