It was a bold idea to begin with. For generations, Trappist monks in Europe have been brewing beer under strict guidelines to cover living expenses at their monastery – and along the way, created some ...

An Aspen-area ranch that for decades was home to a community of Trappist monks sold this week, becoming the largest ...

The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the U.S. has said that it will close, citing a lack of financial viability. The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts say they will ...

SPENCER — Upon visiting St. Joseph’s Abbey, any stress this reporter took to the monastery grounds faded as I followed the winding road up off Route 31 to Spencer Brewery. Everything about the abbey ...

In the late 1960s, a young NCR reporter named Colman McCarthy saw the emerging decline of American Trappist monasteries and offered a diagnosis: The monastic life is not active enough. Looking back ...

When COVID-19 led health officials to urge people to shelter in place, it even affected the already-cloistered monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Public prayers and services with ...

The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey, who worked to get Spencer Brewery recognized by the International Trappist Association, announced Saturday that they’re going to let the brewery’s taps run dry. The ...

No Bible quote I post on social media engenders as much pushback as Jesus’ simple phrase, “Judge not” (or “Do not judge,” depending on the translation of Matthew 7:1). The immediate responses are ...

The monastery, which sits on 3,700 acres of land, was closed in 2023. It served as a spiritual retreat center since it opened in the late 1950s.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has paid a record $120 million for a ranch outside Aspen, Colo., that was used for decades as a ...