Portrait of a Monastery is a documentary by John Decker that follows the life of monks in the Order of the Holy Cross. They ...

Hard to believe that The Rule, a set of monastic precepts established by St. Benedict in the sixth century, could apply to educating inner-city youth beset by modern problems of poverty, violence, ...

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 ...

As one monk put it, ‘I go before Jesus, and he takes care of the rest.’ Adoration is round-the-clock during Lent, when local townsfolk also sign up for hours. (photo: Courtesy of Silverstream Priory) ...

Benedictine monks sing at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Bridgeport. Credit: The Monastery of the Holy Cross Nestled two miles from downtown Chicago in Bridgeport, a neighborhood that once had the ...

People walk into the St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass for the monastery’s last public liturgy on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. The monastery was sold to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, for $120 million.

Still bound by vows and his heart's longing to the hills of northeastern Oklahoma, Benedictine Father Patrick Carter will spend the next several years working and ministering about the hills of the ...