TRAPPIST: Living in the Land of Desire by Michael Downey. Photographs by Michael Mauney. (Paulist Press, 1997, 176p. illus., hardcover [ISBN 0-8091-0491-1]). This coffee table book, written at the request of the monks of Mepkin, celebrates in words and photographs the uniqueness of life at Mepkin, as well as the timeless spiritual tradition embodied in the monastic way of life. The photos in this Web Site are taken from the collection of Michael Mauney which is featured in this book. And Michael Downey has served as a consultant to the text of our Site.

LOVERS OF THE PLACE: Monasticism Loose in the Church by Francis Kline, OCSO. (The Liturgical Press, 1997, 134p., paper [ISBN 0-8146-2428-6]). This book by the present Abbot of Mepkin offers a glimpse of where monasticism fits in the church as it approaches the third millennium. This volume will be of particular interest to all those concerned with how the church and monasticism might enrich each other.