The Rule of Saint Benedict opens by presenting Christ as the model of Christian obedience. Although Christ is Lord, he “became obedient unto death.” This image…
At Mother of the Redeemer Monastery, the shrine and gardens offer a quiet way into the life of an Olivetan Benedictine community. The gardens make room for…
The chapel bell sounds while the sky over Plaisance is still touched by the last blue of night. By the time most of the surrounding town has begun its morning,…
At Mother of the Redeemer Monastery, an Olivetan Benedictine house set among the moss-draped oaks of Plaisance in the Diocese of Lafayette, the monks greet the…
For more than a thousand years, the Catholic Church has set apart certain buildings through sacred rites that consecrate their stones, walls, and altars to the…
The phrase "Olivetan Benedictine" carries layers of history within its two words. It points to monks who live by the sixth-century Rule of Saint Benedict while…
At Mother of the Redeemer Monastery in Plaisance, Louisiana, work and prayer are held together as two expressions of a single vocation. The monks’ daily rhythm…
Prayer with a monastery does not require you to live behind a cloister wall or travel across the world. From an ordinary home in Australia, you can join the…
Saint Benedict’s teaching on humility is a practical school of freedom. In the Rule of Saint Benedict, humility is not self-contempt or a performance of…
At Mother of the Redeemer Monastery in Plaisance, Louisiana, the abbot serves within a community whose centre is prayer. His responsibility reaches beyond…