Today is the Feast Day of St. Benedict of Nursia in the Orthodox Church — which is to say, my name day. Three years ago, it was a happy coincidence — though I call it God’s winking at me — when my ...

KISS and Company at the ‘All-American’ Kennedy Center Honors The Effort to Tame Tech Is Bound to Fail Mrs. Shakespeare, Credit Hog Pope Leo Reveals His Secret We All Need Almsgiving Audio By ...

I was just finishing writing the speech I’m going to be delivering next week in my Italian book tour, and something occurred to me. I’m going to throw it out there to see what you all think. I could ...

On July 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century abbot who gave Christian monasticism its lasting foundation in Western Europe. For his historic role ...

In an essay titled “Pride and Humility: A New Self-acceptance,” Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister takes a fresh look at the concept of humility in the Rule of Benedict. Benedict of Nursia, the founder ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Furrow is a monthly journal for the contemporary Church. It enjoys an international reputation as a courageous and impartial ...

I am a 40-something mom of teenagers in modern America—possibly the furthest thing from a father of Western monasticism or a Renaissance-era Spanish theologian. Yet Sts. Benedict of Nursia and ...

For months, I’ve been planning a men’s pilgrimage to Norcia, known to most Americans as Nursia. The pilgrimage was for the men’s group at St. Mark’s Catholic Community in Vicenza, Italy. Nursia is the ...

Cheerfully they integrate their brewery business into their arduous life of prayer in the mountains of central Italy. In his justly celebrated new book, The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age ...

COMMENTARY: In the face of moral and social disintegration, St. Benedict established core communities of intentional disciples. St. Benedict is depicted with a cross and a scroll stating 'Vade Retro ...