The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...

The Basilica di San Benedetto and the adjoining monastery, which Benedictine monks had inhabited continuously for 16 years, was seriously damaged in the first series of quakes, in late summer.

The stone is Gris d'Alesia and the inscription reads: In memory of the monks of Westminster 1065-1540: 1556-1559 this figure was placed in the chapel of St Benedict 1968. The Benedictine monastery at ...

with a monk named Dom Bernardo Vincelli. He was part of the Catholic Bénédictine monastic order and sought to create a healing elixir with plants known for their remedial properties. Vincelli ...

In his "Rule," St. Benedict remarks that a monastery is never without guests. Though he wrote this line 1,500 years ago, the monastery remains alluring even for modern visitors. The monks leave the ...

2022 4:30 p.m. A team of about a dozen Saint Vincent monks were working from early morning into the evening Thursday as they carried out a new tradition at the Benedictine community. Their mission ...

Novice Joshua Brahm professed his temporary vows as a Benedictine monk in a ceremony on January 20, 2025, at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN. He has completed his novitiate, a year of prayer ...