Benedictine monks

Here is a surprisingly fair and balanced take on the Traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe Benedictine monastery of Silver City, NM. I will state straight up that this monastery is affiliated with th…

The habit as a powerful way of communicating the values of a monk....

Saint of the Day – 25 October – Saint Maurus of Pécs OSB (c 1000-c 1075) Bishop, the first Hungarian Benedictine Monk and Abbot (Ordo Sancti Benedicti – OSB), Peace-maker, Writer …

Benedictine Monks

The Vatican has ordered a former Benedictine monk to leave St. Vincent Archabbey near Latrobe and has released him from his monastic vows for spreading rumors about Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, according to the archabbey. Mark Gruber has refused to vacate the abbey since June 30, 2012, when the Vatican Congregation

Brother Andre Love of Mount Angel Abbey is an Iconographer and curator but not a cliche

Those who are married or who don't enter religious life can still become Benedictine oblates and reap spiritual riches.

Benedictine Monks

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will keep this very brief, with the help of my column this month, at The Catholic Answer: For most of my life, the assumption of Mary existed as little more, for me, than a head-scratcher of a dogma. I understood that Elijah and Enoch had been assumed into heaven, so if I considered Mary’s assumption at all, it was simply to shrug it off: “Mary was assumed into heaven. Sure, why not?” The... Read more