Pope Francis told Cistercians on Monday to embrace “the greater poverty of spirit and goods in order to be more available to the Lord.” “Today the experience of encountering diversity is a sign of the ...

Food for monks in the middle ages consisted of what was grown within the monastery and what could be begged from nearby towns ...

The Church became a pawn in the struggle between the native Princes and the Marcher lords. Edward I ended Welsh independence ...

A Cistercian abbey disbanded by the Vietnamese government almost three decades ago lives on as three new communities. The communist government in 1978 confiscated the abbey in Ho Chi Minh City and ...

IN the midst of tight regulations governing social distancing and self-isolation as society struggles to work through the Covid-19 crisis, Cistercian monks and nuns in Ireland, and the world over, are ...

Wisconsin Cistercians attribute their growing membership to young women seeking to live radically for God in a religious vocation. Valley of Our Lady Cistercian Monastery is attracting millennial ...

It is over 700 years since Cistercian monks first set foot on Irish soil, founding Mellifont Abbey outside Drogheda and soon spread throughout the country founding 40 abbeys for men. The Cistercians ...

The religious orders of the Cistercians built some of Europe’s finest architectural stuctures. Simple yet noble, these buildings were created for function rather than visual delight. One of the most ...

Treasure chest of pottery, bones and crops prove site was home to French monks John McCullen at the dig A man famed for being 'Outstanding in the Field' has found a medieval monastic farm in his field ...

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Where? 19 Richmond Avenue, Monkstown, Co. DublinWHow much? Region ?750,000Who's selling? Lisney Auctioneers, Dun LaoghaireHow? Private Treaty Why Buy? This is a delightfully restored 4-bed, ...