Simplicity. Rationality. Clarity

The Carthusians are a Catholic order of monks, brothers, and nuns who spend most of their time in silence. While they live in the community, the Carthusian monks take their meals in their own rooms while they study and pray. This Carthusian monastery resides in central North Dakota and houses eighteen monks and ten brothers. The monk’s rooms also referred to as hermitages provide precisely what they need, nestled into a wall, including a bed and access to personal cloisters. These cloisters are smaller courtyards attached to the monk’s rooms where monks can grow and tend crops or flowers. Both monks and brothers are committed to lives of simplicity which is reflected in their lives of farming and practicing traditional craftsmanship.