Friday 19 April |

Saint of the Day: Bl. James Duckett

Monks

Daniel Esparza

Who are the Hieronymites?

Daniel Esparza

Lisbon’s Hieronymites’ Monastery: A late-Gothic landmark

Daniel Esparza

Portugal’s tastiest dessert is thanks to monastic creativity

BELARUS

Daniel Esparza

What (or who) is a stylite?

Monk with Beer

J-P Mauro

Monks’ brewery finds means of distribution and evangelization

Agnès Pinard Legry

Monks behind Chartreuse will voluntarily limit production to protect environment

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Aleteia

See the Franciscans of Assisi frolic in the snow!

Yo-Yo Ma with cello in concert

J-P Mauro

That time Yo-Yo Ma played the Benedictine Ultima with dozens of monks

Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs

John Burger

Priest who was tortured in ISIS captivity elected bishop in Syria

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Bérengère Dommaigné

These French nuns are multiplying thanks to the prayers of a young woman who died at 21

man, woman, grief, loss, sad, sorrow

Theresa Civantos Barber

Trappist monks give free caskets to parents for children and babies

Isabelle de Ché

After 200 years of absence, monks return to French abbey on the Camino of Santiago

Daniel Esparza

The Carthusian Camino: A hidden pilgrimage route

Daniel Esparza

A ladder to heaven: The Carthusian monastery of Escaladei

BENEDICT

Daniel Esparza

A Benedictine summer drinking guide

Visuel Divine Box

Cerith Gardiner

Brother and sister get divine inspiration to help monasteries

JAMPOT

Daniel Esparza

Monk-made jams from Michigan, with a Byzantine twist

Frati Minori Lonigo

Gelsomino Del Guercio

Friars open pizzeria and café to save residence at risk of closure

CHRIST IN THE DESERT

Daniel Esparza

Interview with a monk: “The desert can be an unforgiving place”

SHIA LEBEOUF

J-P Mauro

Shia LaBeouf takes pilgrimage with Franciscans for Padre Pio biopic

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