COVENTRY, England – Coombe Abbey is not an ordinary hotel. Never mind that No Ordinary Hotel is the name of the marketing umbrella for this and a sister hotel. You can tell Coombe Abbey is like none ...

The village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, Wales, is a traveller favourite and is known for the majestic ruined abbey that sits ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to exchange your lifestyle and become a monk? It's a radical move by anybody's standards. One Cistercian monastery in Leicestershire is finding no shortage ...

VINA, Calif. — They were chipped out of a quarry in Spain 800 years ago, prayed beside for centuries, appropriated by one of America’s most voracious collectors and then left for decades in San ...

BERLIN (AP) - A Cistercian monastery that's existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closing down for good, due to a shortage of monks. The Himmerod Abbey, founded in 1134 by the ...

Superiors of four monasteries and a convent of the Cistercian Order of Monks from around the world are holding a two-day meeting in the United States at St. Mary’s Priory, Hecla, Schuylkill County.

Father Peter Verhalen (left) is installed as abbot of the Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas by Abbot General Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, assisted by Father Ignatius Peacher (right). Jim Reisch - Special ...

The Rev. Melchior Istvan Chladek had a passion for medicine that he shared with his biology students during his career at Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving. In retirement, he applied that same ...

The Rev. Melchior Istvan Chladek had a passion for medicine that he shared with his biology students during his career at Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving.In retirement, he applied that same ...