Articles on this issue "cloister"
A contemplative group of Benedictines from Missouri have a second No. 1 hit on their hands. "Angels and Saints at Ephesus," a follow-up to their hit record, "Advent at Ephesus," debuted last …
read moreBenedict XVI's secretary of state, who is also the cardinal camerlengo, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has askedcontemplative monasteries and convents around the world for special prayer during …
read moreShe entered the Cistercian Buenafuente del Sistal Convent the day that Joseph Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) was born, and today Sister Teresa is 103 years old and the world's record holder for …
read moreNuns may renounce the secular world and enter a cloister, but the world continues to pursue them, as demonstrated by a deal between a record company and a Benedictine community. Decca Records, …
read moreBenedict XVI is asking for support for all those who dedicate themselves to a life of contemplation in cloistered monasteries. The Pope made this appeal today, a day after the liturgical …
read moreDominican contemplative nuns have been praying for 320 years in Havana, and their vocation is a source of great joy, says the current prioress. ZENIT visited the convent of St. Catherine of …
read moreBenedict XVI has appealed to a convent of cloistered nuns to pray for the conversion of terrorists. The Holy Father visited the Carmelites of Quart on Saturday. The convent, which was …
read moreBenedict XVI appealed to Catholics to give spiritual and material support to people who have consecrated their lives to God in prayer. The Pope made his appeal today, on the eve of \"Pro …
read moreJohn Paul II greeted contemplative communities on the occasion of "Pro Orantibus" Day, dedicated to the spiritual and material support of cloistered monasteries. "I commend to Mary most holy …
read moreJohn Paul II appealed for spiritual and material assistance for cloistered nuns. The papal appeal came two days before "Pro Orantibus" Day, for cloistered women religious, which will be …
read moreAvvenire).- A cloistered nun, Mother Giuseppina Lavizzari, has been conferred posthumously the highest honor awarded by Israel to Gentiles who rescued Jews from the Holocaust. The recognition …
read moreHow does a cloistered nun see the world crisis that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks? "It is as if everything was happening to our own person; everything touches us profoundly," said …
read moreAvvenire).- Just hours after the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, the Carmelites of the little cloistered convent in the Vatican began to pray for the victims and their families. "We are always …
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