“We’re here as a sign of God’s presence,” says Father Edwin Leahy, headmaster of St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark, New Jersey. “That’s who we are as monks. We take a vow of stability of place, so ...

Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia in Spain encouraged the faithful to take advantage of summer vacation to read and delve deeper into the Rule of St. Benedict, as it contains “insights ...

I could hear the news broadcast outside my door this morning as I sat down to talk to you about the Rule of Benedict's ninth step of humility. For the first time in my life, I not only understood the ...

Find today’s readings here. “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) While I work and minister with the Jesuits at ...

In this accessible guide to the good life, journalist and poet Valente (Atchison Blue) illustrates how St. Benedict’s sixth-century monastic manual for healthy communal living can address contemporary ...

Several weeks ago, at our parish library, my 5-year-old son picked up a book on St. Benedict and his twin sister, St. Scholastica. That afternoon, we curled up on the couch to read it, my younger son ...

I returned a short time ago from an astonishing journey to Subiaco, to the monastery founded by St. Benedict, around the cave in which he lived as a hermit circa 500, praying and fasting and ...

The resort was as posh as they come: all-inclusive, tucked away in a pristine corner of the Arizona desert and boasting stunning vistas of sun-drenched mountains around every bend of its adobe ...