Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been referred to as the “Monk of Bavaria.” Yes, he was from Bavaria — a southern German state — and a proud Bavarian.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s Abbey of St. John in Collegeville—the largest Benedictine monastery in the world, with more than 390 monks—supervises six dependent priories, serves 34 U.S. parishes, conducts ...

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.

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 ...

The St. Benedict Center in Schuyler is hosting its annual Christmas on the Hill craft fair until Dec. 15, and its nativity display until Dec. 17 before that reopens Jan.

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, ...