Assumption Abbey, Missouri

This article is about the religious house in Missouri. For other uses, see Assumption Abbey.

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]

References

  1. ^ Stiles, Nancy (2017-11-24). "Sequestered in the Missouri Ozarks, these monks make 30,000 fruitcakes a year". Feast Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-24. 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.
  2. ^ "Not Just Assumption Abbey: New $20 million monastery now underway, three other religious facilities located nearby". Ozark County Times. 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  3. ^ Christopher, Brother (2019-09-11). "Assumption Abbey transferred to Common Observance Cistercians". Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists). Retrieved 2024-10-24.