We are Assumption Abbey, a community of monks of the Cistercian Order located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Augé's assistance, and his generosity in providing the recipe and ideas for production, gave the monks the impetus to go forward with the Assumption Abbey Fruitcakes.

Our retreat booklet, A Time Apart: Making a Personal Retreat at Assumption Abbey, is available as a guide for retreatants, with following the monastic schedule and practices an option.

We are a community of monks of the Cistercian Order. Monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life here.

We are grateful to God for guiding us in this program, which continues the essential Cistercian monastic life in our Assumption Abbey here in the Ozark foothills of Missouri.

We are a community of monks of the Cistercian Order. Monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life here.

It was at this time that the monks of New Melleray Abbey, near Dubuque, Iowa, sent a band of monks to establish Assumption Abbey in the beautiful Ozarks in southern Missouri on …

Vocation Questions During my fifty years as a monk I've been asked many questions which would be standard knowledge for any monk. Perhaps the most frequently asked question is, do …

We are a community of monks of the Cistercian Order. Monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life here.

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