The monastic grange project at the Abbaye Sainte-Marie of Boulaur has aroused a wave of enthusiasm in the country and is already inspiring other monasteries in Europe. The community is establishing a ...

The French countryside is littered with medieval monasteries -- stony, quiet and atmospheric. Some are in a state of ruin; others are still home to peaceful monks or sisters going about their ...

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture. Now on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, the ...

The upcoming symposium, "Modes of Communication in Medieval Monasticism," explores forms of verbal and non-verbal communication in medieval monasticism. It is scheduled for this Thursday, April 22 at ...

Archaeologists have described their latest find of a medieval monastic enclosure at Drumholm, near Ballintra, Co Donegal as being of major national importance. The experts believe the enclosure, with ...

Events from this week in Christian history include the death of Saint Theodosius of the Caves, the sacking of Rome and the ...

Pottery, animal bones, seeds, nuts, and more tell a tale of what everyday life was like in medieval times in a monastic settlement in Ireland. Armed with two-meter COVID-19 sticks, to ensure they were ...

This scholarly work is a valuable contribution to the overall history of monasticism in Ireland as it explores “the hidden years” of that tradition, following its much vaunted “golden age” when, as ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

Small illuminated volume lost to monastic library in 16th century bought for £100,000 A 13th century bible, one of a handful of books which survived intact when the library of Canterbury Cathedral was ...