Around the world there are hundreds of schools in the Benedictine or Cistercian tradition.
These school communities are guided by the values in the Rule of St Benedict.
www.osb-icbe.org

In Australia there are ten Good Samaritan Benedictine schools.
www.goodsams.org.au/

 Balance of prayer, work and fun, hospitality, care of all of creation, respect for the individual and individual needs are hallmarks of a school in the tradition of St Benedict.
www.osb.org

 The Benedictine Union of Australia and New Zealand unites us all in our Benedictine tradition.

Members of the Union are:

New Norcia
The monks at New Norcia in West Australia live in community and pray together. They are open to the practical love of their neighbours in whatever ways were most needed at the time. www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au/ 

The Jamberoo Abbey
The Jamberoo Abbey community is an 'enclosed' community of Benedictine nuns at  Jamberoo south of Sydney.
http://www.jamberooabbey.org.au/

St Benedict’s Monastery Arcadia, Australia
We are a group of Christian men, living together in community, supporting each other in our search for God through prayer, work, study and mutual co-operation.
http://www.benedictine.org.au/

Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict
Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict are women who by their religious profession seek God in all things by reaching out with the compassion of the Good Samaritan www.goodsams.org.au

Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance
These monks search for God through the creation of time and space in which the inner life may flourish. Yarra Valley Victorai http://www.cistercian.org.au/ and Cistercians Kopua New Zealand.

Anglican Benedictines
Anglican Benedictines at Camperdown and Wangaratta in Victoria.

Tyburn Nuns
Tyburn Nuns at Riverstone New South Wales and Bombay New Zealand,

Benedictine Sisters
Benedictine Sisters at Kalumburu in West Australia.

Benedictine Nuns
Benedictine Nuns at Tanby in Queensland

Story of IBYC and past congresses
In order to strengthen the bonds amongst people in this global network of schools, some people in 2001 thought it would be good to meet for a Benedictine International Youth Congress (IBYC) In 2001 about 300 students from Benedictine schools all over the world met in Muensterschwarzach Abbey (Germany) for the first International Benedictine Youth Congress).