Monastic Spirituality

Wisdom, stability, intimacy with God – precious spiritual gifts that don’t come easily in the 21st century. Monastics through the ages have given us practices that we can use today. Put them on like a pair of well-worn sandals, and shod your spirit for the journey.

Featured Items

The View From A Monastery: The Vowed Life and Its Cast of Many CharactersThe View From A Monastery: The Vowed Life and Its Cast of Many Characters
by: Brother Benet Tvedten
A delightful, behind-the-scenes, guided tour of a typical monastery in the twenty-first century.
Strangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict - PaperbackStrangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict - Paperback
by: Michael Casey
Eloquent and incisive, Casey invites us to embrace the challenge of gospel living, which is opposed to the dominant, secular culture around us. He presents thoughtful reflections on the values of asceticism, silence, leisure, reading, chastity, and povert
A Good Life: Benedict's Guide to Everyday JoyA Good Life: Benedict's Guide to Everyday Joy
by: Robert Benson
"In a world that keeps asking us to go higher and faster, how do we begin to go deeper, into the place where God lives and moves and has His being within us?" Robert Benson
The Intentional Life: The Making of a Spiritual VocationThe Intentional Life: The Making of a Spiritual Vocation
by: Cardinal Basil Hume
A compilation of talks given by Cardinal Hume to help the monks with a dilemma faced by many people engaged in a spiritual life.
The Little Book of Hours: Praying with the Community of Jesus - Revised EditionThe Little Book of Hours: Praying with the Community of Jesus - Revised Edition
Learn to pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the Benedictine monastic tradition.
How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate LifeHow to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life
by: Brother Benet Tvedten
In today's hectic, changing world, being an oblate offers a rich, spiritual connection to the stability and wisdom of an established monastic community.