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What your favorite monastic order says about you 🧵 1. Dominicans

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1. Dominicans

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Cloistered Nun of 64 years Shares Advice


“It’s super attractive to see people give themselves to something so divine.” Shia LaBeouf shares his experience witnessing the life of the Capuchin friars and gives insight into the order, a branch of the Franciscans inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, known for their humility,…


If you were a monk, would you cut your hair?


What is a Cloistered Nun?


Monk Mindset founder John Cannon reflects on how his father’s final Thanksgiving taught him how to approach the holiday season. “When I was in the monastery years ago, a week before Thanksgiving my dad called and told me that he had terminal cancer with only few months to live.…

monkmindsets's tweet image. Monk Mindset founder John Cannon reflects on how his father’s final Thanksgiving taught him how to approach the holiday season.

“When I was in the monastery years ago, a week before Thanksgiving my dad called and told me that he had terminal cancer with only few months to live.…

Today’s young men are increasingly drawn to God, seeking a life of prayer, silence, and inner peace that the modern world often cannot provide. Many discover this calling in monasteries, where the rhythm of work, prayer, and contemplation offers a path to spiritual depth and…

monkmindsets's tweet image. Today’s young men are increasingly drawn to God, seeking a life of prayer, silence, and inner peace that the modern world often cannot provide. Many discover this calling in monasteries, where the rhythm of work, prayer, and contemplation offers a path to spiritual depth and…

The one day we don't stick out


Why monks drop everything to pray


Benedictine monks follow a rhythm of life known as ora et labora, prayer and work, a hallmark of their spiritual tradition. In this way of life, every action, even the most ordinary, is offered to God. After meals, the monks continue this spirit of devotion by giving thanks…


Do Monks Listen to Music?


Why These Nuns Where Pink


Did you know? A country itself, the Dominican Republic, is named after St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order, formally known as the Order of Preachers. Its members, called Dominicans, take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and have played a major role in…

monkmindsets's tweet image. Did you know?

A country itself, the Dominican Republic, is named after St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order, formally known as the Order of Preachers. Its members, called Dominicans, take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and have played a major role in…
monkmindsets's tweet image. Did you know?

A country itself, the Dominican Republic, is named after St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order, formally known as the Order of Preachers. Its members, called Dominicans, take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and have played a major role in…

How Monks Turn Scripture into Prayer


St. Michael’s Abbey of the Norbertines in California has welcomed eight men into postulancy, joining its growing and dynamic monastic community. Founded in the 12th century by St. Norbert in Prémontré, France, the Norbertines, or Canons Regular of Prémontré, combine a life of…

monkmindsets's tweet image. St. Michael’s Abbey of the Norbertines in California has welcomed eight men into postulancy, joining its growing and dynamic monastic community.

Founded in the 12th century by St. Norbert in Prémontré, France, the Norbertines, or Canons Regular of Prémontré, combine a life of…

Do Nuns Have Phones?


Mount Athos, recently visited by Hollywood star Mel Gibson, is home to around 1,400 monks and has been a center of Christian monasticism for over a thousand years. Here are 5 quick facts about this sacred place: Autonomous Monastic State: Mount Athos is a self-governing monastic…

monkmindsets's tweet image. Mount Athos, recently visited by Hollywood star Mel Gibson, is home to around 1,400 monks and has been a center of Christian monasticism for over a thousand years. Here are 5 quick facts about this sacred place:

Autonomous Monastic State: Mount Athos is a self-governing monastic…

What is the Weirdest Thing in a Monk's Cell?


One of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the Middle East is the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit, located at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon. Born in 1828 in the remote mountain village of Bekaa Kafra, St. Charbel entered the…

monkmindsets's tweet image. One of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the Middle East is the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit, located at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon.

Born in 1828 in the remote mountain village of Bekaa Kafra, St. Charbel entered the…

Why Do Friars Have Beards?


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