I am sad to have learned that our valley will lose the most wonderful and great institution of Saint Benedict’s Monastery. As we all know, the monastery has been located in the Capitol Creek Valley ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

After 11 years, the Catholic Church in central Norway will have a bishop again. Fr. Erik Varden, a Cistercian monk and spiritual writer, will be consecrated a bishop at the Cathedral of St. Olav in ...

While the new monastery couldn’t be rebuilt on top of the ancient abbey ruins for reasons of practicality and historical preservation, the monks quickly found a suitable location within walking ...

DALLAS – Father Roch Kereszty may seem like just another monk at Cistercian Abbey in Irving, Texas. Nothing is unusual about how he leans on his cane; nothing different about how he’ll greet you with ...

People walk into the St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass for the monastery’s last public liturgy on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. The monastery was sold to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, for $120 million.