| The abbey and college are also Ryedale's second largest employer and trustees are asking planners to consider the benefits to the local economy. |
| Some of the monks leave the abbey to serve mass, speak at other religious communities, and to collect materials for the workshops. |
| Visiting the abbey at Monte Cassino, Morris removed his abbatial cross as a sign of humility. |
| The abbey was founded in 1132 and monks lived in it for 400 years until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. |
| The Benedictine abbey is long gone but the eleventh-century church remains, and is one of the finest survivors of the Romanesque in France. |
| Aelred, a friend and follower of St. Bernard, defined holy friendship for the monks of his abbey. |
