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St. Benedict Menni
General of the Hospitaller Order
Life and historical setting
Benedict Menni (1841–1914) is remembered in the Church as general of the Hospitaller Order. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Milan.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Benedict Menni include Catholic priest, priest, founder of Catholic religious community. The religious family connected with this vocation is Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God.
Benedict Menni entered the order in 1860 and received the name Benedict, a commitment that shaped the vocation that followed. The founding of the female Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus became part of Benedict Menni's lasting work.
Benedict Menni's earthly life ended in France on April 24, 1914.
The enduring witness of Benedict Menni is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, religious life and community, and founding and renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
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Religious life and community
Consecrated life, community discipline, or the building of a religious family shapes this witness.
Founding and renewal
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Works of mercy
Practical mercy toward people who were poor, sick, displaced, or otherwise in need is part of the recorded story.
Mercy in action
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Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Benedict Menni is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, religious life and community, and founding and renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Benedict Menni, strengthen us in mercy expressed through practical care for people who are poor, sick, forgotten, or vulnerable. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.