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Holy Cross Abbey is a monastery of the Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO), popularly known as the Trappists. The monastery is located near Berryville in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia , United States.
Holy Cross Abbey: Trappist 1950 Berryville, Virginia: St. Joseph Abbey: Trappist 1950 Spencer, Massachusetts: Founded as Our Lady of the Valley Abbey in Central Falls, Rhode Island in 1900. Moved 1950 after a fire destroyed most of their buildings. [7] They brew and produce incense. Abbey of the Genesee: Trappist 1951 Piffard, New York
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In 2023, my wife Liz embarked on a self-guided spiritual retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Nelson County. She returned with an armful of books and souvenirs from the ...
In particular, the number of Trappist monasteries throughout the world has more than doubled over the past 60 years: from 82 in 1940 to 127 in 1970, and 169 at the beginning of the 21st century. [25] In 1940, there were six Trappist monasteries in Asia and the Pacific, only one Trappist monastery in Africa, and none in Latin America. [25]
Berryville is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley, 11 miles (18 km) east of Winchester and 5 miles (8 km) south of the West Virginia border. U.S. Route 340 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Charles Town, West Virginia , and southwest 22 miles (35 km) to Front Royal .
The monastery is situated on a working farm of 2,000 acres (810 ha). The monks support themselves and the abbey through its store, Gethsemani Farms, offering handmade fruitcake and bourbon fudge (both onsite and by mail order). Gethsemani was the home of Trappist monk, social activist and author Thomas Merton from 1941 until his death in 1968.
Therefore the idea of a small monastery producing and selling cheese to support itself appealed greatly to the nuns, and they took up residence in the two small log cabins on the property. Formally founded on May 1, [2] Our Lady of the Angels Monastery became the fifth house of Cistercian nuns in the United States, and the first situated in the ...