A former employee of the Abbey of Gethsemani and his wife have been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $1 million from the abbey's mail-order business. A grand jury in Nelson County, where the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Abbey of Gethsemani is located about twelve miles south of Bardstown and was founded in 1848. It's one of the oldest monasteries in the United States and attracts ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Religion News Foundation (RNF) is pleased to announce a collaboration with millennials Will Peterson and David Cable, as the two set out on a “Modern Millennial Pilgrimage” from ...

NEW HAVEN, Ky. – Nestled on 2,200 acres in the hills of Nelson County, the 166-year-old Abbey of Gethsemani is known for its peace and tranquility. But now the oldest operating monastery in America, ...

Brother Paul recently celebrated his 60th year as a Cistercian monk in the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. A native of West Virginia, he noted that his father and uncles worked in the local coal ...

In 2023, my wife Liz embarked on a self-guided spiritual retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Nelson County. She returned with an armful of books and souvenirs from the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police say the case of a million dollars stolen from a monastery might be one of the largest thefts ever in Nelson County, Kentucky. In Nelson Circuit Court on Friday, Carrie ...

The Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, in Kentucky, the oldest monastery in the country, once home for the late prolific writer Thomas Merton, is in the news this week. A grand jury has indicted an ...