A group of Benedictine nuns from Argentina will move into the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in January. The monastery in the Vatican Gardens was where retired Pope Benedict XVI resided until his death.
When students of the Greensburg, Pennsylvania, chapter of Catholic Schoolhouse don costumes for an event at St. Emma Monastery at the end of October, it’s not the typical Halloween party with superhero and fairytale outfits. “It’s wonderful for people to have a
Katie Yoder writes that 10 cloistered nuns belonging to the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph will be leaving New York City and relocating to a 13-acre property in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania. The community plans to build a
“Have you ever imagined having a graveyard in your backyard? Something like this is typically done at Benedictine monasteries,” writes Abbot Austin Murphy in a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor. “That is, we often bury our deceased members on the grounds
In a series of articles exploring how priests, deacons, and men and women religious live out the corporal works of mercy, writer Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller profiles two monasteries that are dedicated to giving drink to the thirsty while helping to fund their