On May 31, 1956, The Aspen Times reported on the plan for what would become St. Benedict’s Monastery. As the article explained: “The Cistercian Monks of the Strict Observance (Trappists) have acquired ...

He said he has discussed the idea of conservation easements with the monks at St. Benedict’s for decades. He remains hopeful that Pitkin County can still work toward that goal with a buyer.

SNOWMASS, Colo. — After more than 70 years, the monks of St. Benedict’s Monastery are saying goodbye to their land near Aspen and are looking for a buyer willing to pay $150 million for the ...

His only contact with the outside world was with another monk named Romanus, whose monastery was nearby. He gave St. Benedict a monk’s habit and provided spiritual and material needs to him.

The monks elected the Rev. Douglas Mullin to serve ... A biography listed on the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University (CSB/SJU) website says Mullin became a monk in 1992 and was ordained ...

(Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) For the monks, the guiding force is the centuries-old rule of St. Benedict, which governs everything from conflict resolution to the predawn wakeup call and seven ...

St. Benedict proved himself as one over his own monks in spiritual combat. Through the efficacy of his medal, he has manifested himself as a fatherly defender of all who invoke his help.

(St. Benedict's has more in terms of religious items ... "Into Great Silence," about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps; "Vision," about the 12th-century mystic Hildegard of Bingen, and ...

The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...