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 ...

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

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

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

A comparison of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) index and Subjective Well-being (SWB) scores with the 2022 GNH survey has shown that monastic communities fare significantly better than the general ...

The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with ...

At Saint Anselm College, it is very apparent among students that the monastic community is alive and well on campus. The ...

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

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

The Annals of Dunstable Priory: From Living Memory to Written Record in a Thirteenth-Century Textual Community. Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, Vol. 9, Issue. , p. 147. Kershaw, Ian 2023. What ...

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

The New York abortion mandate 'imposes immense burdens on countless religious entities opposed to abortion as a matter of ...