Monks Archives

Potential Trappists offered virtual introduction to religious life with ‘eNovice’

Feb 7, 2021

Koningshoeven Abbey in The Netherlands has launched an online platform for aspiring monks: eNovice. This digital novitiate is a world first, according to the Dutch Trappists.

By Selinde van Dijk-Kroesbergen - Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk

Jul 7, 2020

A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic.

By Vladimir Isachenkov

Russian monk denying coronavirus takes control of monastery

Jun 18, 2020

A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus’ existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin’s lockdown orders has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains.

By Associated Press

No one can visit Oregon monastery, so abbot shares its quiet life online

Apr 26, 2020

No one can visit Mount Angel Abbey during the coronavirus shutdown. That’s why Abbot Jeremy Driscoll is bringing the quiet monastery to the world via technology.

By Ed Langlois

Egypt prosecutors order ex-monk detained over abbot death

Aug 12, 2018

Prosecutors on Saturday ordered a recently defrocked monk to be detained for four days pending an investigation into his alleged involvement in the death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the desert northwest of Cairo.

By Associated Press

English monks brew UK’s first Trappist beer

Jun 29, 2018

For the monks of Mount Saint Bernard abbey, St. Patrick’s Day had a special significance this year: It was the first brew day of their new brewery.

By Charles Collins

These monks in Ireland spend their lives praying for priests

Mar 18, 2017

Ireland has been hard hit by scandals involving the sins of priests in recent years, but it’s also home to a new Benedictine priory with a commitment to prayer for the sanctification of priests, rooted in St. Benedict’s example of adaptation to changing circumstances.

By Kevin J. Jones

Echoes of St. Benedict as Norcia monks rebuild after earthquake

Mar 10, 2017

“The earthquake and kind of the destruction that we had seen of material things has really reminded us of the fact that we’re pilgrims here on earth, and that this world will pass away, and that the biggest, most glorious things man can build, one day they will come to dust, and it’s the soul that endures, and it’s God,” said Father Martin Bernhard, O.S.B. of the Benedictine Monks of Norcia.

By Catholic News Agency