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Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
Home page of the Order in several languages. News, FAQ, information about monasteries and Web sites, documents/texts, OCSO events, commentaries on Cistercian Saints, Blesseds and Martyrs.
http://www.ocso.org/
Men of Few Words
Profile of Our Lady of Joy Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong by Peter Lloyd.
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/issues/2001/...
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...
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/issues/2000...
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
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, and Cistercian art and architecture.
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/...
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/smithsonian/...
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A history of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance with a somewhat outdated account of the Order's organization and practices (published 1912).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
Seven Modern Martyrs
Robert Royal's essay in Crisis Magazine about the 1996 murder of seven Trappist monks who had been kidnapped from their monastery in Tibhirine, Algeria, which he wrote as a review of John W. Kiser's book "The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria."
http://www.crisismagazine.com/june2002/see...
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/BookReview....
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/2002051...
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/php/disp.php3?a=schaff...
Monk?
Reflections on monastic life in the Catholic Church, with particular attention to the Cistercian/Trappist tradition.
http://www.monasticism.org/monk/
Lowcountry Sanctuary
Profile of Mepkin Abbey in Monck's Corner, South Carolina by Liz Ferszt.
http://www.scpronet.com/point/9512/p09.htm...
The Questing Beast
Personal account of a young man's experiences with the Trappists in New Mexico in 1949-51.
http://www.montaguemillennium.com/interest...
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
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.monks.org/csq/
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/s...
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/...
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