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NEWS ABOUT: monasteries

monasteries stories: 3 news summaries

Evangelicals Turn Back
to Ritual

Some adopt previously shunned  confession, communion, Lent

Mar 8, 08 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Christians are increasingly turning to long-shunned traditions as a means of practicing their faith, reports the Washington Post. In a trend some call “worship renewal,” some are reviving Catholic customs such as fasting for Lent, going to confession, and weekly communion. “Evangelicalism is coming to point... More »

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Christianity • Catholicism • Christians • monasteries • evangelicals • communion • Catholics • Lent • ancient customs • rituals • traditions • confession

Italian Church Pairs Perfume With Prayer

Opened in Dante's time, pharmacy today sells scents in LA, Tokyo

Feb 20, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Florence's Santa Maria Novella church has an intriguing sideline: It's home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, which today churns out tonics and perfumes made according to medieval recipes. Smithsonian profiles the church, where Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies and rose water, used to clean plague-touched homes, more... More »

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church • luxury goods • monasteries • Florence • perfume • soap • Santa Maria Novella • pharmacy • Dominican monks

Monasteries
Get Wired

No vocal cords
needed to sell
truffles or recruit brethren on the net

Sep 28, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buddhist monks in Burma aren't the only religious brethren getting the word out on the internet these days: many American monasteries are so wired they not only correspond via email and sell-hand-crafted products over the internet, they use it to recruit new brothers. One web site, VocationsPlacement.org, matches religious... More »

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Internet • Kentucky • Burma • monks • monasteries

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