I made my annual retreat at the Trappist Abbey, a Catholic monastery for men, this past week. Situated just outside Lafayette, Ore., the Trappists recently inaugurated an attractive new chapel with ...

As the world gets louder, places of quiet sound more appealing. Enter the increasingly popular travel niche of monastery retreats. You'll find accommodations offered by communities of monks (and nuns ...

St. Benedict’s Monastery held its final public Mass on Jan. 11, with four of the five remaining monks transferring to other ...

There will be plenty of peace and quiet at St. Emma Monastery this weekend, for those who seek it out. About 70 people who are attending a silent retreat at the Hempfield community will bask in the ...

Wilson's official title is director, but she's wearing many different hats as the Catholic Diocese of Rapid City opened its new retreat center on the former grounds of St. Martin Monastery in January.

First in a two-part series. NESTLED IN wooded areas off U.S. Route 9W, overlooking the Hudson River in Ulster County, is a chain of monasteries, religious communities and outreach homes – a “Monastery ...

The monastery was founded by James Otis Sargent Huntington in New York City in 1884. The community settled in West Park in 1902. The facilities are on 26 acres on the west bank of the Hudson River.

Prior to March of 2016, the Christian Life Center at St. Joseph Abbey was a fully-functioning, albeit somewhat drab, retreat center that hosted dozens of faith-based conferences and other gatherings ...