Recently, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran an article on the decline of religious communities in Germany. It makes for depressing reading, telling of large religious houses with ever-dwindling ...

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I. However ...

TLC’s latest entry into the reality ring had me skeptical at the first mention. But after reading the synopses for the reality show The Monastery, I think this could be an interesting show. The ...

Father Malachy Corley was enthusiastic about his life at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Though he wasn’t a chatty man, it was clear his life was enriched after he became a Trappist monk, ...

For some, the term monasticism may bring up images of chanting monks or helpful nuns. For Matt Scraper, monasticism is an important part of his life and faith as an elder in the Oklahoma Con­ference ...

After lying dormant for decades, the seed of a calling to monastic life has sprung to life in the soul of Sevillian painter José María Méndez after hearing a line in the film “Libres” (“Free”) on ...

Xavier Beauvois has made a deeply thought out film in "Of Gods and Men," based on the true story of nine Roman Catholic monks whose lives of peace, contemplation and service were disrupted by an ...

Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in 2016 in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. Associated Press files BERLIN — Take 20 liters of honey ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

When Sami Boyle left her home in Carbondale in March for a three-week apprenticeship with Food for the Hungry in the Dominican Republic, she expected to share her knowledge and experience, gained from ...

The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...