I am sitting on my back porch with a plate of Hildegard cookies. Simple and spiced, the cookies are perfect with coffee, though St. Hildegard would have recommended wine infused with violets and honey ...

A patch of land behind St. Martha of Bethany Church/Shrine of All Saints in Morton Grove has been turned into an herb garden and a place for contemplation. The St. Hildegard of Bingen Garden is ...

Every gift from the Holy Spirit is meant for the edification of the community of believers, Pope Benedict XVI said in a general audience back in 2010 when he focused his catechesis on the life of St.

Pope Benedict XVI said we can learn from her "love for creation, her medicine, her poetry and music that is being recreated today." Last night, Sister Marie surprised us by making supper according to ...

Saints alive — St. Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine nun who lived in medieval Germany, speaks loudly and clearly 800 years later to a Boulder playwright and musician. The 12th-century mystic and ...

Pope Francis noted that the German Benedictine abbess, composer and philosopher challenged prevailing restrictions on women. Stained glass window depicting five Benedictine female saints, Saints ...

A relic from St. Hildegard of Bingen, who is the inspiration for a new garden at St. Martha of Bethany Church in Morton Grove, is in the collection of the church’s Shrine of All Saints. A patch of ...

Pope Francis hailed the "great" Doctor of the Church St. Hildegard of Bingen in a message to a Vatican women's group issued Thursday. "Like St. Francis of Assisi, she composed a harmonious hymn in ...