CLYDE, Mo. -- Sr. Dawn, who met us when we arrived at the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration monastery here, used to be what I still am -- a Presbyterian. Same story with Sr. Sean, the ...

Last year at this time, I was living at Mount Michael Abby in Elkhorn, Neb. The Benedictine monks were kind enough to let me come and be a part of their community. It is a week I will never forget. My ...

How would you explain monasticism to Protestants who feel Christians should be out in the world, seeking to convert lost souls? To them, monks/nuns are hiding from society’s ills, not helping to mend ...

Many Catholics and Protestants are looking back to Benedict for the community and spiritual intensity they can’t find in modern culture. Christians struggling for sanctity in a too-comfortable world ...

The address 28 Harpersville Road in midtown Newport News is synonymous with the reflective life and spiritual pursuits. For decades, the Poor Clares, cloistered Catholic nuns of the Franciscan order, ...