Eastern Mennonite University's upcoming play is based on a true story about a nun who didn't quite fit the stereotypical mold ...

Buried beneath desert sands for over a millennium, a hidden monastery has emerged in Israel—revealing how early Christian ...

"The name Benedict also evokes the extraordinary figure of the great 'patriarch of western monasticism,' St. Benedict of Norcia, co-patron of Europe with Cyril and Methodius. The progressive ...

Ordained in Rome, John started monasteries in southern France, near Marseilles, thus helping to pioneer monasticism in Europe. His two main writings, Institutes of the Monastic Life and ...