Second, community life is actually quite difficult. On a macro level, facing broader societal upheaval together in a ...

Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia, Spain, encouraged the faithful to take advantage of summer vacation to delve ...

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

Over the centuries, a magnificent monastic complex was built around the Sacred Cave where St. Benedict developed his ...

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

While 30 Benedictine monks reside today in the “historical monument,” the French abbot noted ... Drawn by the Rule of St. Benedict and the intense way of living the Christian life that the ...

It was here, in this very first monastery of the order, that the saint wrote down his renowned rule, shaping a monastic life centered around prayer, work, studies and hospitality.While it was at ...