Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. expressed the gratitude of the entire Cistercian community for the generosity of the two young alumni who have chosen to serve the Abbey ...

Cistercian priests from Hungary started Cistercian monastery in 1961 and Cistercian school in 1962. In 2000, six American monks were at Cistercian Abbey. Today, 17 American monks call the abbey home.

Father Roch Kereszty, originally from Hungary, has been at Cistercian Abbey in Irving, Texas, for more than 50 years. Hunter Johnson TNS DALLAS -- Fr. Roch Kereszty may seem like just another monk ...

He lives with 18 other monks in the Cistercian abbey. ... He gets his brother’s meal at the refectory, walks it to his room, leaves it on a table, knocks on the door, and runs.

BOB FAW, correspondent: For 900 years this has been the hallmark, indeed, the passion, of Cistercian monks—prayer seven times every day. Nearly five hours each day are devoted, says the superior ...

As a graduate of Irving’s Cistercian Prep, I was happy to see this story in the DMN about a new crypt at the Cistercian abbey and the relocation of the remains of 20 monks. The piece is well ...

St Mary's Abbey, Glencairn is the only Cistercian monastery for women in Ireland. The monastery is located in the Blackwater Valley, about 3 miles upstream from Lismore, County Waterford.