It’s difficult to overstate how crucial Western monasticism was to preserving European civilization. As the last vestiges of the Roman Empire withered away in the fifth century, monastic communities emerged as islands of enlightenment among a dark sea of barbarism…
St. Benedict
When one of my sons was applying to colleges ten years ago, we visited the campus of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. I well remember a remark of a monk of the Abbey during a classroom meeting for visitors. He…
