Trappist | 
| Directors: Kathleen Norris, Thomas Moore
Actors: Kathleen Norris, Robert G. Maier, Herbert Benson Md, Thomas Moore
Studio: New Market Sales
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 26287
Format: Color, Ntsc
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 56 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0966296400
UPC: 657429000137
EAN: 9780966296402
ASIN: 0966296400
Release Date: January 8, 1998
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Description
Trappist monks trace their history through 1700 years of Western civilization. Monk have had a remarkable, often surprising influence in our arts, education, science and technology. But is their contemplative life and humility out of place in our fast-paced modern world? This award-winning documentary combines stunning photography, rare images from the past, and captivating music with an inside look at life in the Trappist monastery of Mepkin Abbey, near Charleston, South Carolina. It addresses many of our modern values and what monks may have to offer the world outside their monastery. TRAPPIST has played on over 150 PBS stations, has been selected for numerous film festivals, and sold over 7,000 copies.
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A good general overview of Trappist life. August 27, 2006
David Carlin (Philadelphia, PA USA)
This is an excellent production. It is very short, but within that time one can get a basic look at the lifestyle and workings within a trappist monastery. The video does not romantacize the lifestyle and does not promote this lifestyle as an escape from the empty materialistic, consumer driven life many find themselves in. A few of the monks are interviewed and we get a feel for soul searching questions each one of them had during their calling to this lifestyle. Also a good look at how a monastary supports itself through business and it's own community support system.
Superb introduction January 18, 2001
A. Hogan (Brooklyn, NY USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
So often documentaries dealing with religion often are poorly done. This is the exception, very well photographed,well written,coherently produced. It centers on a community of Monks, Trappists,or cistercians of the strict observance,as is thier proper title. This particular cominity lives on the former estate of henry and clare booth luce in Mepkin ,S.C.This video takes you, in a roundabout way through the monks day, thier lives, and the history of western monasticism. The monks are interviewd and spweak about thier lives m, the changes, and how they continue to live a life of "contradiction" in this world. The former Abbot , Fr. Christian Carr is particuarly affecting,in his 80's working at manuel labor,still filled with the life of the spirit. the video opens and ends with chruch and prayer, and much of the shots are of monks at prayer,or in choir. A terrific introduction to the trappist or simply to the spiritual life. The film exudes the peace it attempts to portray from the monks. A very, very well done show.
MONKS' LIVES October 14, 2000
Bonita L. Davis (Decatur, Georgia)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Monastic life has always been a mystery to both practicing religious people and those not connected to a particular faith. Our view of a Monk is a person behind closed walls, always in prayer, ignorant about the world and highly evolved as a spiritual person. Trappist opens the door of the lives of the men who serve in this Roman Catholic order of monks considered to be the most strict in their devotion. It captures the history of the monastic movement in the west and gives us an overview of how monastics are dealing with today's world. Come to the Trappist Monastery of Mepkin, South Carolina where the monks share with you how they came to this peculiar vocation. Listen to authors who have benefited from encountering the monastic life and incorporating it into their works and personal lives. See the openess of the order to those of different faith groups. We are in an age of spiritual hunger. This film offers us an alternative way in dealing with our spirituality. Embrace its lessons and see where you to can find a spiritual oasis. This is an excellent film in exploring one's vocation, spirituality and preparing oneself for a deeper commitment to God.
 Silent lives that speak volumes August 13, 1999
This is a very good portrayal of trappist men living out their ordinary lives in extraordinary ways. Also, the documentary gives a scholarly background and history of the trappist order.If you have never been to a trappist monastery or are needing a sample of this contemplative life, the video is a bargain I come back to often.
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