Quiet and contemplative. Solitary and devoted. Simple. These are some of the words used to describe the monastic way of life. For hundreds of years, Christian men and women around the world have ...

Prayer makes our salvation secure, it helps us discern the truth, it is the origin of witnessing to the faith, and it assists those near to us to enter into the presence of God, bringing the peace and ...

Thursday morning after the Tuesday election I woke up at 2:30 a.m. — wide awake. As I lay there pondering the hard-fought election battle, I felt drawn to pray the morning prayer of St. Benedict. The ...

Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand are offering a program, “Introduction to Centering Prayer,” that will explain this quiet, reflective prayer form grounded in the Christian tradition. The workshop ...

On July 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century abbot who gave Christian monasticism its lasting foundation in Western Europe. For his historic role ...