In short—Graham summarizes—”become a Trappist-Cistercian monk while living in the world.” Benedictine Graham thinks of his own monastery “not as an asylum in which to escape from the ...

We’re sitting in the office of Trappist Caskets, just a short walk from New Melleray Abbey in Dubuque, Iowa. Sam is a layman, not a monk, but he works with the consecrated men as the general ...

U.S. sales of beer brewed in Belgium are expected to reach $3.3 billion, but many, and probably most, Americans are ...

One dawn last week black-cowled Death came to a frail little man lying on a straw pallet in a hushed Kentucky monastery, oldest in the U. S. Soon black-cowled Trappist monks broke their habitual ...

The Trappist order of monks was born in the 17th century, in La Grande Trappe Abbey in Normandy. The Abbot there wanted his monks to adhere to the strict Rule of St. Benedict – an ancient guide ...

The TRAPPIST-1 solar system, depicted in this artist's impression, might harbor Earth clones with ... [+] oceans and rich atmospheres. (Photo digital Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images ...

In the picturesque little valley just minutes from Ogden and the Wasatch Front, where Utah’s rapid growth and development can be seen firsthand, one piece of land has resisted change. Tucked in ...

The only monks in the UK to brew an officially recognised Trappist beer say they are unable to satisfy demand. The brewery at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, near Coalville, Leicestershire, was set up ...