From Asia to Europe, Africa, US and Canada, a food writer toured the kitchens of Buddhist and Catholic monasteries, a ...

Melleray was founded in 1832 by a group of 64 Irish Cistercian monks, who were forced to leave their monastery at Melleray in Brittany when the French revolution of 1830 led to the introduction of ...

My regular visits have guided how I approach my home and family life, which, though not a monastery itself, can emulate the regular rhythm of prayer, work, and fraternity.

When you do arrive, you're greeted with stunning medieval French architecture with plenty of gorgeous archways and stone masonry. The Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay was once a Cistercian abbey ...

The Cistercian abbey - which was founded by monks fleeing the French Revolution - will close ... the foundation stone of the new monastery was blessed by the Most Rev. WilliamAbraham, Bishop ...

The origins of Wensleydale cheese can be traced back to the 12th Century when cheesemaking skills were brought to the dale by French Cistercian monks who settled at monasteries in the area. The ...

The origins of Wensleydale cheese can be traced back to the 12th century when cheesemaking skills were brought to the dale by French Cistercian monks who settled at monasteries in the area. The ...

The Chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris’s Latin Quarter is a jewel of French ... of Portugal’s Monastery of Alcobaça, renowned for their baroque craftsmanship. Created by Cistercian monks in ...

Separately, in 1932, a community of Cistercian nuns (Trappistines) came from Stapehill in Dorset to establish St Mary’s Abbey at Glencairn, Co Waterford. Today, although some monasteries have ...