…so is the motto of the Third International Benedictine Youth Conference (TYBIC), which will be held between 11th and 15th August, 2005, in Königsmünster Abbey, Meschede.
Following the Conferences held at the abbeys of Münsterschwarzach (Franken, Germany), 2001, and Woodside (San Francisco, USA), 2004, students of Benedictine and Cistercian schools from all over the world will gather in Sauerland, experience community according to the tradition of St. Benedict, and finally make their way together to Cologne to celebrate World Youth Day (WYD). The Conferences are promoted by the International Commission on Benedictine Education.

The idea of combining this event with that of World Youth Day came from the president of the Conference, Abbot Christopher of England's Worth Abbey. His priority is to give students from poor countries the possibility to participate in both meetings, namely the Benedictine conference and World Youth Day. In both of these events, community is a central element to be experienced; an element that is also characteristic to being a member of a Benedictine school, and to education according to the tradition of St. Benedict. This characteristic will also be an important aspect of World Youth Day in Cologne. Our monastery will host a spiritual centre for the TYBIC.
Here, you can expect to find:

• Benedictine hospitality
  
• a place of encounter with God, of silence and of prayer
• the possibility to speak to the Brothers and the Sisters
• the possibility to get to know Benedictine Youth from other parts of the world
• information concerning education and formation in Benedictine schools.
  
  In addition to this invitation of ours, there will be an international gathering of young Benedictine and Cistercian Monks and Nuns in the church of Groß St. Martin, a gathering that will also act as a spiritual centre in which the liturgy of the Hours will be prayed. A night of prayer in common, led by students and religious from all over the world will bring together both centres.
  So far, participants range from USA, Tanzania, South Korea, Great Britain, Philippines, Chile and, of course, Germany.