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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), is a mainly contemplative monastic religious order of the Catholic Church for men and women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, of the colour of their religious habits, in contrast to other Benedictine orders such as the Olivetans, who wear white. They were founded in 529 by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism by formulating his Rule. Benedict's sister, Scholastica, possibly his twin, also became religious early but chose to live as a hermit. They retained a close relationship until her death.

Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy but are organized as a collection of autonomous monasteries and convents, some known as abbeys. The Benedictine Confederation represents the order internationally, an organization set up in 1893 to represent the order's shared interests. They do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction but elect an Abbot Primate to represent themselves to the Vatican and the world.

The term third order generally refers to lay members of Christian religious orders who do not necessarily live in a religious community such as a monastery or a nunnery but can claim to wear the religious habit and participate in the good works of an excellent order. Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism all recognize third orders.

Third orders were a 12th-century adaptation of the medieval monastic confraternities. Members of third orders are known as tertiaries (Latin tertiarii, from tertius, "third"). In some cases, they may belong to a religious institute (a "congregation") that is called a "third-order regular."

We are An Independent Catholic Ministry (Anglican Rite) following the Rule of St Benedict, established within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Cap. A personal ordinariate, also known as an Anglican ordinariate, is a Catholic jurisdiction for those of the Anglican patrimony.

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