
Inside the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore
"I can affirm that there is no lack of vocations at Monte Oliveto Maggiore; we are truly blessed by the Lord for the fact that a few young people are always entering the community.”
"I can affirm that there is no lack of vocations at Monte Oliveto Maggiore; we are truly blessed by the Lord for the fact that a few young people are always entering the community.”
What it’s like to pass through the rolling and picturesque Sibillini and Apennine mountain ranges of central Italy where the saint lived.
If the monks who pray all day need a Little Silence to recoup, so do we.
Monastery set in the hills near St. Benedict’s birthplace focuses on wisdom that is ‘always new.’
Norcia, the birthplace of St. Benedict, has been seriously damaged by earthquakes last year, including the basilica and monastery.
The town's co-cathedral was also almost flattened in the latest earthquake, the third major tremor to hit the region since August.
The monks have retreated to two tents while the restoration of their monastery is ongoing, according to the prior of the Monastery of St. Benedict.
COMMENTARY: Stability, obedience and conversion of life; prayer, work and study — St. Benedict stands as a beacon for us as we face the seeming chaos and crises of our day.
COMMENTARY: Our families and parishes can become ‘domestic monasteries,’ where we live simply and consciously nurture the faith — and so take refuge from the encroaching deluge of societal breakdown.
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