Kot is the last surviving member of a group of 21 Trappist monks who traveled from Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky in 1944 to a remote area of Georgia to establish a monastery.

A cinemactress's southern plantation last week became a Trappist monastery. To Conyers, Ga., 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, came 20 monks (10 priests, 3 clerics or students, 7 lay brothers), all ...

In 1955, a group of about 60 monks from the Cistercian (Trappist) order bought about a square mile of abandoned farmland here. ... Cell phones and computers must remain in your car.

Barely four months later, on April 26, 1938, Brother Rafael died in his cell at the age of 27. In total, ... The Last Surviving Trappist Monk From Algeria Massacre Has Died at 97.

Only about dozen authentic Trappist breweries are still producing beer as abbeys close and fewer men choose to become monks, threatening a centuries-old monastic beer-making tradition.

Now, Trappist monks sell their beers to fund charitable and religious causes. Only 10 breweries currently meet the International Trappist Association’s strict criteria, which involves the following: ...

A Monk in the World. The result of all this, according to Critic Graham, is a dangerous oversimplification. He disapprovingly quotes some of Merton’s advice to his readers—”Do everything you ...