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Posted: July 11 2011 at 8:26am | IP Logged Quote TxTrish
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I have been looking for some kind of worksheet or coloring page of the medal of St. Benedict. There are such great symbols and meaning in the inscriptions of the medal and it would be a good project for students on St. Benedict's feast. Having not been able to find anything like that or even a decent sized outline image of the medal, I finally decided to take matters into my own hands. I tried to upload it here, but the size was a bit too big for the server, so I did upload it on my blog. You can download it from there if you are interested.

The Medal of St. Benedict Worksheet



Bump - this worksheet is fabulous!
We use it every year.



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Posted: July 11 2011 at 10:44am | IP Logged Quote Margaret in MN
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Bump - this worksheet is fabulous!
We use it every year.



I agree with that "fabulous" comment! Happy feast, everyone!

Oh, and does anyone have a resource for answering the questions on the worksheet, or are you just going to do your homework before giving it to the kids?

There is this site that explains it...

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Oh, another famous monastery founded by St. Benedict is Monte Cassino. A whole unit study could be done on the monasteries Benedict founded, or even this one alone. There was even a Battle of Monte Cassino in WWII where it was bombed to ruins, hundreds of innocent lives lost.

From Catholic Encyclopedia. Also the Benedictine's website gives some information and links about this monastery.


For some reason I keep thinking that there is a picture book about this monastery and WWII. Am I mistaken?

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 6:55pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Thanks everyone for the compliment. I'm so glad it is a helpful resource for this feast. It is such a wonderful medal to know the symbolism of.

Margaret in MN wrote:
Oh, and does anyone have a resource for answering the questions on the worksheet, or are you just going to do your homework before giving it to the kids?

There is this site that explains it...


That is the site I was going to suggest - that is what we used.

We have been out all day. This morning we did a field trip I've been hoping to do for years. We visited a cave in the spirit of St. Benedict's years spent in the cave at Subiaco for his hermitage - Sacred Cave (Sacro Speco).


Meister von Meßkirch painting - 16th Century

Here we are in our small cave - only one I could find fairly close locally.


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Posted: July 11 2014 at 10:22am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Bumping...I love this feast day...and since I have a daughter heading to Benedictine College in next month it takes on new significance in our family.

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