Abbey of Gethsemani
Trappist, Kentucky, USA
Ananda Matha Ashram
Wayanad-Kerala, India
Fax: (91) 4935 235 263
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- In 1098 some Benedictine monks felt called by God to leave their monastery and begin a new monastery in Cîteaux, France. They became known as "Cistercians".
- The Cistercian Order includes Roman Catholic monks and nuns all over the world.
- The purpose of the Order is to help its members live a life of prayer and solitude, in poverty and simplicity.
- Cistercians live together in communities called monasteries. There are 100 monastery for monks and 68 for nuns.
- Cistercians do manual work and each monastery tries to earn its own living
- Cistercians first came to Norway in 1146 to Lyse Kloster. They were in Norway until the period of the Reformation in the 16th century.
- The first permanent monastery of Cistercians to return to Norway came in 1999, to the island of Tautra in Trøndelag (central Norway). This is a monastery of nuns: Tautra Mariakloster.
- Some persons feel an interest in joining a monastery. This site provides information about joining a Cistercian monastery.
- For more information about joining the community at Tautra write to info@tautra.no.
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New Melleray Abbey
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Monasterio de Armenteira
Armenteira (pontevedra), Espana
Fax: (34) 986 71 05 95
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