Nuns in the Franciscan Order of St. Clare live in isolation at a Belleville monastery, spending most of their time in prayer, never leaving to visit family, go shopping or even walk in the ...

A procession of nuns—permitted to leave their convent for a day and visit a Franciscan monastery—walk past a sunny wall in Cholula, Mexico. Cloistered nuns may also go out for a doctor’s or ...

All operations within the friary will be shuttered at the end of June, 2017. News of The Franciscan friars of Holy Name Province is provided here. One would think that this Medina sandstone ...

For 50 years, the Teutopolis Monastery Museum has been telling the story of the Franciscan friars who lived there and the village’s early settlers. “These steps, walls and floors all tell a story,” ...

In the ancient refectory of the Franciscan monastery (now the museum) attached to the church of Santa Croce in Florence, there is a fragment of a Hell fresco (fig. 1) discovered in 1942 behind an ...

An active monastery, St. Anthony's serves as a popular ... And visitors are welcome to stay overnight in St. Anthony's Franciscan Guest House next door. Art fans can find a collection stunning ...