With the recent death of Sister Ena Albury, OSB, the Saint Martin’s Monastery sisterhood community has dwindled to nine.

The monastery operates on Benedictine values, which call for a balance between work and prayer, and the sisters all work to generate income. The sisters, most of whom are older than 60, are still ...

THE ELLWOOD CITY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY will learn about the history of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration when ...

CHICAGO - By some measures, it might be the most exclusive club in the Chicago area. Thirteen women, bound by a singular devotion to God, eat, sleep, work and pray inside a humble, south suburban ...

SATUS PASS, Wash. — On a pine-covered patch off U.S. Highway 97, the Pacific Northwest meets the Byzantine Empire. Evergreens shelter a collection of structures that look more like typical Northwest ...

When Sister Nancy Gunderson stands before the Sisters of Annunciation Monastery today, she will ask them to accept her as a member of their monastic community. In the fieldstone and concrete expanse ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered "sensational" artifacts beneath a historic monastery in Poland — offering a glimpse into monastic life in the 18th century. The discovery was found near the Basilica ...

JEROME, Idaho (AP) – For executive chef LuAnn Stites Kraft, working at the Monastery of the Ascension is like cooking for family. “I know what they like and what they don’t like and what they should ...