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Life Profession at St. Helena

Sister Miriam Elizabeth will make her life profession vows Aug. 15 at the Convent of St. Helena.

Ideal friendship? Jesus and St. John

Social media seems to have thinned out friendship. What model does John present, the disciple whom Jesus loved?

The religious life and faithful flourishing in the Episcopal Church

A flourishing parish will raise up future monks and nuns who are willing to dedicate their lives to poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Tightly woven: Anglican parishes and religious orders

When I look at my cross from Ascot Priory, I thank God for those nuns whose prayers sustain the work I do.

At home at the monastery

Manny and Jessica Archuleta have a blog called Every Home a Monastery. That name reflects the central purpose of their life together as a...

A Gregorian corollary to the Benedict Option

It can be far too easy to project onto the Benedict Option a rose-colored nostalgia for a simpler, pre-industrial medieval past: a cozy escape into the world of craft beer and Brother Cadfael.

We need the Marines

The insignia of the military remind other Americans of the costs of their manner of life. The habit of the religious life is similar.

Prayer, dependence, and grace

For the Augustinian Friars, a religious order founded in the thirteenth century, the grace and transforming love of God begins with God and extends from God to humanity, rather than humanity building a ladder, a route that ends only back with humanity and false idols.

Schools of charity? Tell me more.

Monasticism can, and should, be a model for the "priesthood of all believers."

Monasticism’s Future

Review by Mother Miriam • Sister Amy Hereford is well qualified to evaluate life since Vatican II.

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