Assumption Abbey, Missouri Explained
Assumption Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption, is a community of monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, popularly known as Trappists. The Abbey, is located in Douglas County, seventy-five miles southeast of Springfield, Missouri.
History
The monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life there. They run a successful business selling fruitcakes.[1] After the number of monks continued to decrease for decades, the Trappist monks gave their monastery to a group of Cistercians from Vietnam in 2019.[2] [3]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Stiles . Nancy . 2017-11-24 . Sequestered in the Missouri Ozarks, these monks make 30,000 fruitcakes a year . 2024-10-24 . Feast Magazine . en . Sequestered in the Missouri Ozarks, these monks make 30,000 fruitcakes a year. Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri, sells its fruitcakes all over the world, including in the famous Williams-Sonoma holiday catalog..
- Web site: 2023-02-02 . Not Just Assumption Abbey: New $20 million monastery now underway, three other religious facilities located nearby . 2024-10-24 . Ozark County Times . en.
- Web site: Christopher . Brother . 2019-09-11 . Assumption Abbey transferred to Common Observance Cistercians . 2024-10-24 . Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) . en-US.
