AVA, Mo. -- When the monks of Assumption Abbey could no longer support themselves by producing cement blocks, they decided to make fruitcake. Fifteen years and thousands of cakes later, there is no ...
2000-11-28 04:00:00 PDT Ava, Mo.-- On this autumn morning, when the chapel bell tolls, a moonlit mist shrouds the monks' cloister in the thick woods of the Ozarks. Just before the "Great Silence" ends ...
AVA, Mo. (LEE) — Like their brethren elsewhere, the Trappist monks of Assumption Abbey are a quiet bunch. They live and work in mostly silent contemplation, seldom speaking. They pray seven times a ...
Located in a picturesque rural area in Piffard, New York, the Abbey of the Genesee is where contemplative monks of the Order of Cistercians (Trappists) pray and take part in manual labor. The Abbey is ...
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