For those seeking a deeper experience, Mepkin offers various retreat opportunities, a part of the abbey’s ministry that has expanded significantly since Mepkin’s St. Francis Retreat Center ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — The daily cycle of work, worship and contemplation at Mepkin Abbey still follows the simple pattern that Trappist monks have observed for a thousand years. But in ...

The new retreat center — with minimalist rooms constructed of wood, glass, concrete and steel — has 16 rooms for visitors. It hosts about 1,500 people a year.

Visitors feel a sense of peace the minute their cars turn into the entrance of Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery located on the Cooper River near Moncks Corner.

The new retreat center has 16 rooms for visitors. ... worship and contemplation at Mepkin Abbey still follows the simple pattern that Trappist monks have observed for a thousand years.

Every Christmas, the Trappist Monks of Mepkin Abbey, host a Crèche Festival. Inspired by the first few Crèche sets donated by a grateful retreatant; the festival has grown almost exponentially ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — The daily cycle of work, worship and contemplation at Mepkin Abbey still follows the simple pattern that Trappist monks have observed for a thousand years. But in ...

During the recent Lenten season the sun rose at 6:45 in a diffuse golden glow over the Abbey of Our Lady of Mepkin, 35 miles north of Charleston, S.C. First it silhouetted the pine forest, then it ...

A new retreat center and chapel were dedicated in late August. Also in the summer, the first phase of Mepkin's columbarium, where ashes are interred, was completed.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The daily cycle of work, worship and contemplation at Mepkin Abbey still follows the simple pattern that Trappist monks have observed for a thousand years. But ...