Various images of monks and caskets photographed at the Trappist Casket manufacturing facility at the New Melleray Abbey near Peosta, Iowa. (Credit: Mark Hirsch.) Listen Honoring a departed loved one ...
PEOSTA, Iowa — The era of farming by New Melleray Abbey monks came to end Nov. 20 when the monastery’s farm machinery was auctioned in a hay field. The blustery day drew 500 auction goers bundled in ...
PEOSTA, Iowa — Abbot Brendan Freeman said New Melleray Abbey’s decision to quit farming did not come easily. "We were founded in Iowa in 1849 by monks from Ireland seeking refuge from the famine," ...
March 21 marks the 125th anniversary of the coming of Cistercian monks to Roscrea. March 21 marks the 125th anniversary of the coming of Cistercian monks to Roscrea. The Mount Heathon estate had been ...
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