Father Dermot Preston presents from the ruins of Byland Abbey. The service is all about Saints, Souls & Spirits; Byland is a ...

Led by the example of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks turned their attention to the world outside the monastery walls in response to the threat posed by heretical Christians, in particular the ...

The Cloisters were part of a Cistercian monastery for nearly 700 years. In 1925, the Cloisters were dismantled and shipped to the US by William Randolph Hearst. In 1953, Time magazine called the ...

They were from a branch of Cistercians, present mostly in Francophone Europe, the monastery’s prior, Father Giles Conacher, told CNA. Pluscarden Abbey's cloister. Credit: Giles Conacher OSB ...

Founded in 1147, the Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is considered the most complete and best-preserved medieval monastic complex north of the Alps. Surrounded by fortified walls, the main buildings ...

A monk from an island off the coast of south Wales has been arrested for non-recent sexual assault and harassment. Brother ...

A sign that reads, ‘Mount Saint Benedict Monastery.’ A Pennsylvania GOP canvasser claims that there are 53 voter registration addresses attached to the monastery, but that ‘no one’ lives ...

This volume presents the composite character of the Cistercian Order in its unity and diversity, detailing the white monks' history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It charts the geographical ...

He lived as a monk and grew close to the family of a prominent guru. When Bhargava later struck it rich selling 5-Hour Energy caffeine shots, he decided to help India’s needy. He gave away ...

At the golden jubilee Mass for St. Pius X Church, Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, prayed that the parish would continue to be ...

In 2023, my wife Liz embarked on a self-guided spiritual retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Nelson County, Ky. She returned with an armful of books and souvenirs from the ...