REMEMBER. . .
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, 2008!  

Welcome to Monastery Greetings -- the website and catalog which gathers together products from abbeys, convents, monasteries and hermitages. To request our FREE catalog, join our mailing list.
 
This spring and summer, we’re adding many new items to our website. Here are a few highlights:
 

• New Thomas Merton. . . New books include Thomas Merton: Master of Attention and Bridges to Contemplative Living, a series of a series of study books. We also recently added a section for Thomas Merton: Audio Books and Thomas Merton: Note Cards.
  
  
• New in the Food Section. . . The Cheese Nun (DVD) is a fascinating PBS documentary which profiles the adventures of world famous Benedictine nun Sister Noella Marcellino, the cheesemaker for Regina Laudis Abbey. Also new, look for Cookie Stamps -- Four designs handmade from all-natural terra cotta clay and glazed in a variety of vibrant colors.
  
  
• As always, we offer the complete selection of award-winning Trappist Preserves from St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. Choose your favorites when you buy Personal Selections of 3, 6 or 9 jars, or cases of 12 jars. Special discounts apply when you buy cases of a single flavor.
  
  
• New Chant. . . To support their new foundation, the monks of Clear Creek Monastery offer recordings of chant from Fontgombault, France -- a foundation of Saint Pierre de Solesmes. CDs include The Assumption, Saint Benedict, Christmas and Easter.
  
  
• The Pope's Cologne. . . a classic Old World cologne with surprising freshness and notes of violet and citrus made from the private formula of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878). Recently featured in Inside the Vatican magazine and on CBS Sunday Morning.
  
  
• New Bargain Books. . . Sisters the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. See a number of other titles in our Sale Books: * What's New? * section.