Articles on this issue "monasteries"
Not even the Mongols of the 14th century, when they killed 40 monks and some 400 faithful, succeeded in making one of the most ancient Christian convents in the world disappear, but perhaps …
read moreBenedict XVI has traveled to various monasteries, and plans to visit theCarthusian monastery of Serra San Bruno on Oct. 9, reaffirming the value of this vocation to silent contemplation. ZENIT …
read moreAfter eight years of renovation, the Monastery of St. Anthony, the world's oldest, opened its doors to pilgrims. The Coptic Orthodox monastery was built around 356 at the burial site of St. …
read moreHere is the address Benedict XVI gave Nov. 20 upon receiving in audience the participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of …
read moreBenedict XVI says the vocation of monasteries is to point the world toward what is essential in life: seeking Christ and putting nothing before his love. The Pope affirmed this today when he …
read moreConsidering that rebellion against the father figure has left new generations orphaned, religious leaders are meeting at an ecumenical monastery to consider spiritual fatherhood in the …
read moreIt’s been said that when the revolution comes, you won’t read about it in the newspapers. Indeed, when the history of this part of the world is written, it may point to the recent …
read moreA friend of the prior of the Trappist monks of Tibhirine is trying to stir interest in the spiritual legacy of those men who were murdered a decade ago. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, some …
read moreIn today's Europe of "believing without belonging," where the family is fragile, monasteries teach the "art of belonging to each other," the archbishop of Westminster told monks at Downside …
read moreA TV series recounting the experience of five men who spend 40 days in a Benedictine Abbey will show England what monastic life can offer the modern person. A three-part series, the first part …
read moreBy Elizabeth Lev As the 21st century marvels ever more at what man can achieve with machines, last week a delegation from Minnesota made everyone wonder at what man can do with his hands. At …
read moreTwo Orthodox monks from Kosovo appealed to Rome to save monasteries of their Church severely damaged by Albanian radicals. The two monks, Sava Janijc and Andrej Sajc, of the Monastery of …
read moreSt. John's Abbey and University, in Minnesota, has been working on a series of seven biblical volumes that combine medieval techniques and high-tech advances. Today, a delegation accompanied …
read moreAn initiative involving Eucharistic adoration has grown to almost 1,000 members in just three years. The "invisible monastery," as it's known, was instituted in the Center of the Union of …
read moreThe Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross has been founded as a sign of reconciliation in Northern Ireland. The monastery's founders are five Benedictine monks of the Congregation of St. …
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