Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, now houses only six monks and ...

Monasteries are relative latecomers to the institutional life of the Catholic Church in the U.S ... Duty Is to Pray. A monk is a cleric who takes vows of religion that bind him to live and ...

As Christmas approaches, all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing ... tamales. Most monasteries have to be financially self-sufficient.

My regular visits have guided how I approach my home and family life, which, though not a monastery itself, can emulate the regular rhythm of prayer, work, and fraternity.

Living in one of the peninsula's 20 monasteries, dozen cloisters, or hundreds of cells, the monks are detached even from each other, reserving most of their time for prayer and solitude.