While California is known for its vineyards, get off the beaten path with a visit to this stunning winery run by a ...

A Unique Monastery Pharmacy. Within the complex, still managed today by Cistercian monks, there is another unique feature: a pharmacy that has been open for 200 years, furnished with vintage ...

Researchers discover Clairvaux Abbey’s medieval books were bound with seal skin, linking the Cistercian monks to global trade routes in the 13th century.

DALLAS – Father Roch Kereszty may seem like just another monk at Cistercian Abbey in Irving, Texas. Nothing is unusual about how he leans on his cane; nothing different about how he’ll greet ...

Researchers discover Clairvaux Abbey’s medieval books were bound with seal skin, linking the Cistercian monks to global trade routes in the 13th century.

But in other ways they have adapted to modern life. Monks in County Down have released a CD of Gregorian chants to raise funds and the near-silent order of Cistercian monks on Caldey Island, off the ...

Researchers discover Clairvaux Abbey’s medieval books were bound with seal skin, linking the Cistercian monks to global trade routes in the 13th century.

The Cistercian monks described seals as the "sea calf," and there is no existing written record of the purchase or any use of sealskin at Clairvaux Abbey.

Researchers discover Clairvaux Abbey’s medieval books were bound with seal skin, linking the Cistercian monks to global trade routes in the 13th century.