After 22 years of silence as a Trappist monk in Iowa, Father Robert Valit, a self-proclaimed extrovert, decided to become a parish priest. Although he valued a life of prayer, Valit realized in 1972 ...

At the dazzling white Valamo monastery in southeastern Finland, the monks have just finished breakfast and are getting to ...

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Rebekah Sanderlin's father lived frugally, saving money and working hard for decades. He retired at 50 but then lived in what ...

Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigours of monastic ...

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In celebration of the first birthday of Her Royal Highness Gyalsem Sonam Yangden Wangchuck, prayers and butter lamps were ...

The cemetery site was previously home to an earlier Bronze Age monument and was later repurposed in the medieval period.

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Cleveland diners will be able to taste and see saint-inspired dishes while sipping Trappist-brewed beer in a restaurant that ...