• Title Page
• Welcome

• Overview
• 3:45 am. Vigils
• 6:30 am. Lauds and Eucharist
• 8:45 am. Terce
• 11:30 am. Sext
• 1:30 pm. None
• 5:05 pm. Vespers
• 7:45 pm. Compline

• What is Monasticism?
• Silence
• Love
• Devotion
• Austerity
• Poverty
• Self-Sufficiency
• Awakening
• Contemplation
• Communalism
• Celibacy


• Expressions of Music
• Chanting
• The Language
• History
• Notation

• Life of Jesus
• I — The Angel Gabriel Visits Mary
• II — Birth of Jesus
• III — The Hidden Life of Jesus
• IV — The Baptism
• V — Forty Days and Forty Nights
• VI — The Miracles
• VII — Teachings
• VIII — The Last Supper
• IX — The Betrayal
• X — The Trial and Crucifixion
• XI — The Ressurection


• Life of Christianity
• I — Life of Christ
• II — The First Bible
• III — The Holy Roman Empire
• IV — The Rule of St. Benedict
• V — The Formation of Cîteaux
• VI — The First English Bible
• VII — The Inquisition
• VIII — Cistercian Life at La Trappe
• IX — The French Revolution
• X — Notre Dame Des Prairies
• XI — Vatican II


• Life of Our Lady of the Prairies
• 1890 — A Priest has a Vision
• 1900 — Building a Community
• 1910 — The First Fire and War
• 1920 — A Time of Growth
• 1930 — Great Depression, Danes
• 1940 — The Consecration
• 1950 — Cultural Exchange, Flood
• 1960 — From Hippies to Monks
• 1970 — Hard Choices: The Move
• 1980 — New Beginnings and Fire
• 1990 — The Future of the Abbey
• 2000 — The Spirit of SNAC

• Working in Silence
• Experiencing Love
• Devotion to a Cause
• Simplicity of Life
• Life in Poverty
• How to be Self-sufficient
• Hearing your Calling
• The Practice of Contemplation
• Living in Common
• Considering Celibacy

• Reflections of the Abbot
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Links
• Documents
• Maps/Aerial

• Early On
• Ritchot
• Monk Making Cheese
• Early Monks
• Collecting Ice
• Old Monastery
• The Cloister
• The Refectory
• Early Monks
• The Kitchen
• Early Monk
• Buildings & Grounds
• Apiary
• Footbridge
• View from the Lasalle
• View from the Southwest
• The Gate
• The Abbey
• Aerial View
• The Alleys
• The Guesthouse
• The Horse Barn
• Work
• Fishing
• Dogs
• Cheese Factory
• Cobbler
• Cutting Hay
• Blacksmith
• Snowplow
• Tree Planting
• Workday
• Office
• Monastic Life
• The cheese truck
• Monk carrying buckets
• Monks delivering eggs
• Egg sorting
• A Monk with his mother
• Monks reading choirbook
• Pere Antoine
• Pere Gabriel
• Monk sitting
• At the dentist
• The Sacred
• Consecration
• Monks serving mass
• Altar
• Monk lighting candle
• Mary being moved
• Chanting at Holy Mass
• Mass in Holland, Manitoba
• Monk Praying
• In procession
• Novice at Holy Mass
• Life in Holland
• Aerial view of new Monastery
• Inside the cloister
• Brothers collected for chapter
• The inner courtyard
• Mowing the lawn
• Study period in scriptorium
• Posing with two Brothers
• Dom Marcel in a meeting
• Inside the new Monastery
• Studying in a cell

• Early Years
• Middle Years
• Later Years
• Portraits
• Today

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