Andrew Jotischky’s new book is a history of monastic life from early Christianity - Alamy In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He ...

Dominican nuns provide a witness to the value of stillness and quiet contemplation. The Dominican nun reads a book on the grounds of the Monastery of Our Lady of Grace in North Guilford, Connecticut. ...

On top of Mount Equinox, 17 monks from all over the world live quietly, dedicating their lives to silence, solitude and contemplation. The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, America s only ...

Hiding among the fish barrels, Katharina von Bora must have realized she would have a remarkable life. A nun dissatisfied with cloistered life, she wrote to Martin Luther, asking for help escaping ...

Mother Oda shared how their cloistered, contemplative life is 'rooted deeply in the liturgy.' A sister of the Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph walks with some of the priory’s ...

Catherine Coldstream didn't grow up planning to become a nun. Coldstream was from London, and had lived in Paris where she studied composition and performed experimental music. But after her father ...