FREMONT — In a nondescript two-story house in a residential neighborhood between the Niles Historic District and Old Canyon, two women with shaved heads wearing rust and saffron robes sit on mats and ...

As the world gets louder, places of quiet sound more appealing. Enter the increasingly popular travel niche of monastery retreats. You'll find accommodations offered by communities of monks (and nuns ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 11—Passionist Nuns of St. Joseph Monastery held a groundbreaking Saturday for the retreat center expansion, adding a Holy ...

I made my annual retreat at the Trappist Abbey, a Catholic monastery for men, this past week. Situated just outside Lafayette, Ore., the Trappists recently inaugurated an attractive new chapel with ...

The archives at Le Monastère des Augustines have recently earned recognition from UNESCO. The tradition of wellness goes back—way back—at Le Monastère des Augustines in Quebec City. It began in 1639, ...

Nothing reveals the founding spirit -- or personal struggles -- of a religious tradition like spending time in a monastery. Try a weekend of sitting meditation at a Buddhist retreat if you want to ...

By Angela Ambrogetti A week of spiritual exercises for Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia at the start of Lent will take on a distinctly monastic character, with the retreat returni ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the frantic modern world, the notion of a “retreat” seems to have a currency as never before. The idea has ...