"I wanted it to be like Alice in Wonderland—normal from the outside, not so normal on the inside," says Matthew Hansen of his renovation plans when he purchased this West 51st Street townhouse. After ...

The Calvin Klein store in Manhattan seems an unlikely inspiration for a monastery. Yet Trappist monks leafing through a book were so taken with the look of the Madison Avenue flagship that they hired ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 1950s monastery has been transformed into a modern refuge that can house up to 40 unaccompanied homeless teens. Impact KCK, an organization made up of 44 agencies all striving to ...

It might seem odd that a group of monks is hosting a festival. With the monks' vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, soirees wouldn’t seem to rank high on the list of commitments for guys in robes ...

ROCK ISLAND -- Benedictine sisters at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island love their new computer habits. A new www.smmsisters.org Web site gives them a great way to stay connected to people they serve ...

Burgundy is a calm and cultivated corner of France, where fine living is intimately tied to nature and traditions run strong . We’ll travel on a canal barge, visit a medieval hospice and a modern ...

Convent life is enjoying a revival in Britain with the number of new nuns at an all-time high. Jessica Abrahams speaks to a very modern nun - Sister Catherine Wybourne who codes, tweets, and vlogs ...

Abbot Gregor Mendel established the groundwork for modern genetics in the mid-19 th century, pioneering the concept of dominant and recessive traits passed from one generation to another. The ...