The 1984 international
congress of Benedictine abbots
noted that to be an oblate is a
vocation,
a response to a call;
that congress saw the
relationship
between a monastic community and
its oblates
as one of reciprocal blessing.
It is a worthy outreach as well
that oblates carry monastic values
into the world by
applying the teachings
of the Rule in their daily lives.
