Web Directory

» A Labor of Loaves
   Profile of the monks of Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri by Vicki Cox that focuses on their fruitcake industry.
   http://www.americanprofile.com/article/374.html

» A Life Lived Apart
   A Journey Through a Day at Our Lady of Holy Spirit Abbey: Deacon Michael Balfour writes of a day in the life of a monk, with photos.
   http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2002/03/28/a-1/

» Catholic Encyclopedia: Trappists
   A history of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance with a somewhat outdated account of the Order's organization and practices (published 1912).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15024a.htm

» Cistercian Studies Quarterly
   An international review of monastic spirituality and history published under the auspices of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance (OCSO) since 1966.
   http://www.cistercian-studies-quarterly.org/

» Georgia's Trappists
   Time magazine account of the founding of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, GA.
   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,850445,00.html

» Heavenly Style
   Dana Wilson's article discusses the reconstruction by Trappists of an 18th-century Baroque farmhouse at Nový Dvùr that has become the first monastery in the Czech Republic since the fall of communism.
   http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2003/RE/0319/re1.php

» History of the Latroun Monastery
   Brief overview of Latroun Abbey, a Trappist monastery situated in the foothills of Israel, midway between Jerusalem and the coast, that discusses the monks' winemaking industry.
   http://allholyland.com/abbey.html

» Lowcountry Sanctuary
   Profile of Mepkin Abbey in Monck's Corner, South Carolina by Liz Ferszt.
   http://www.scpronet.com/point/9512/p09.html

» Making Ends Meet
   Smithsonian Magazine profile of New Melleray Abbey and one of their industries, Trappist Caskets, by Sam Hooper Samuels.
   http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/10009151.html

» Martyrs in Algeria
   George Weigel's reflection on the murder of Trappist monks in Algeria, inspired by John Kiser's book, "The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria."
   http://www.archden.org/dcr/archive/20020515/2002051506op.htm

» Photographic Essay
   A black-and-white photographic essay of a day in the lives of the monks of the Monastery of Our Lady of Calvary in Rogersville, NB, Canada, by Noel Chenier.
   http://www.noelchenier.ca/monks.html

» Price Paid to Be Secluded
   Article by John Schmitz about Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey focusing on its four diverse industries: an 850-acre tree farm, a bindery, a wine-storage facility and a small bakery known for its fruit cakes and nut cakes.
   http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/10/11/smallb1.html

» The Cistercians and Trappists
   An introduction to the history of the Cistercians and Trappists by Dr. Deborah Vess. Includes virtual tours of monasteries, Cistercian primary sources, general references, and information about Cistercian technology, famous medieval and modern Cistercians
   http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/medieval/cist.html

» The Monks of Tibhirine - Book Review in America
   This review by M. Basil Pennington, ocso, argues that Kiser's book "is an especially valuable book to read in this present moment in history for the profoundly insightful and compassionate way in which the author puts this martyrdom in context."
   http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=1694

» The Questing Beast
   Personal account of a young man's experiences with the Trappists in New Mexico in 1949-51.
   http://www.montaguemillennium.com/interesting_people/newman_simeon/questing_beast_index.html

» Trappists (Reformed Cistercians)
   This entry from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol XI, discusses the history of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance up to the end of the 19th century.
   http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc11/Page_501.html

» Westmalle Abbey
   A Trappist Abbey in Belgium. Historical information and location available.
   http://www.trappistwestmalle.be/