LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE/KLTV) - The Monastery of the Infant Jesus is celebrating 75 years since its founding in East Texas. Located on Lotus Lane in north Lufkin, the community of nearly two dozen ...

Monasteries look like idyllic places where time stands still, and your soul enjoys complete peace. These stone buildings with ...

I first learned to pray from evangeli­cals who converted me at a Christian camp. Prayer was a “quiet time,” reading the Bible and petitioning God, usually at the start of the day. I was encouraged to ...

In a world of fast food and big businesses, monks and nuns are quietly praying and working. They work to support themselves — and because manual labor is edifying to the soul. St. Benedict said, “To ...

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...

THIRA – Cruise-ship tourists crowding souvenir shops and couples chasing the perfect Instagram sunset throng the alleyway outside the Monastery of St. Catherine, steps from Santorini’s world-famous ...

The celebrations in honor of the Zhirovichi Icon of the Mother of God began on 19 May. A prayer service with the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos took place in the Dormition Cathedral of the ...

A prayer bench used by the Rev. Mychal Judge, a Fire Department of New York chaplain killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers Sept. 11, 2001, was driven to the New York area Sunday to ...

(RNS) — Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Sister Mary Bede was no stranger to quarantine life. Sister Bede and 22 other Cistercian nuns who live with her at Valley of Our Lady Monastery in Prairie ...