Pope Francis said this love can be seen in the lives of contemplative monks and nuns who work and pray in silence for the whole Church. Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on ...

A guide to some of our favorite handmade gifts to give and receive from religious communities and monasteries.

Vaughan and Suzanne Counts set aside 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes every evening to be silent and know God. In those periods of stillness and silence, they quiet their minds while slowly ...

S tudents have no homework or exams in a course called “Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life.” Still, they tell their professor, Justin McDaniel, that the course is a lot of ...

Take FM 1960 deep into north Houston, past the big box stores, service stations and ugly strip malls. Wheel down a side street, and stay alert for the change. When the air turns cooler and the trees ...

According to Bishop Bozo, the new foundation promises to be a real blessing for a very de-Christianized rural region, completely devoid of male contemplative communities since the Revolution. Solignac ...

24 monks live at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, Livingston County. The monks have stepped up efforts to welcome visitors. It opened a new store that sells their breads, local foods and products ...

The first day of 2003 for Bernard McCoy started out early, at 3:30 a.m., with a quick check of his email. But before he could reply to messages about his growing online business, Father Bernard spent ...

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within monastery ...

AVA, Mo. (KY3) - A small monastery in Ava is known across the world for its specialty fruitcakes. Baking fruitcakes has been a tradition at Assumption Abbey for more than 30 years. Business manager ...