St. Benedict is depicted with a cross and a scroll stating 'Vade Retro Satana' ('Get thee behind me, Satan!'), which is abbreviated on the St. Benedict Medal. (photo: public domain) Father Dwight ...

The great Whittaker Chambers, writing in Commonweal in 1952, about discovering the legacy of St. Benedict of Nursia. Here he is talking about how, as a student, the Middle Ages (aka, the Dark Ages ...

The medal was associated with St. Benedict as patriarch of Western monasticism and founder of the Benedictine Order. It was his devotion to the Cross, the sign of redemption, that gave rise to the ...

Take St. Benedict: His medal includes an image of a broken cup. It broke miraculously and prevented him from drinking poison. Even St. Benedict didn’t treat Christ’s words literally.

How the St. Benedict medal became a shield against the powers of darkness Jul 11, 2025 St. Benedict, whose feast the Catholic Church celebrates on July 11, endured constant attacks from the enemy ...

ABOUT • Born Rhoda Greer on Feb. 22, 1888 in Cadiz, the sixth of eight children. • Introduced to Catholicism at 16 when a nun gave her a St. Benedict medal after an appendectomy.