The archbishop mentioned St. Benedict’s exhortation 'not to desire to be called a saint before being one, but first to be one ...

On a recent retreat with my wife, Katherine, to Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville, St. Benedict’s teachings on hospitality and ...

While St. Benedict faced trials in his life as a monk, we all face trials and attacks from the enemy in the Christian life. Sacramentals can help us in our journey of faith, including our efforts ...

He gave St. Benedict a monk’s habit and provided spiritual and material needs to him. One day, during his time living in the cave, the Devil presented Benedict’s imagination with a beautiful ...

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Benedict, a figure who has shaped not only Western monasticism but the very spiritual ...

A monk with a horse at St. Benedict’s Monastery in 1968. This and related images are in the Aspen Illustrated News on Aug. 29, 1968, along with an article about the various skills and pastimes of the ...

Although today Subiaco is known as the birthplace of Western monasticism, thanks to St. Benedict of Nursia -- who spent three years living in a cave there before starting 13 monasteries -- it was ...

A biography listed on the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University (CSB/SJU) website says Mullin became a monk in 1992 and was ordained as a priest in 2007. He studied elementary education ...

Located between corn and bean fields near Schuyler, you’ll find a monastery that offers the chance to learn more about the monastic way of life.

Saint Benedict is famous for founding at least 12 religious communities of monks in Italy. He traveled to Montecassino where he established a monastery and wrote “The Rule,” which is a set of ...

The monastery was founded by a group of monks who came to Colorado from St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. The monks were formally part of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, ...