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by Thomas Merton


  Chrysostom, Father, 252

  Cistercian monks: aged, 313 ff.

  asceticism of, 21

  clothing of, 282

  engineering feats of, 271

  in mission territory, 148, 153 ff. 190

  life of, 116–118, 277 ff., 284 ff.

  mature, 339

  novitiates, 338–339

  training of, 152

  Cistercian nuns, 183 ff. (see also Trappistine nuns)

  Cistercian Order: decline of, 29 ff.

  early, 10–31

  founding and development of, xxii f., 10 ff.

  Golden Age of, 27

  in seventeenth century, 32 ff.

  in Spanish Civil War, 210 ff.

  in twelfth century, 267 ff., 289, 291

  in World War I, 195 ff., 199

  in World War II, 219 ff.

  of the Strict Observance, 11, 147, 151 ff. (see also Trappists)

  reunion of congregations, 145, 146 ff.

  Citeaux, 10 f., 33 ff., 150–151

  as head of Cistercians, 150–151

  in South Africa, 158

  Claffey, Dom Camillus, 240

  Clairvaux: in South Africa, 158

  in time of St. Bernard, 250

  Clemenceau, Georges, 172–173

  Cloister, 276, 360

  Quny, monastery at, 7

  Coal mining, in Illinois, 79

  Code of Canon Law, 99

  Collation, meaning of, 287, 360

  Combes, Emile, 172

  Commendam, definition of, 360

  Common Observance, monks of, 33 ff., 42, 105, 145, 360

  Communism, 17

  of Cistercian cenobite, 344 ff.

  of early Christians, 18 f.

  Communists: and Yugoslavian monasteries, 261

  Chinese, and monasteries, 251 ff.

  groups, in America, 114 ff.

  Spanish, persecution by, 211 ff.

  Compline, definition of, 361

  Concentration camps, monks in, 219, 221, 261, 338

  Contemplation, 301, 303, 361

  infused, xxv, 298, 363

  Spiritual Directory on, xxvii f.

  Contemplative life, xix, xxxi ff., 46, 361

  St. Thomas on, xxxiv

  Conventual mass, 361

  Corentin, Dom, 210

  Corpus Christi: definition of, 361

  procession, 81

  Coté, Mother Ann, 96

  Crozier, definition of, 361

  D

  Damien, Father, 137

  D’Assise, Dom François, 310 ff.

  Delaplace, Monsignor, 249–250

  Desert fathers, 4

  Detachment, definition of, 361

  Devotions, definition of, 362

  Discalced Carmelites, xiii

  Dom, tide of, 59, 241

  Dombes, abbey of, 222

  Dominic, Father, 70

  Dujonquoi, Father Anthony Joseph, 55

  Dunand, Father Joseph, 73 ff.

  among Sioux Indians, 81

  character of, 75

  Dunlea, Dom Alberic, 143

  Dunne, Dom Frederic, 137, 140 f., 163, 206 ff., 228 ff.

  Dupont, Father Benedict, 163 f.

  Dutton, Joseph, 136–137

  E

  Easter, 296, 297

  Echt monastery, 223, 224

  Education, 73, 94

  at Gethsemani, 130–131, 168, 207

  Third Order, 60, 63, 102

  Egypt, monasteries in, 4, 5

  Enclosure, definition of, 362

  Enée, Father Paul, 313

  Engelszell, monastery of, 219

  England, Trappists in, 58, 185

  Epnrata community, 114

  Ephrem, Dom, 250

  Epiphany, 296

  Eucharist, definition of, 361, 362

  Eugene III, Pope, 29

  Eugenio, Father, 212–213

  Eulogio, Brother, 218

  Eustaquio, Brother, 217

  Excommunication, 362

  Exordium Parvum, 270

  Ezequiel, Brother, 218

  F

  Fast, Benedictine, 151

  Fastrad of Gaviamez, 268

  Father immediate, 362

  Feuillants, 33

  Fitzpatrick, Dom Bruno, 141

  Flaget, Bishop, 106, 120, 125

  Fléché, Dom Emmanuel, 212 ff.

  Florissant, Missouri, 75

  Fontenay, monastery of, 272

  Fontgombault Abbey, 170 ff.

  Food: at Gethsemani, 230

  in Trappist monasteries, xvi–xvii

  of Cistercians, 54

  of Cluniacs, 12

  Fourieristic phalanxes, 114

  Fox, Dom James, 209, 239

  France, Trappists in, 52, 55 f., 101, 153

  Nazi occupation of, 220 ff.

