Monasteries, actors of social life in the world

It’s a fairly obvious observation: the presence of a monastery, despite the high walls of the enclosure, has a certain influence on the neighborhood. Just as much as prayer, it is the very life of the religious community that arouses surrounding activities, and inaugurates human but also practical, concrete exchanges. “It is these social works … Read more

Nature, art and yourself: holidays away from the world in abbeys and monasteries

Listen to the audio version of the article Only one person for the shooting, no artificial light or background music, no comments: it is under these conditions that twenty years ago the prior of the Grande Chartreuse opened the doors of the ancient Carthusian monastery in the Grenoble Alps to the director Philip Gröning to … Read more