MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WIS) - At Mepkin Abbey, a driveway lined with live oaks invites visitors into a sanctuary of silence where Catholic monks have devoted their lives to prayer and the search for God ...

PEOSTA — Every morning before the sun comes up, Brother Joseph is beginning his day. Brother Joseph, a Trappist Monk, is up by 4:30 a.m., heading out to start work in the New Melleray Abbey’s garden.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benedictine monks are trying to beat the heat now that an outdated cooling system at their Shawnee monastery has deteriorated.

One muggy afternoon on the Aventine Hill in Rome, an intriguing thought popped into the mind of Father Thomas Esposito: "Wouldn't it be cool to write a novel that went through a day in the life of a ...

There are no longer Trappist monks at the abbey in Algeria's Tibhirine made infamous by the slaughter of seven men who served there during the country's brutal civil war. But the memory of the French ...

Crackers and a salad at Le Sacré bistro at L’Abbaye d’Oka As someone who grew up Catholic, my primary touchstones for abbey life were the unfun nuns of The Sound of Music. An abstemious bunch, they ...

Benedictine monks are trying to beat the heat now that an outdated cooling system at their Shawnee monastery has deteriorated. Temperatures have reached as high as 90 degrees inside St. Gregory's ...