Located in a picturesque rural area in Piffard, New York, the Abbey of the Genesee is where contemplative monks of the Order of Cistercians (Trappists) pray and take part in manual labor. The Abbey is ...

Monk’s Bread's seasonal varieties fall into the breakfast bread category and complement its year round line. Altering the seasons For half a century, Monk’s Bread has marched to the beat of a ...

28 monks live at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, Livingston County. The monks wake up at 2 a.m. and their first vigil of the day is at 2:25 a.m. The baking of biscotti begins at 4 a.m. Silence is ...

PIFFARD, N.Y. — The heady scent of anise wafts through the air as six monks bake biscotti at the Abbey of the Genesee. Slabs of biscotti dough, having been baked once and cooled, are piled into ...

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — Catholicism is sensual. It’s a religion that engages the senses to bring mankind closer to the Divine. Taste is, of course, one of the senses — one of the ways people have been ...

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) - Catholicism is sensual. It’s a religion that engages the senses to bring mankind closer to the Divine. Taste is, of course, one of the senses - one of the ways people have been ...