  Francis, St, xxiii

  Frater, definition of, 362

  Free French, 221

  French Guiana, internment in, 56 f.

  Fribourg, Senate of, 54

  Furstenburg, Father Gerard, 98 f.

  Futterer, Dom Edmund, 181

  G

  Gaboury, Dom Pacôme, 188 f.

  Gallia Christiana, 171

  “Garden of Allah,” 137

  Garraghan, Fr. G. J, S.J, 61

  Garth, definition of, 362

  General chapter, 362

  George, Father, 177

  Georgia, Trappists in, xvi, 232 f., 234 ff., 239

  Germany, Cistercians in, 33

  Gertrude, St, 184, 193, 208, 328

  Gethsemani: American-born postulants at, 135 ff.

  and Mariannhill, 159

  and Our Lady of the Valley, 179–180

  arrival at, 121–122

  becomes an abbey, 129

  between the wars, 202 ff.

  building at, 123–124, 130 f.

  calumnies against, 163–164

  early monks at, 108–109, 127–128

  effects of reunion on, 166

  foundation of, 101 ff.

  influenza at, 209–210

  in nineteenth century, 113 ff.

  in 1943, 227

  “invasion,” after World War II, 242 f.

  Jordan monks at, 177

  journey to, 110 ff.

  jubilee celebration, 167, 202

  lay attitude toward, 133–134

  mitigations granted to monks, 124–125

  purchase of, 107

  school at, 130–131, 168, 207

  underdominance of St. Therese of Lisieux, 203 ff.

  Gethsemani College, 207

  burning of, 168

  Gill, Eric, 298

  Gilson, Etienne, 327

  God, 336 ff.

  love of, 28, 290–291

  Spirit of, 49, 332

  Grande Chartreuse, 8 f.

  Grandmont, 8

  Grandmontine priory, 40

  Grange, definition of, 362

  Great Awakening, in America, 66

  Gregorian chants, 13, 303

  Gualbert, St. John, 9

  Guenael, Father, 221

  Guigo, Prior, 8

  Guillet, Dom Urban, 59 ff., 65 ff., 73 ff.

  Guyader, Dom Corentin, 206

  H

  Hanning, John Green (Brother Joachim), 139–140

  Harding, St. Stephen, 13, 183, 270

  Hebdomadary, definition of, 362

  Helfta, convent of, 184

  Henry, Father, 138

  Heredia, Father Pio, 213 ff., 216, 218

  Hermits, 4, 362

  Holland, Trappists in, 223 f.

  Holy Abandonment, xxv, 328

  Holy Cross, Kentucky, 64

  Holy Ghost, 289, 290, 337

  Our Lady of the, 239 (see Georgia, Trappists in)

  Holy Trinity, Our Lady of the, 244 (see Utah, Trappists in)

  Holy Will of God, The, 184

  Host, definition of, 362

  Humility, quality of, 309

  Hundred Days, the, 81

  Hungary, Trappists in, 58 />
  Hurel, Father Stephen, 313

  I

  Icarians, Etienne Cabet’s, 114 ff.

  Igny monastery, 200–201

  Illinois: Icarians in, 119

  Trappists in, 61, 75 ff., 80

  Immaculate Conception, monastery of the, 98

  Indians, and monks, 74, 79, 81, 84, 88 f.

  Indult, definition of, 363

  Infused contemplation, 363

  Infused prayer, 363

  Internment of priests, 56, 219, 221, 261, 338

  Intervals (spiritual reading), 301

  Iowa, Trappists in, 141 f.

  Ireland, Cistercians in, 33, 105, 143, 240 ff.

  Italy, Cistercians in, 33

  J

  Jacobins, 57

  James, Father, 97

  Japan, Mother Berchmans in, 323 ff.

  Jesuits, 45, 74, 80, 120–121

  Joachim, Brother, 139

  John, Brother, 135–136

  John, St, of the Cross, 281

  John, St, of Vallombrosa, 7

  Joret, Father, xxxv

  Joy, and merit, 303 ff.

