The monks takes vows of poverty, chastity ... closely to the role of craft-skills in the life they commit to as Benedictine monks. The prior, Father Benedict Nivakoff, explains that the Italian ...

Cassian Folsom is the founder and prior of the Monks of Norcia, an order of Benedictine monks in the ... The monk’s vows are his “Yes” to God, and Mary’s consent is a powerful example.

who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about 540AD. According to the Rule they were to take a vow of obedience, lead a simple and ...