Articles on this issue "Trappists"

Trappists Hope for Return to Algeria

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Trappist monks want to return to an Algerian abbey where seven of their brothers were killed by Muslim terrorists in 1996. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, recently told …

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Trappists Leave the Cloister for a Special Trip

Brazilian Pilgrimage Marks Anniversaries

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In a rare outing, an entire monastery of Trappist monks went on a pilgrimage. The 25 members of Our Lady of the New World Monastery, of Campo do Tenente in the state of Parana, went on …

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Trappist Joseph-Marie Cassant, Ordinary and Saintly

Biography of Soon-to-Be-Beatified Monk

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The Holy See issued this biography of Joseph-Marie Cassant (1878-1903), a French Trappist monk and priest, whom John Paul II will beatify on Sunday. * * * Joseph-Marie Cassant was born on …

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Meditations for the Stations of the Cross

Written by Trappist André Louf

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Here are the meditations of the Stations of the Cross at which John Paul II presided on Good Friday in the Colosseum. They were written by Father André Louf, a Belgian Trappist. * * * FIRST …

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Trappist Monk Killed in Nigeria

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Brother Clement, a Trappist monk of Our Lady of Calvary here, was killed in a holdup March 25. The missionary was traveling in the night bus from Lagos to Enugu. The bus was attacked somewhere …

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Move from Theoretical Faith to a Lived Faith Implies Crisis, Says Trappist

Spiritual Master Father André Louf Speaks at Milan Center

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The move from an intellectual understanding of the faith to a lived experience of it implies a crisis, says a renowned master of prayer. Father André Louf, 73, abbot of the Mont des Cats …

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Monastic Mysticism Checks World's "Artificial Paradises," Pope Says

John Paul II Meets Trappist Abbots and Abbesses

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John Paul II says the "mystical passion" proper to monastic life is a profound response to the "artificial paradises" offered by today's world. The Holy Father expressed this conviction when …

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Trappist Monastery Inaugurated in Czech Republic

Cardinal Vlk on Hand for Ceremony

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A Trappist monastery was inaugurated in Novy Dvur, the first monastery to open in the Czech Republic since the fall of Communism. The celebration Thursday was presided over by the archbishop …

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Trappist Remembers Monks Murdered in Algeria

5 Years Later, Tibhirine Monastery Is Empty

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The discovery of the bodies of seven Trappist monks in Algeria on May 21, 1996, sent shock waves through the country and the Muslim community in the region. The seven, of the Monastery of Our …

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