The Abbey of Gethsemani gave birth to New Clairvaux Abbey when the first group of pioneer monks were sent by train over to California in 1955.  One of our monks had the recent opportunity to be at our historic mother monastery which is the first Cistercian (Trappist)  monastery to be founded in the United States.  She's been around for 150 years and we are blessed to still have her around to inspire and spur us on in our own monastic living and witness to the ageless love of Christ.