Unfortunately, today the ascetical part of our spiritual life does not have many admirers, still less, followers. Many would like to reach the peak of perfection in a very short time, without any mortification or self-denial...

2009 Golden Jubilee Icon This unique icon was scripted by Reverend Richard G. Cannuli, OSA, for the golden jubilee of the Holy Family Hermitage, September 8, 2009. The Hermitage’s coat of arms is in the upper center...

Upon the recommendation of a Scottish publisher, we are reprinting as a single volume this most critically acclaimed and popular of modern Camaldolese books. It is a guide to the hermit way of life, based on the teaching of...

Downloadable PDF file. The Life, Doctrine, and Rule of Blessed Paul Giustiniani. On the Landscape of Christian hermit life, Paul Giustiniani (1496-1528), Blessed by fame, is a towering figure. To him that dazzling genius,...

"The Dream of St. Romuald”, altarpiece of the Coronese generalate at Monteporzio Catone, $1. The artist, Antiveduto Gramatica, knew Caravaggio and is worthy of comparison to that genius of realism.

Living at the heart of the mystery of the hidden life of Jesus at Nazareth, a Camaldolese hermit here sings the praises of the silent life in the desert of those men and women whom Christ calls. These few and very simple...

After a thousand years and in a new world, this volume assembles, for the first time in any language, all the key foundational writings of the oldest eremitic order of the Western Church. The earliest of these, Saint...

Beginning with death and judgment, bestselling author Dr. Thomas Petrisko (The Fatima Prophecies) takes us on a spiritual journey with the saints, mystics, visionaries, and the Blessed Mother - inside Heaven and Hell. Will...

Who is St. Philomena? Pope Gregory XVI referred to her as the “wonder-worker” of the nineteenth century. Bl. Pope Pius IX declared her the “Patroness of the Children of Mary.” St. John Vianney...

Some of the best minds in Mariology today have collaborated to produce this monumental anthology in honor of Our Lady and in complete fidelity to the Magisterium. Buy this book and make a present of it to your parish priest,...