An abbey of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance founded in 1848 and known for the fruitcakes and cheese the monks produce. Abbey news and history; information about monastic life, retreats, vocations, and Thomas Merton; Fr. Matthew Kelty's homilies; bookstore and food gifts.

A Trappist monastery situated near Florenville, in the province of Luxembourg (south-east Belgium). Site of an ancient foundation, it was re-established in 1926. Includes information about monastic life, the abbey's history, the guesthouse, the cheese factory, and the brewery.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded in 1881. Includes history, daily schedule, photos, and information about vocations, the guesthouse, and their pending move to Saint-Jean de Matha, Lanaudière, Quebec.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1947. Includes a brief history of the Order and the foundation and information about retreats, vocations, the monks' daily life and prayer, and the honey, peanut butter and wooden bowls produced at the monastery.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1831. Includes history, photos, overview of daily life, prayer and work, and information about vocations, the brewery, and the guest house.

A Trappist monestery founded in 1900. "Maria-Toevlucht" means Maria Refuge because it was originally meant as a refuge for French monks. Includes a history, photos, progress reports on reconstruction, and information about vocations, the farm, the guest house, monastic life, and Zen.

A Trappist monastery established in the beautiful Ozarks in southern Missouri in 1950. News, photos, and information about retreats, vocations, and the fruitcakes the monks produce.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1965. Information about vocations, their community life, daily prayer, book shop, and manual work; contains a weekly reflection, a newsletter, and photos.

The present monks of Caldey Abbey are Cistercians of the Strict Observance. They came from Scourmont Abbey in Belgium in 1929, re-establishing the strong Cistercian tradition in Wales. Includes history, overview of monastic life, photos, and vocation information.

A monastery of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance sheltered by the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Information about their guest house, gift shop, and fruitcakes.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded in 1949. Includes Mepkin Chronicle, history, horarium, and information about vocations, retreats, Clare Booth Luce Library, the monastery store and gardens.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded in 1902. Weekly chronicle with photos, history, daily timetable, and information about their farm, retreat house, Lourdes Grotto, and monastery shop.

A Trappist monastery in southeastern Nigeria, founded in 2000. Pictures of their building site and news of the progress.

A new Trappist monastery in rural Nový Dvùr, the Czech Republic. It is that country's first monastery since the fall of Communism and end of religious intolerance. Information about how it began, the location and architecture, and a progress report.

A Trappist monastery situated in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, founded in 1835. Includes a brief history and information about vocations, the monks' prayer and work, and their guest house and gift shop.

A Trappist monastery just outside the town of Roscrea at the heart of Ireland?s Midlands, founded in 1878. Includes news, and history, and information about daily life, vocations, the guesthouse, and the college.

The Abbey of New Clairvaux is a community of monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance living in the fertile Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Information about the monastic charism, vocations, retreats, and Fr. Anthony's pottery.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1849. Includes news, announcements, history, photo archives, and information about the community, the guesthouse, vocations and the Trappist spirituality of death.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1963. Includes news, a brief history of the Order and the foundation, and information about their prayer and work, their location and retreat facilities, and their infirmary.

A Trappist monastery founded in 1948. Includes information about the Order and the monks' way of life, their prayer, work, repository shop, coffee shop, and vocations.

An abbey of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance in the beautiful Willamette valley. Information about the abbey's history and monastic schedule, Monastic Life Retreats, the monks' bindery, their fruitcake and honey, Guadalupe translations, and Guadalupe pictures

A Trappist abbey founded 1880. Includes a history and daily schedule, and vocation, brewery, and guest house information.

A Trappist monastery located on a hill in the Yufu mountains, founded in 1980. Includes a daily schedule, vocation information, and a map and directions.

A monastery of The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded from the Abbey of Gethsemani in the spring of 1951. Includes abbey news, who we are, vocations, bread store, books, schedules, visitor information.

A monastery of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance located east of Atlanta. Site includes monastery news and information about retreats, centering prayer, vocations, Lay-Cistercians, the Abbey Store, and Bonsai supplies.

A monastery of the Cistercian Order that is located on the island of Guimaras, separated from the large city of Iloilo on Panay island, by a strait of the Sulu Sea. News, history, photos, the abbot's talks and homilies, vocation and retreat information.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded in 1946. Includes monastery news,liturgy times, hospitality and retreats, and information about vocations, Cistercian saints and beati, and monastic prayer.

A Trappist monastery in the region of Salland, the Netherlands, hidden between the woods and the fields, it was founded in 1883 and moved to its present location in 1890. Includes history, photos, and information about daily life and the church restructuring.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, founded in 1954. Includes history, order of the day, and information about retreats, vocations, development, and associates.

A Trappist monastery in a spectacular valley high in the Colorado Rockies, founded in 1956.

The community of the St. Benedictus-Abbey or the "Achelse Kluis" (which means hermitage of Achel) is located in an out-of-the-way part of the Flemish Country, on the boundary with the Netherlands. This English version of their site contains a brief history and information about the guesthouse.

A monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, which was founded in Nova Scotia in the 19th century, transferred to Rhode Island in 1900, and moved to Spencer, MA, in 1950. Includes origins, writings, horarium, and information about vocations, retreats, and Trappist preserves.