  Jubilee celebration, at Gethsemani, 167, 202

  K

  Kentucky, Trappists in, 64 ff., 68 ff., 71 ff., 74, 106 ff. (see also Gethsemani)

  Koeningshoeven Abbey, 224

  L

  Labor, manual, 5, 17, 104, 338

  at La Trappe, 43

  at La Val Sainte, 54 f.

  at Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, 237 f.

  in Illinois, 77

  in Kentucky, 71, 78 f.

  in summer, 287

  in twelfth century, 282–287

  Laborers, 25

  La Cervera, Italy, 103

  La Grande Trappe, 36 ff., 50

  During World War I, 200

  extinction of, 53, 55 f.

  impression on 17th century world, 48

  new Order of Reformed Cistercians, 150

  reopening of, 101

  Lagrange, Father Garrigou, xxxv

  Largentier, Denis, 33

  La Trappe d’Oka, 188

  Lavabo, definition of, 363

  La Val Sainte (see Val Sainte)

  Lawrence, Brother, 135

  Laxist, definition of, 363

  Laxists, “prince of,” 32

  Lay-brother, definition of, 363

  Lazarus, Brother, 161

  Lee, Mother Ann, 67

  Legislation of Cistercians, 26

  Lehodey, Dom Vital, xxv ff., 328 ff.

  Lennssen, Dom Cherubin, 183

  Lent, 296

  Leo XIII, and Cistercians, 149, 151 ff.

  Lestrange, Dom Augustin de, 61, 147, 184 ff., 301 ff.

  death of, 185–186

  last years of, 90 ff.

  returns to France, 80 f., 83

  summoned to Rome, 91

  Li, Dom Paulinus, 251, 260

  Litany, definition of, 363

  Literature of Cistercians, 27 ff., 278

  Little Flower (St. Thérèse of Lisieux), 203 ff., 325, 327 f.

  Liturgy, 295 ff., 363

  Loeb family, 224

  Lombardy, Cistercians in, 33

  Loretto, Sisters of, 107, 123

  Louisville, in 1805, 64 ff.

  Lourdes, in South Africa, 158

  Love, xviii ff.

  misdirected, 333

  spirit of, 335 ff.

  Lulworth, Sc. Susan’s in, 58, 101–102

  Luxemburg, monastery in, 190

  M

  McCaffrey, Father Bernard, 141

  Macerations, 317

  McNamara, Rev, 66

  Malet, Dom André, 319

  Manhattan, Trappists in, 80

  Man Who Got Even with God, The, 140

  Marcolino, Fra ter, 216

  Mariannhill, 154, 155 ff., 159

  Mariastern, 155, 261

  Maristella monastery, 189

  Marre, Dom Augustin, 176, 187

  Martine, Dom Edmond, 171

  Martin, Dom Eugene, 143

  “Mary,” added to religious name, 307–308

  Mary, Father, 177

  Mary, Mother of God, 29, 292, 302

  Mass, definition of, 363

  Materialism, 147

  Matins, definition of, 303

  Maxime, Dom, 105, 107, 109–110

  Mazella, Cardinal, 149

  Mechtilde, Sts, 1S4

  Meditation, definition of, 363

  Melleray Abbey, 58, 101, 105, 200

  Melleray, New, 141 ff.

  Mellifont, New, 241

  Merle, Father Vincent de Paul, 83 fr. death of, 96

  founds Petit Clairvaux, 93

  in Europe, 90, 95

  ordered to Kentucky, 90

  returns to Nova Scotia, 92

  Metz antiphoner, 13

  Micmac Indians, 84, 88, 89

  Miserere, definition of, 364

  Missal, definition of, 364

  Mission foundations of Cistercians, 148, 153 ff.

  Missouri, monastery in, 98–99

  Miter, definition of, 364

  Molesme, Robert of, 10 f.

  Molloy, Father Maurice, 178

  Monastery: buildings of, 274 ff.

  choice of sites for, 267 ff.

  lighting of, 275 f.

  Monasticism, story of, 3–31

  Monastic order, definition of, 364

  Monk, definitions of, 3, 364

  Monk of Gethsemane Abbey, The, 164

  Mont des Cats, 200

  Mortification, 306, 364

  Moses, Brother, 44 f.

  Mount Melleray Abbey, 105, 143, 240 f.

  Mount Olivet, Kentucky, 174

  Mount St. Joseph, Roscrea, 240

  Mount St. Mary’s College, 63

  MuIIanphy, John, 75

  Murdach, Henry, 267

  Murphy, Father John Mary, 100, 177, 179

  Mystical Body of Christ, 346 f.

