Brother Paul recently celebrated his 60th year as a Cistercian monk in the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. A native of West Virginia, he noted that his father and uncles worked in the local coal ...

NEW HAVEN, Ky. — Nestled on 2,200 acres in the hills of Nelson County, Ky., the 166-year-old Abbey of Gethsemani is known for its peace and tranquility. But now the oldest operating monastery in ...

This Halloween, my favorite Catholic cemetery, off the beaten path in rural Northern Utah, has transfigured into a much happier haunt. Pioneer monks from Kentucky's Gethsemani Abbey, where Thomas ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Police say an employee at a central Kentucky abbey run by an order of Catholic monks has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $1 million from the institution. Police say ...

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 2023, my wife Liz embarked on a self-guided spiritual retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Nelson County, Ky. She returned with an armful of books and souvenirs from the ...

I will never forget my first visit to a monastery. I was travelling through Kentucky for a speaking engagement and made a short visit to Gethsemani Abbey, the Trappist monastery where Thomas Merton ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown has been added to the Kentucky Natural Areas Registry, officials said. The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves said in a statement on ...

Thomas Merton's hermitage at the Abbey of Gethsemani. Source: Bryan Sherwood/Wikimedia Commons This has been a rough year. The observation that the 2018 news cycle has been exhausting and infuriating ...