SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I. However ...

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...

Quiet and contemplative. Solitary and devoted. Simple. These are some of the words used to describe the monastic way of life. For hundreds of years, Christian men and women around the world have ...

Before the official start of autumn on Sept. 22 there’s a special season that many Christians – including us at the Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude – will be celebrating.

Readers might not think that poverty, chastity and obedience would be attractive to the common Protestant, but Okholm, a theology professor at Azusa Pacific University, will make them think twice.

Patrick Henry offers a nuanced interpretation of how monasticism can offer a compelling critique of—and an alternative to—contemporary culture. In contrast to Rod Dreher’s doctrinaire assertion of the ...

Among lesser-known works by renowned 20th-century photographer, author and filmmaker Gordon Parks is a series of photos taken for a 1955 “Life” magazine photo essay documenting life among the monks of ...

When Judith Valente, a Benedictine oblate, leads contemplative retreats both online and in monasteries around the country, she has been noticing that laypeople — whether Catholic or ...

The lives of the Benedictine sisters that make up Annunciation Monastery, located just steps away from the University of Mary, are varied. They come from many different walks of life, from rural to ...

An English Benedictine community's decision to leave their home for the past two centuries will allow members to focus on core monastic principles, the abbot said Tuesday. Abbot Nicholas Wetz told CNA ...

In Washington last week, Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington solemnly carried out one of the rarer ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church: the formal blessing of a new abbot. He gave his ...