Benedictines

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How to celebrate Christmas with Benedictine nuns

Dec 4, 2016

By Carl Bunderson

As the Christmas season approaches, the hit-making community of Benedictine nuns based in Missouri have released an album full of... Read more

Courtesy of the Monastero di San Benedetto.

For these Benedictine monks, to brew well-made beer is to pray

Jun 3, 2016

By Kevin J. Jones

A group of Italy-based monks pray and work at their monastery at St. Benedict's birthplace. Now the fruits of their... Read more

Recording Adoration at Ephesus in the St. John's Chapel.

Benedictine nuns back at it again with a new album

Apr 27, 2016

By Carl Bunderson

A new album from the chart-topping community of Benedictine nuns in rural Missouri has an intimate selection of the songs... Read more

The Monks of Norcia.

'We wanted to involve our listeners in an experience of prayer'

Jun 3, 2015

By Carl Bunderson

The Benedictine Monks of Norcia spend their lives in prayer and labor – “ora et labora” – chanting the psalms... Read more

Chart-topping Benedictine nuns to release new album for Easter

Feb 28, 2015

By Carl Bunderson

Together with the joys of the Resurrection and feasting, this Easter will have an added delight: listening to the new... Read more

St. Joseph Benedictine Abbey church in St. Joseph, Louisiana.

Monks in Louisiana win lengthy fight to sell caskets

Oct 18, 2013

After a long legal fight, the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling that Benedictine monks in... Read more

Mother Dolores Hart at the 2012 Acadamy Awards with Director Rebecca Cammissa (L) and Producer Julie Anderson (R) of the film

Hollywood actress-turned-nun details vocation in new book

May 7, 2013

Mother Dolores Hart, the woman who left her movie career to become a Benedictine nun, has released a new biography... Read more

Nuns from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles create their new album, 'Angels and Saints at Ephesus.'

Benedictine nuns release second album, honoring saints

Apr 14, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

A group of contemplative Benedictine nuns have recorded an album in honor of the angels and saints, all of the... Read more

Wooden casket made by the monks of Saint Joseph Benedictine Abbey.

Louisiana monks thankful for right to sell caskets

Mar 22, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

After fighting a lawsuit for over five years, Benedictine monks in Louisiana finally won the right to sell their handmade... Read more