Home to a small community of less than 30 Trappist monks, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established back in 1944 when a group of monks left an abbey in Kentucky with the goal of founding a ...

The only monks in the UK to brew an officially recognised Trappist beer say they are unable to satisfy demand. The brewery at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, near Coalville, Leicestershire, was set up ...

What was once a swath of rocky land owned by Trappist monks is now a haven for wildlife as well as nature lovers ...

The Trappist order of monks was born in the 17th century, in La Grande Trappe Abbey in Normandy. The Abbot there wanted his monks to adhere to the strict Rule of St. Benedict – an ancient guide ...

The Trappist monks, one of the strictest of Catholic orders, speak to one another only by signs, and permitted Director Alexandre no special staging, no retakes. A much better job of photography ...

Home to a small community of less than 30 Trappist monks, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established back in 1944 when a group of monks left an abbey in Kentucky with the goal of founding a ...

St Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren, Flanders, is one of the world's 14 official Trappist beer producers. Buyers can purchase a crate of its Westvleteren beer for around €45 (£40), around €1.80 ...

One dawn last week black-cowled Death came to a frail little man lying on a straw pallet in a hushed Kentucky monastery, oldest in the U. S. Soon black-cowled Trappist monks broke their habitual ...