FREMONT — In a nondescript two-story house in a residential neighborhood between the Niles Historic District and Old Canyon, two women with shaved heads wearing rust and saffron robes sit on mats and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Nothing reveals the founding spirit -- or personal struggles -- of a religious tradition like spending time in a monastery. Try a weekend of sitting meditation at a Buddhist retreat if you want to ...

CLATSKANIE The Great Vow Zen Monastery, located at 79640 Quincy Mayger Road in Clatskanie, will hold a Beginner s Mind Retreat, led by the Great Vow Zen Monastery staff, from 5 p.m. Dec. 17 to 1 p.m.

When the coronavirus pandemic sent much of the world into lockdown, suspending in-person mass and other religious engagements, many of us had to adopt a more monastic lifestyle—and seek online ...

ROCK ISLAND — Sister Bobbi Bussan is a programmer, and she loves it. The director of Benet House Retreat Center at St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Ave. West, Rock Island, also oversees the monastery’s ...

Travellers in search of a respite, however fleeting, from the stresses of 21st-century life might do well to consider a more ancient and atypical form of holiday accommodation this summer. Whether ...

Next Saturday, you could find yourself staring up at a 55-foot ivory Buddha as you chant, barefoot and perched on a floor cushion. You might be slamming a tennis ball with all your might at a former ...

FREMONT—In a nondescript two-story house in a residential neighborhood between the Niles Historic District and Old Canyon, two women with shaven heads wearing rust and saffron robes sit on mats and ...