Pope Benedict XVI today told members of the Vatican Congregation dedicated to helping consecrated religious that monastic life must challenge the faithful to love God before all else. The Holy Father ...

Recently, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran an article on the decline of religious communities in Germany. It makes for depressing reading, telling of large religious houses with ever-dwindling ...

If Catholics want marriages and the priesthood to be renewed, then we need a vigorous revival of monastic life. ABOVE: The abbot and monks of Holy Resurrection Monastery. BELOW: (1) Bishop David ...

To carry out the mission of working with their hands, Trappist Monks in Dubuque County focus on conservation, forestry and ...

Father Malachy Corley was enthusiastic about his life at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Though he wasn’t a chatty man, it was clear his life was enriched after he became a Trappist monk, ...

The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said.

“When a monk gives his life to God, he has to express that in a physical way, not just an intellectual way, and singing involves the whole body and the mind and the soul, and so it’s a wonderful way ...

Each time I was about to write one of the divine names (YHWH, Elohim), I would pause, gather myself, become intentionally ...

After lying dormant for decades, the seed of a calling to monastic life has sprung to life in the soul of Sevillian painter José María Méndez after hearing a line in the film “Libres” (“Free”) on ...

For some, the term monasticism may bring up images of chanting monks or helpful nuns. For Matt Scraper, monasticism is an important part of his life and faith as an elder in the Oklahoma Con­ference ...