Celtic monasticism, which flourished in Ireland in the fifth, sixth, and seventh century, resembled Egyptian monasticism in its rigour and mysticism: Even the Celtic cross with a circle at the centre ...

Despite Ireland's current infatuation with consumerism, the Catholic traveler can still encounter the country's Christian Celtic soul at Glendalough — site of St. Kevin's sixth-century monastery and ...

Lost amid the celebration of Patrick is the important story of Benedict, the father of western monasticism. But on the Christian calendar, this isn’t just the week where Patrick is remembered. It’s ...

The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...