In a file photo, Trappist Father Luke Kot participates in lauds, or morning prayer, at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., March 9, 2009. (Credit: Michael Alexander/Georgia Bulletin via ...

Just outside Conyers, Ga., is a 2,300-acre island of calm. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit, now celebrating 70 years in Rockdale County, is a tranquil retreat where a small group of Cistercian monks ...

A community of 28 Trappist monks in Conyers, Ga., is emerging from a yearlong lockdown thanks to the coronavirus vaccine. In February, the monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit received their ...

The Monastery of the Holy Spirit is considered the top destination in Rockdale County. The centerpiece of the Monastery is the Abbey Church, which took the monks 15 years to build. The Monastery ...

It might seem odd that a group of monks is hosting a festival. With the monks' vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, soirees wouldn’t seem to rank high on the list of commitments for guys in robes ...

In 1848, 44 Trappist monks from France braved the wide ocean to reach the New World. Upon arriving in New Orleans, they booked a steamboat to Louisville, Kentucky, where they journeyed inland to a ...

This creche appears in a Christmas exhibit at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., and is from a collection owned by Marcy Borkowski-Glass of St. Pius X Church in Covington. (CNS/Michael ...

In 1944, prompted by a surge in membership around World War II, 21 Trappist monks who had devoted their lives to prayer and reflection left their monastery in Gethsemani, Kentucky, and traveled ...

CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — The Monastery of the Holy Spirits outside Atlanta shut down public prayers and services and its gift shop, museum and food pantry when health officials urged people to shelter in ...