A Lenten beer conversation with a fulltime monk
A couple of years ago, I did a little research into the Lenten practice of monks of the 17th Century. Thirsty as I am, I focused on the origin story of the doppelbock style of beer. Legend has it...
View ArticleBoccardo ha appreso la notizia a Parigi: “Immensamente felice per la Chiesa”...
SPOLETO – Era appena arrivato a Parigi, la capitale europea che quest’anno ospita la fiaccola della pace, quando monsignor Renato Boccardo, arcivescovo di Spoleto-Norcia, ha appreso la notizia...
View ArticleCause for Mirth: The Return of Abbey Brewing to the United States
Beer is another one of those testimonies to how the Catholic Church built European civilization. It is true that brewing was widely practiced in the ancient world, but the process was very primitive,...
View ArticleIl resoconto di una trasferta domenicale con i monaci di Birra Nursia e il...
Da http://www.cronachedibirra.it, Se oggi aspettate il mio report sul BdB Day di ieri, siete sulla strada sbagliata. Questo post infatti sarà sì un resoconto, ma di una giornata passata in Umbria,...
View ArticleMonks’ Outreach Is Part Of New Evangelization
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council for new evangelization and convoked a world Synod of Bishops on the theme, a new group of Benedictine monks was...
View ArticleIl birrificio artigianale del monastero benedettino di Norcia
Padre Benedetto Nivakof ci presenta il birrificio artigianale del monastero benedettino di Norcia.
View ArticleCelebrate the 2nd Annivesary of Birra Nursia with Us!
August 15th 15:30 – 17:30 The Cardinal-Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Vatican and guest of the monastery His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell, will give a speech for the...
View ArticleBirra Nursia: “An Example of the New Evangelization”
When Birra Nursia opened its doors now more than two years ago, our hopes rested not on our beer or our name but on God alone for we had no idea how good the beer would taste nor how it would be...
View ArticleGaudete Sunday in Rome with Birra Nursia
“Birra Nursia” was presented on December 14 in the splendid Palazzo della Rovere to ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of religious communities by Dr. Federica Mancinelli VATICAN CITY...
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