Pope Francis said this love can be seen in the lives of contemplative monks and nuns who work and pray in silence for the whole Church. Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on ...

Vaughan and Suzanne Counts set aside 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes every evening to be silent and know God. In those periods of stillness and silence, they quiet their minds while slowly ...

28 monks live at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, Livingston County. The monks wake up at 2 a.m. and their first vigil of the day is at 2:25 a.m. The baking of biscotti begins at 4 a.m. Silence is ...

S tudents have no homework or exams in a course called “Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life.” Still, they tell their professor, Justin McDaniel, that the course is a lot of ...

According to Bishop Bozo, the new foundation promises to be a real blessing for a very de-Christianized rural region, completely devoid of male contemplative communities since the Revolution. Solignac ...

The first day of 2003 for Bernard McCoy started out early, at 3:30 a.m., with a quick check of his email. But before he could reply to messages about his growing online business, Father Bernard spent ...

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 ...

St. Benedict’s final public liturgical services will take place just shy of its 70th anniversary in Old Snowmass, where a ...