Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

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Cloistered nun and former actress to tell story of Hollywood and faith

Paso Robles, Calif., Nov 30, 2011 / 06:03 am (CNA).- The Central California Marian Eucharistic Conference this January will feature a rare speaker: Mother Dolores Hart, OSB, a former award-winning actress who performed in two Elvis Presley movies and still votes for the Academy Awards. “We feel really blessed that she is coming,” conference organizer [...]

Trappist Monks and Nuns Revive Interest in Monastic Vocations Online

PEOSTA, IA (Cistercians of the Strict Observance) – For more than nine centuries, Trappist monks and nuns have witnessed to the gospel of Jesus Christ through a cloistered, communal life wholly ordered to contemplation. Cistercians of the Strict Observance, also known as “Trappists” are an order of the Roman Catholic Church who founded their first [...]

World Day for Consecrated Life

In 1997, Pope John Paul II instituted 2 February as a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. In the US the celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life is transferred to Sunday, 7 February 2010, in order to enable as much participation as possible. Consecrated Life Sunday is an annual day [...]

Prayer for Vocations

It is the custom of the monks to pray for vocations each Wednesday just before Vespers. The following is the prayer that each Oblate and Oblate Novice is asked to pray each Wednesday at Vespers in union with monks at the Abbey. This is available in a prayer card. If you would like a card [...]