A Benedictine Bishop: Belleville’s New Shepherd Sees Monastic Roots as an Asset
Loquacious and quick with a smile and a joke, the newly installed Bishop Godfrey Mullen ministers to a hometown flock, ‘people that I’ve known since I was 9 months old.’
Results from Tag: 'monastic life'
‘Sacred Wine’: How Monks Built Europe’s Wine Culture
Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman offers a personal glimpse into the colorful world of monastic wine, journeying through monasteries in Italy, France and Spain as windows into Europe’s spiritual and cultural heritage.
Pray Like a Monk: ‘Monasticamp’ Prompts College Students to Pray and Ponder
Young adults spent last Saturday immersed in the rhythm of monastic life.
Casamari Abbey: Cistercian Art, Ancient Remedies, and Praying Monks
The Casamari pharmacy, still in operation after two centuries, remains a powerful symbol of the connection between monastic life and the science of plants, all for the greater glory of God.
14 Centuries of Faith: How Benedictine Monks Are Reviving Their Ancient Abbey
Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of renewal and hope for the future of the Church in France.
Meet the Benedictine Monks Dedicated to Perpetual Adoration
As one monk put it, ‘I go before Jesus, and he takes care of the rest.’
La Lucerne Abbey in France Is a New Beacon in the Night of De-Christianization
This magnificent 12th-century Premonstratensian monument, located a few miles from Mont Saint-Michel, hosts a large spiritual and cultural center project.
Heart of Monastic Renewal in Europe: Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria
The oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world has remained unaffected by the vocation crisis in the West, relying on an alliance between its ancestral religious traditions and an openness to today’s world and challenges.
Historic Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges, Where St. Charles de Foucauld Lived, Narrowly Escapes Closure and Welcomes Nuns
The Trappist brothers, who had announced the closure of the site after 172 years of prayer life on the site, hand over the abbey to the dynamic community from the Abbaye Sainte-Marie of Boulaur.
A Community of Cistercian Nuns Is Bringing Medieval Monastic Dynamism Back to France
The monastic grange project at the Abbaye Sainte-Marie of Boulaur has aroused a wave of enthusiasm in the country and is already inspiring other monasteries in Europe.
