A monk since 1966, Father Leahy understands St. Benedict’s witness not to be one of retreating from the world, contrary to what much of the current interest in Benedictine monasticism may indicate.

The Fourth Book comprises an account of the Life and Rule of St. Benedict, and properly opens the history which Montalembert proposes to narrate.

In the term of this issue we celebrate the great St. Benedict of Nursia. He is sometimes called the father of monasticism — ...

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 ...

Well, okay. The precise day of the feast is July 11, and you're probably reading this several days prior. But there's no time like the present to consider the holy monk's lasting legacy since it's ...

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

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

St. Benedict writes, "Let those who receive the clothing not complain about its color or coarseness, but accept what is given them." That's a hard teaching in a world like ours, where we're told to ...

But St Benedict warns bosses not to abuse their power and “make any unjust arrangement”. In turn, he chides, each monk must accept with grace, “the places he shall have assigned them”.

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, ...

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 ...