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Monastery Greetings

The Catholic gift shop - From monasteries around the world

Open the cloister door and step into a tranquil world of contemplation and beauty. The Monastery Greetings Catholic gift shop has products from more than one hundred monasteries, convents, abbeys and hermitages -- including gourmet foods, candy and Trappist Preserves, incense, candles, rosaries, devotional books, cookbooks, CDs and DVDs, bath and body care products, pet care products, Irish and Celtic gifts, and products from the Holy Land.

All sales of products benefit the monks, nuns, & religious communities who produce them! Help continue the monastic tradition by supporting this unique way of life!


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What's Inside:

  • Christmas fruitcake and other delicious gourmet foods – Fruitcake from Genesee Abbey, Guadalupe Abbey, Holy Cross Abbey and Assumption Abbey; Nun Better Cookies made by Sisters of the Holy Spirit; chocolate fudge from Brigittine Monks; pralines (“Pray-Lines”) from St. Benedict Monastery; fruit tarts and hermit cookies from Mission Farm Bakery; apple butters/fruit butters and hot sauces from St. Gregory’s Gourmet Foods; mustards from Queen of the Angels Monastery; chocolate truffles from Glenstal abbey (Ireland) and Holy Mississippi Abbey; Mystic Monk Coffee from Carmelite Monks in Wyoming; Trappistine Caramels from Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey; Trappistine Quality Candy dark chocolate & milk chocolate from Mount St. Mary’s Abbey; and creamed honey from Holy Cross Abbey and Redwoods Monastery. The most delicious handmade foods from monasteries and Catholic stores around the world, all gathered in one convenient site...


  • Trappist Preserves from St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Mass. – The monks at St. Joseph's Abbey craft each batch of jams, jellies, preserves and marmalades in accord with the monastic tradition of excellence. 30 flavors include classic favorites such as blueberry preserves, cherry preserves, strawberry preserves, seedless red raspberry jam, and Seville orange marmalade as well as unique flavors such as fig preserves, quince jelly, elderberry jelly, damson plum jam and elderberry jelly.


  • Authentic Trappist Beers and Abbey Ales – Monastery Greetings has the largest selection of imported Belgian beers brewed in Monasteries or Abbeys by Trappist monks in Belgium. Of all the beers in the world, only seven of them can use the name "Trappist": Achel, Chimay, La Trappe, Orval, Rochefort, Westvleteren and Westmalle. Monastery Greetings also carries other Abbey ales, including Maredsous, Ovila, Val-Dieu and Abita.


  • Christmas Cards and Christmas Gifts – Christmas cards from The Printery House at Conception Abbey and Abbey Press at St. Meinrad Archabbey including popular themes such as The Holy Family, Madonna & Child, The Magi (Three Kings), Nativity, Manger Scenes, Adoration as well as Lion & Lamb. Others include Saints such as St Nicholas, St Benedict, St Francis and Bernard of Clairvaux.


  • Incense, Incense burners (censers), Pure Beeswax candles, crosses, rosaries and prayer ropes – Browse their online Catholic gift store for incense and charcoal from Nazareth and Holy Cross Hermitages; stoneware censers, brass censers; beeswax candles; Easter lily, frankincense and myrrh scented candles; Trappist and Byzantine crucifixes; Carmelite and San Damiano crosses; rose petal and olivewood rosaries; Jesus Beads, Orthodox prayer ropes, and Pater Noster cords.


  • Inspiring books and music – Delight your soul with the sounds of gregorian chant and other CDs from Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis and Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos; rosary and Psalter CDs; Thomas Merton books and DVDs; the Liturgy of the Hours prayer books and resources; Franciscan books and DVDs; Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic prayer books; Benedictine and Franciscan Christmas cards; and monastery cookbooks, all in one inspiring Catholic gift shop.


  • Bath and body care products – Face creams, lotions and balms from Tautra Mariakloster in Norway; Lavender pillow inserts and meditation robes from Ursuline Sisters; goat’s milk bar soaps, liquid soaps and lotions from Holy Cross Hermitage.


  • Pet care products – This inspiring Catholic gift store hasn’t forgotten your beloved pets. Choose monastery-made dog biscuits, dog training books, and cloister cat picture books for your own pet, or the pet lover in your life.


  • Irish and Celtic – Treat yourself to the best of Ireland’s Catholic stores, too. Select Irish Christmas cards, Book of Kells cotton blankets, Celtic chimes and Glenstal Abbey crosses, books and CDs.


  • Products from the Holy Land – Jerusalem chimes, gifts made from Jerusalem stone, chant from the Holy Land, icons from Sinai and gifts made from Olivewood from the Holy Land.


Let Monastery Greetings bring the best of the world's monasteries and Catholic stores to your door. Delicious gourmet foods, inspiring books and music and thoughtful gifts from monasteries, convents, abbeys and hermitages around the world are only a click away.

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