My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the Life ...

The monasteries became centres of learning as well as producing wonderful arts and crafts. Some monks left Ireland to go abroad as missionaries and to found monasteries. You can still visit the ...

(Pic: Christiaan Corlett) One example is Inis Cealtra, Co. Clare. Near the south-western shores of Lough Derg, Inis Cealtra is one of the most striking island monasteries in Ireland. Referred to ...

To read about a forgotten entrance to a monastery in Ireland's County Galway, go to "The Marks of Time: Monastery Doorway." ...

An Oklahoma Catholic Benedictine community has opened what may be the first monastery to open in Ireland since 1536. The religious community in the priory has been steadily growing since 2012 and ...