In general, it is very vigorous and healthy. Mass. The monastery in Conyers is the sixth largest. At the same time, the order is strong in the Philippines, Indonesia and Nigeria, the abbot said. Trappists now outnumber the branch known simply as Common Cistercians, who are in active ministry. They have been out in the world.
Simplicity is nothing they fear.
They want some order in their life. They want a prayer life. They want the community. He reflected that the vitality of the contemplative Cistercians comes, in his experience, from its faithfulness to the charism of the founders who sought simplicity, solitude, silence and a share in Christ's poverty. I think the reason why we are healthy today is we never, ever questioned our orientation toward simplicity and the intense search for God.