The correct way to greet a Buddhist monk is with hands in a prayer position and a slight bow. They use the style “venerable” ...

Monks are individuals devoted to religious servitude, and they are not specific to any one religion. Here are the abbeys and ...

The best location for a monastery was one that was close to water and wood. Many monastic chroniclers mention this.

Recently, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran an article on the decline of religious communities in Germany. It makes for depressing reading, telling of large religious houses with ever-dwindling ...

A second chance at life. That’s what three endangered Hawaiian monk seals now have as they return to life in the wild at Midway Atoll. Wildlife officials rescued the three last year, when they were ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Located between corn and bean fields near Schuyler, you’ll find a monastery that offers the chance to learn more about the monastic way of life. Father Thomas Leitner is one of ...

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...

Before Tom Abel was a husband, a father of five and a counselor, he was a Trappist monk. Never mind that his post-monastery years number more than double the 20 he spent cloistered, his religious life ...