Like most families, we have scrapbooks and photo albums that help us record and remember our history. Because we have been in this one place for over 150 years, we have many albums, and we would like to share some of those pictures with you.
All of these pictures were taken in the 1930's and 1940's and are between 30 and 50 KB if you want to look at them.
The Old Lodge: At one time, ’family brothers’ lived in this building, and worked on the monastery farm.
The Housekeeper: The Lay Brothers wore a habit made of durable thick material; they wore it whenever they worked--summer or winter.
In the Granary: They come back, they come back, their arms full of sheaves... Psalm 125
The Beekeeper: They compassed me about like bees... Psalm 117
The Candlemaker: You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness. Psalm 17
The Cobbler: Our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey... Joshua 9
The Mechanic
The Rosary-Maker
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One of first Abbeys in America--now serving as the Lodge at New Melleray (1924)
The Abbey Church at New Melleray (1924)
The Dormitory at New Melleray Abbey (1924)
One end of the New Melleray cloister (1924)
The Chapter Room at New Melleray Abbey showing Chair of the Abbot in center (1924)
The Refectory at New Melleray Abbey (1924)
The Pine Walk at New Melleray Abbey (1924)
West wing of the Trappist Abbey of New Melleray (1924)
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’Memento Mori’
Winter Cemetery
In Winter
The Dark Night
In the Classroom
The Refectory
The Wall
The Novice at Prayer
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The Bookbinder
The Foreman
The Lay Brother
In the Choir
In the Classroom
The Procession
The Handbell
At Prayer
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The Choir Novitiate (1945)
The Community at New Melleray (1945)
Air view of New Melleray (1945)
Water tower at New Melleray Abbey (1945)
Monks assembled for Divine Office (1945)
Northwest view of New Melleray Abbey (1945)
New Melleray Lodge--quarters for workmen
The Chapter Room (1945)
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| The Lodge & Manual Labor |
The Abbey in 1924 |
The Garden Enclosed |
The Call to Prayer |
The Abbey in 1945 |
After you have seen some of the pictures of the monks and the monastery from our Photo Archives, you may wish to take a Tour of the monastery as it is today.
An off-site link
An e-mail link