  Mystical Theology of St. Bernard, The, 327

  Mysticism: definition of, 364

  problem of, 23 f.

  treatises on, 278

  N

  Nazi occupation: Alsace, 225 f.

  Austria, 219

  Belgium and Holland, 223 ff.

  France, 220 ff.

  Neila, Commissioner, 215 ff.

  Nerinckx, Father Charles, 71 f., 107

  New Melleray, 141 ff.

  New Mellifont, 241

  New Mexico, Trappists in, 181 f., 261 ff.

  Night office, definition of, 364

  Nones, definition of, 365

  Notre Dame de Mistassini, 145

  Notre Dame des Forges (Chimay), 191 ff.

  Notre Dame de Tart, 183

  Nova Scotia, Trappists in, 83 ff.

  Novice, definition of, 365

  Novitiate, definition of, 365

  Nun, definition of, 365

  O

  Oblate, definition of, 365

  Obrecht, Dom Edmund, 159 ff., 166 f., 187, 229

  at Gethsemani, 202

  death of, 205–206

  seeks refuge for expelled monks, 173–174

  O’Conarchy, Blessed Christian, 241

  O’Connor, Dom John, 180, 181

  O.C.R, meaning of, xxii

  O.C.S.O, meaning of, xxii

  Octave, definition of, 365

  Oelenberg, abbey of, 226

  Office, definition of, 365

  O’Gorman, Father James, 142

  O’Hara, Monsignor Gerald P, 232 f.

  Oneida community, 114

  Onfroy, Dom Augustin, 314–315

  Order, definition of, 365

  Orderic Vital, 17

  Oregon, monastery in, 174–176

  Our Lady of All Consolation, 185

  Our Lady of Bellefontaine (see Bellefontaine)

  Our Lady of Calvary, New Brunswick, 182–183

  Our Lady of Consolation, 249

  Our Lady of Good Council, 77, 183, 187

  Our Lady of Guadaloupe, 263

  Our Lady of Joy, 2
51

  Our Lady of Koeningshoeven, 149

  Our Lady of Liberation, 261

  Our Lady of New Melleray, 141 ff.

  Our Lady of Orval, 190

  Our Lady of Refuge, 225

  Our Lady of the Assumption, 183

  Our Lady of the Holy Cross, 185

  Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, 98, 239, 242

  Our Lady of the Lake, 99, 143 ff, 177, 188 f.

  Our Lady of the Martyrs, 219

  Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, 144

  Our Lady of the Prairies, 152, 189

  Our Lady of Thymadeuc, 93, 100

  Our Lady of the Valley, 83, 177–182, 262

  Our Lady of Viaceli, 211 ff.

  Owen, Robert, 114

  P

  Pachomius, St, 4, 5

  Pacifique, Mère, 186

  Palatine, Princess, 48

  Palestine, mission in, 148, 154, 261

  Papal States, Trappists in, 55

  Paradis Blanc, Le, 54

  Parish, definition of, 365

  Paulinus, Father, 106 f., 127, 132

  Peace, quality of, 308, 309

  Peiping, Trappist refugees in, 259 ff.

  Pellew, Sir Edward, 57

  Penance, xvii, 16, 269, 333, 365

  Penitents, 25

  Pentecost, 296 f.

  Perret, Father, 86

  Petit Clairvaux, 83 ff., 177

  Augustinian fathers at, 100

  burning of, 99

  establishment of, 93

  Pfanner, Dom Franz, 155 ff.

  Philistines, 66

  Piana, Dom Anthony, 182

  Pigeon Hill, Pennsylvania, 63

  Piguet, Mother Mary Berchmana, 323 ff.

  Pius XI, Pope, 249 ff.

  Placid, Brother, 63

  Plessis, Bishop, 85

  Poland, Cistercians in, 33

  Pollien, Dom François de Sales, 341

  Pontifical high mass, 366

  Port du Salut, 180, 310 ff.

  Portugal, Cistercians in, 33

  Possessions, misfortune of, 334

  Postulant, definition of, 366

  Pottinger’s Creek, 70 f., 107

  Poverty of monks, 18 f., 334

  Prayer, 16

  infused, 363

  mystical, 24, 299, 363

  vocal, 3 66

  Preau, definition of, 366

  Prime, definition of, 366

  Proust, Father Eutropius, 107 ff.

  in France, 127

  in Rome, 129

 

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