Monasteric and Religious Orders Online
Benedictines on the Web Franciscans on the Web Benedictine Men's Communities Dominicans on the Web Benedictine Women's Communities Cistercians on the Web
- Benedictines on the Web
- Men's Communities
- Abadía de San Benito
- ( and Congregation)
- Abadía Santa Maria de los Toldos
- Cuadernos Monasticos
- The Benedictine Union of Australia and New Zealand
- St. Benedict's Monastery
- Holy Trinity Abbey (New Norci, Australia)
- Austrian Monasteries and Abbeys
- Austria's Abbeys and Monasteries
- Kirchen und Klöster erzählen die Geschichte Osterreichs
- Orden in Österreich
- Vereinigung der Frauenorden Österreichs
- Benediktinerabtei Altenburg
- Abtei Göttweig
- Kremsmuenster
- Stift Melk
- Erzabtei St. Peter
- Benediktinerabtei Seckau
- Stift Seitenstetten
- Schottenabtei
- Sint Andriesabdij
- Abbaye de Maredsous
- Monastère Saint-André de Clerlande
- Mosteiro de Serra Clara
- Mosteiro de Sao Bento
- St. Peter's Abbey
- Canada
- St. Benedict's Monastery
- Canada
- Corporacion Benedictina de Manquehue
- Santiago,Chile
- Abadía Santa María
- Columbia
- Ampleforth Abbey
- York, England
- Buckfast Abbey
- England
- Douai Abbey
- Reading, England
- Ealing Abbey
- London, England
- Prinknash Abbey
- Gloucester, England
- St. Mary's Priory
- Oxfordshire, England
- St. Michael's Abbey
- Farnborough, England
- Worth Abbey
- West Sussex, England
- Abbaye de Fleury
- France
- Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes
- France
- Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc
- France
- Klosterführer
- Germany
- Benediktinererzabtei St. Martin
- Germany
- Kloster Ettal
- Germany
- Kloster Jakobsberg
- Germany
- Benediktinerabtei Königsmünster
- Benediktinerabtei
- Metten
- Erzabtei
- Abtei Schweiklberg
- Benediktinerkloster
- Kristo Buase Abbey
- Ghana
- San Jose Priory and Seminary
- Guatemala
- Hungarian Congregation
- Pannonholma
- Hungary
- Benedictine Abbeyat Tihany
- Glenstal Abbey
- Ireland
- Sylvesterine Congregation
- Monastero San Vincenzo Martire
- Italy
- Abbatia Waegwanensis
- Republic of Korea
- Sint Willibrordsabdij
- Netherlands
- The Benedictine Union of Australia and New Zealand
- Abbey of Sts. Peter and Paul
- Poland
- Abadía de Santo Domingo
- Spain
- Monasterio de Sopetrán de Benedictinos en Guadalajara
- Religious communities in Sweden
- Abbaye Saint Benoît de Port-Valais
- Switzerland
- Abbaye Fille-Dieu
- Mount St. Otmar's Abbey
- Inkamana Abbey
- South Africa
- St. Bernard's Abbey
- Culman, Alabama
- St. Benedict's Abbey
- Pasadena, CA (not in communion with Rome)
- Holy Cross Abbey
- Cañon City, CO
- Saint Benedict's Monastery
- Snowmass, CO
- St. Anselm's Abbey
- (English Congregation) Washington, D.C.
- Monks of Marmion
- Arora, IL
- The Monastery of the Holy Cross
- Chicago, IL.
- St. Bernard's Abbey
- Cullman, AL
- Benedictine Monastery
- Tucson, AZ
- Subiaco Abbey
- Subiaco, AR
- Incarnation Monastery
- Berkeley, CA
- Congregation of the Annunciation
- St. Andrew's Abbey
- Valyermo, CA
- Prince of Peace Abbey
- (Swiss American) Oceanside, CA
- English Congregation
- St. Bede Abbey
- Peru, IL
- Saint Procopius Abbey
- Lisle, IL
- Saint Meinrad Archabbey
- Indiana
- Saint Benedict's Abbey
- Atchinson, KS
- St. Joseph Abbey
- St. Benedict, LA
- Hermitage of the Advent
- Scituate, MA
- Glastonbury Abbey
- Hingham, MA
- Saint Benedict's Monastery
- Saint Joseph, MN
- Saint John's Abbey
- Collegeville, MN
- Conception Abbey
- Conception, MO
- Congregation of Perpetual Adoration
- Saint Louis Abbey
- St. Louis, MO
- Christ the King Priory
- Schuyler, NE
- Mount Michael Abbey
- Elkhorn, NE
- Saint Anselm Abbey
- Manchester, NH
- Newark Abbey
- Newark, NJ
- St. Paul's Abbey
- Newton
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey
- Pecos, NM
- Abbey of the Genesee
- Piffard, NY
- Mount Saviour Monastery
- Pine City, NY
- Belmont Abbey
- Belmont, NC
- Sacred Heart Monastery
- Richardton, North Dakota
- Saint Andrew's Abbey
- Cleveland, OH
- Red Plains Monastery
- Piedmont, OK
- Saint Gregory's Abbey
- Shawnee, OK
- Saint Joseph Monastery
- Tulsa, OK
- Mount Angel Abbey
- St. Benedict, OR
- Saint Vincent Archabbey
- Latrobe, PA.
