An invisible thread, woven of hope, wooden beads, and work-worn hands, is silently making its way through Spain these days. Its beginning is in the cloistered monasteries scattered across Castile, ...

A nine-story apartment project that would wipe out most of the Carmelite monastery on Highland Boulevard has neighbors in Cypress Hills gearing up for a fight. The plan, which would replace four of ...

The cloistered nuns moved out of the Carmelite monastery on the edge of Highland Park in Cypress Hills just over three years ...

The monastery at 451 Mockingbird Lane was run by the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Holy Sacrament, also known as the Adoratrices. The monastery opened in 1967. The nuns at the monastery are cloistered ...

To fund their conservation efforts, the nuns sell homemade candies and ice cream Lissette Lemus/Global Sisters Report Spanish giant rabbits, weighing up to 20 pounds, were a vital food source during ...

The group of Buddhist monks were arrested on Saturday at the country’s main international airport after a trip to Thailand that the authorities said was a cover for narcotics trafficking. By Isabella ...

HIGHLIGHTS. OF THE PAST MEETS THE PRESENT IN CONVENTS AROUND SPAIN. CLOISTERED NUNS, USUALLY HIDDEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD, CREATING SWEET TREATS FOR CUSTOMERS. LA ELABORACION DE MATTAPAN. LAS MONJAS ...

The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced — a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, ...

The Poor Clares are up against a powerful opponent with City Hall’s ear, the director of the Arnold Arboretum. The Poor Clares, a group of cloistered nuns who lived for decades in quiet corner of ...

WESTWOOD — A brass bell rang out on a recent midwinter afternoon at the Monastery of St. Clare, calling together the property’s 11 nuns. Their monastic schedule starts at 6:15 a.m. with morning prayer ...