ABCU Statement (The Ten Hallmarks of Benedictine Education):
Education within the Benedictine Wisdom Tradition, with a prologue on “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition” rev. 27 August 2007 (MS .doc; 91 KB).

Commitment

Benedictine Colleges and Universities are committed to academic and professional excellence. In this work they concretize Gospel values as interpreted by the Rule of Saint Benedict and therefore take seriously:

1. the primacy of God and the things of God;
2. reverent listening for the varied ways in which God is revealed;
3. the formation of community built on respect for individual persons who are each regarded as Christ himself
4. the development of a profound awareness of the meaning of one's existence and
5. the exercise of good stewardship.
   Through these emphases Benedictine Colleges and Universities strive to promote the common good of Church and society and assist individuals to lead lives of balance, generosity and integrity.

--adopted by the members at the annual meeting
on 29 May 1993 at Saint Anselm College