Himmler traveled to Barcelona in 1940 convinced that the Abbey of Montserrat hid in its tunnels the chalice from which Christ ...

Spain certainly knows how to make an entrance ... Montserrat means “serrated mountain,” and these rugged peaks hide the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat, sitting at nearly 4,000 feet ...

While the city is must-see, a visit to this unique region of northeastern Spain ... the Benedictine monastery, which hosts a celebrated wooden Madonna figure known as the Black Virgin of ...

Planning a trip to Spain and unsure of ... Nestled in the mountains, Montserrat Monastery is a spiritual and natural haven just outside Barcelona. The Benedictine abbey is home to the famous ...

The restoration will ensure that it is a Benedictine home for future generations. “The monastery has existed for nearly 14 centuries, though with interruptions,” Dom Jean-Charles Nault ...

Some Catholics in Spain are asking the Catholic Church ... The site is also home to a Benedictine abbey, a boys’ Catholic Gregorian choir school, and a basilica situated underground in an ...

Dissatisfied with the rules of the Benedictine abbey they called home, they created the Cistercian rule and order in 1098 and grew to be known as the “White Monks.” The monks curated a vast ...

The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Minor Canon and Sacrist at the Abbey, reflects on the Arma Christi, the symbols of Christ’s passion, on the High Altar’s Lenten array. The Reverend Helena Bickley ...