Home to a small community of less than 30 Trappist monks, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established back in 1944 when a group of monks left an abbey in Kentucky with the goal of founding a ...

Maryland Matters takes a break from the serious discussion of power issues the state is facing this year to a lighter look at ...

Raised without faith, Stephen Williams embraced Zen Buddhism before a surprising encounter led him to Catholicism and Opus ...

Ron Schulz had his first encounter with bliss when he was in second grade. “I was preparing to receive my first Eucharist and I had such a burning in my heart for God and I didn’t know what ...

TAKE a look at the European sunshine spot with outdoor activities, stunning sandy beaches and Ryanair flights from just ...

The inaugural Ladyface Mountain Film Festival opens Thursday in Agoura Hills, Calif., just outside Los Angeles.

Today there are about 160 Trappist monasteries around the world, with about 1,800 monks and 1,600 nuns. Not all Cistercians, however, are Trappists The choice of name for the new community ...

Harvest, meanwhile, centers on Trappist Cistercian monks who make wine in the Northern Sacramento Valley. Along with nature, Litzinger cites community and passion as other thematic pillars of LMFF.

College of DuPage is hosting its annual Global Flicks series this spring featuring six award-winning international films to ...

College of DuPage’s 29th annual Global Flicks film series, featuring a slate of community-chosen and timely films, kicks off Wednesday with a showing of the British film, “Wicked ...