- Portsmouth Abbey
- Portsmouth, RI
- Blue Cloud Abbey
- Marvin, SD
- Corpus Christi Abbey
- Sandia, TX
- Women's Communities
- Federation of St. Gertrude
- Federation of St. Scholastica
- Benedictine Sisters of Atchison, KS
- see also Dr. Vess's virtual tour above.
- Benedictine Sisters of Benet Hill,Colorado Springs, CO
- Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
- Benedictine Sisters of Crookston, MN
- Benedictine Sisters of Duluth, MN
- Benedictine Sisters of Erie, PA
- Benedictine Sisters of Ferdinand, Indiana
- Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Benedictine Sisters of Holy Name Monastery, Leo, Florida
- Benedictine Sisters of St. Martin's Monastery, Rapid City, South Dakota Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
- Benedictine Nuns of Petersham, MA
Benedictine Sisters of Richardton, ND- Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict (St. Benedict's monastery)at St. Joseph, MN
- Benedictine Sisters of St. Paul, MN
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of Saint Benedict Sacred Heart Monastery, Benedictine Sisters, Richardton, ND Holy Spirit Monastery, CA
- Monastery of St. Gertrue, Cottonwood, Idaho
- Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, South Dakota
- Mother of Mercy and Peace Monastery, Pecos, NM
- Olivetan Benedictine Sisters, Jonesboro, AR
- Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, IN
- Red Plains Monastery,Piedmont, OK
- Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, SD
- St. Benedict's Monastery,Winnipeg, Manitoba
- St. Walburg Monastery, Villa Hills, KY
- St. Walburga's Monastery,Elizabeth, NJ
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan, OSB, Australia
- St. Mary's Priory Fernham, England
- The Dwelling Place,Martin, KY
- Tyburn Convent, UK
- Missions-Benedik terinnen Von Tutzing (in German)
- Kloster Helfta
- Benediktin erinnenabtei St. Hildegard
- Eibingen
- Anglican Benedictines
- Order of the Holy Cross
- South Africa
- Bethlehem Priory
- Lexington KY
- Lutheran Benedictines
- St. Augustine's House
- Oxford, Michigan
- Östanbäck Monastery
- Holy Cross Monastery
- West Park, NY
- Saint Gregory's Abbey
- Byzantine Benedictine Communities
- See Byzantine Monasteries
- Ecumenical Benedictines
- Saint Benedict's Abbey/Abadia San Benito
- Bartonville, IL
- St. Benedict Center, Madison, Wis.
- Lay communities
- St. Benedict's Farm
- (non-canonical) Waelder, TX
- Other Benedictines
- The American Congregation of St. Benedict (not in communion with Rome)
- White Robed Monks of Saint Benedict
- Benedictine Monastery, Dallas, TX
Cistercians on the Web
- Saint Joseph's Abbey
- New Melleray Abbey
- Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
- Heart of Mary Abbey
- Abbey of Gethsemani
- Abbey of New Clairvaux
- O.C.S.O., Trappist, Cistercian, Procurator General
- O.C.S.O., Trappist, Cistercian, Procurator General, Directory of Monk's Monasteries
- Directory of Trappist Nun's Monasteries
- Directory of Trappist Monk's Monasteries
- O.C.S.O., Trappist, Cistercian, Generalate, Curia
- Ewell Cistercians
- Heart of Mary Abbey
- CURIA GENERALIS ORDINIS CISTERCIENSIS
- The Primitive Documents of the Cistercian Order
- Ordo Cisterciensis
- List of Cistercian Monasteries
- Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, S.C.
- Mepkin Abbey
- Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
- Catholic Church in New Zealand: Religious Orders
- Buckfast Abbey
- this is a wonderful site, with a "guide to the life of a monk", as well as a glossary of monastic terms.
- Monasticism Past and Present
- Stis^ki Samostan
- Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey
- Sinsinawa Dominicans
- Western Dominican Province
- Malta OP
- Dominicans at Blackfriars, Glasgow
- Community Association of Progressive Dominicans
- Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
- Great Bend Dominicans
- The Roman Dominicans
- Filipino Dominicans
- Catholic Sisters: Dominicans in and around New Orleans: St. Mary's Congregation
- Province of the Assumption of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
- Franciscans International
- Franciscans International: The NGO as a Ministry
- Capuchin Franciscans of New York/New England
- Mid-America Capuchins
- Capuchin Franciscan Friars of Australia
- The Capuchin Franciscans
- Millvale Franciscans
- The Franciscans of the Immaculate Home Page
- Servant of the word Apostolate : Franciscans of San Damiano
- Mission Santa Ines - The Capuchin Franciscans
- Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis
- Order of Friars Minor Conventuals
- Order of Ecumenical Franciscans
- Order of Friars Minor Conventuals
Franciscans in the Holy Land
- The Franciscans at the Holy Sepulchre
- Holy Land Foundation Web Site
- Bethlehem - From Justinian to the Franciscans
- Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
- The Order of the Holy Sepulcher
Photo by Dr. Vess.
