Above : Picture Of Saint Brigit Given Inspiration ByAngel St. Patrick writes of the great multitude of the Scots and their daughters who became monks and virgins of Christ. The first ardours of the faith, which brought the first Christians in other countries to martyrdom, drew the Irish neophytes to the monastery, says Frederick Ozanam. The bishops and clergy left by St. Patrick in the churches which he founded, lived together in a relation similar to the community life in a monastery. The ... Read More

Above: Painting of Saint Dominic For a long period was almost exclusively monastic. The monasteries were governed by rules that had in many cases been handed down from their founders. Thus reference is made in ancient documents to the rules of St. Ailbe of Emly, St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, St. Comghall of Bangor and St. Carthach of Lismore. ... Read More