Editing Trappists (section)

=== Manual labor ===
The 48th chapter of the Rule of St. Benedict states "for then are they monks in truth, if they live by the work of their hands".<ref name='benedict_rule48'>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule2/files/rule2.html#ch48 |title=The Rule of St. Benedict |publisher=Ccel.org |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2007-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103202915/http://www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule2/files/rule2.html#ch48 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Thus, the life of a Trappist monk is centered on manual labor in addition to their spiritual activities. In addition to the tangible results of manual labor, which goes to support the economy of the community and the poor, the monk's work also contributes and reinforces the monk's and community's spiritual growth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work – New Melleray |url=https://newmelleray.org/work-4/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208033805/https://newmelleray.org/work-4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The goods produced range from [[:Category:Trappist cheeses|cheeses]], bread and other foodstuffs to clothing and coffins. Their most famous products are [[Trappist beer]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://99percentinvisible.org/post/24136733632/episode-55-the-best-beer-in-the-world|title=The Best Beer in the World|work=99% Invisible|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820000310/http://99percentinvisible.org/post/24136733632/episode-55-the-best-beer-in-the-world|url-status=dead}}</ref> These are a unique category within the beer world,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beer.about.com/od/beerstyles/f/What-Are-Trappist-Beers.htm|title=What are Trappist beers?|author=Bryce Eddings|work=About.com Food|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906111254/http://beer.about.com/od/beerstyles/f/What-Are-Trappist-Beers.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and are lauded for their high quality and flavor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.belgianshop.com/acatalog/buy-online-book-trappist-the-seven-magnificent-beers.html|title=TRAPPIST - THE SEVEN MAGNIFICENT BEERS|work=BelgianShop Online|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030319/http://shop.belgianshop.com/acatalog/buy-online-book-trappist-the-seven-magnificent-beers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> These monasteries brew beer both for the monks themselves and for sale to the general public. Trappist beers contain residual sugars and living yeast and are felt to improve with age, unlike conventional beers.<ref name="Beerhunter">{{cite web |url=http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000107.html |title=Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Chastity, poverty and a pint |publisher=Beerhunter.com |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2022-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526202206/https://beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000107.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Trappist monks of the [[Tre Fontane Abbey]] raise the lambs whose wool is used to make the [[pallium|pallia]] of new [[metropolitan bishop|metropolitan archbishops]]. The pope blesses the pallia on the [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]]; the metropolitan archbishops receive those pallia in a separate ceremony within their home dioceses from the hands of the apostolic nuncio, who personally represents the pope in their respective countries.

The monks of [[New Melleray Abbey]] in rural [[Peosta, Iowa]] produce caskets for both themselves and sale to the public.

[[Cistercian College, Roscrea]], a boys' boarding secondary school in Ireland, is the only Trappist school left in the world, and one of only two remaining monastic secondary schools in Ireland.