A Benedictine monastery in the small town of Gower, Mo., is being inundated with calls and visitors since word has spread that the recently exhumed remains of its founder who died four years ago are ...

Earlier this year, the nuns of the Abbaye Notre Dame de l’Annonciation, near Avignon, took a call. It was, improbably, Decca Records asking to visit. The company was launching a global search to find ...

Director David Kerr shares how epic scenery, “an ethereal sense of tranquillity” and the openness of a group of Benedictine sisters came together in the making of a remarkable documentary series.

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles are cloistered nuns who previously have received acclaim for their music. Several of their albums have topped the charts. Karen Pulfer Focht Karen ...

Students at Blessed Sacrament School sometimes question Erie Benedictine Sister Katherine Horan and Sister of St. Joseph Linda Fusco about their lives as Catholic nuns. The students have asked if they ...

Four years ago, when Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died at age 95, her fellow nuns didn’t embalm her body before having it buried in a plain wooden coffin. Yet when her body was exhumed this past May, ...

Uniquely KC is a Star series exploring what makes Kansas City special. From our award-winning barbecue to rich Midwestern history, we’re exploring why KC is the “Paris of the Plains.” When a singer ...

Pointing toward the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at the Saint Benedict Monastery cemetery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, 61-year-old Patrick Norton recounts the day 13 years ago when he was painting light ...

A Benedictine monastery in the small town of Gower, Missouri, is being inundated with calls and visitors since word has spread that the recently exhumed remains of its founder who died four years ago ...