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 ...
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 ...
Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigours of monastic life and its conservative values.Archimandrite Father Michael (R) talks with ...
Whether the attempted insurrection, the pandemic, the two assassination attempts on Donald Trump, or something else, there has been enough craziness since 2020 to warrant social panic. We frequently u ...