They abandoned their relationships, jobs, and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...
Modern-day academic regalia, better known as the “cap and gown,” can be traced to early European universities, which were founded as seminaries and monasteries and where scholars were required to wear ...
The mind is so deeply attached to the self that it can be unsettling to consider how much thinking we don’t do ourselves.
It follows Deloris Van Cartier, a headstrong performer turned fake nun, as she butts habits with an imperious ... over the restraints of her monastic life might’ve hit harder were it introduced ...
The 2006 musical relocates the action from ’90s Reno and San Francisco to ’70s Philadelphia, infusing the story with a heavy dose of disco and a whole vat of glitter. It’s an exuberant setup for a ...
The ancient Irish monastic rules spoke often of the Na tri ... and the Psalter contemplatively there are any number of modern habits that we need to unlearn. The problem with television is that ...
His older monastic brother says nothing ... “can hope to be completely free who lives within reach of familiar habits and urgencies.” It was visiting my parents’ friend Kilian, earlier ...