MONTECITO, CALIF. — Brother Nicholas Radelmiller tolled the bell amid the ruins of the Mt. Calvary Monastery, but no worshipers were there to hear it. Down the mountainside, workers revved up their ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose ...

(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked how she got from her upbringing in Kansas to life in a monastery in New ...

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series exploring the cloistered Carmelite monastery near Wahpeton, N.D. First installment: Profile of Mother Madonna, prioress of the Carmel of Mary ...

On the feast of St. David, the Cistercian nuns of Whitland talk of the beauty of their life and offer strategies from monastery life for living well during the pandemic. Contemplative life at Holy ...

On a sunny Sunday morning, a diverse gathering of 30-plus people meet for Mass at the small chapel Uptown at the corner of Henry Clay and Magazine streets. Some light candles for special requests, ...

Take FM 1960 deep into north Houston, past the big box stores, service stations and ugly strip malls. Wheel down a side street, and stay alert for the change. When the air turns cooler and the trees ...

Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in 2016 in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. Associated Press files BERLIN — Take 20 liters of honey ...

For the past 38 years, Transfiguration Monastery in Windsor has opened its doors to visitors looking for a break from hectic everyday life to reflect, meditate and renew their spiritual life. And for ...

WAYNE -- There's a saying from Saint Seraphim, a renowned Russian Orthodox monk: "Acquire the peace of Christ in your heart, and a thousand souls around you will be saved." What that means is this -- ...