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Cistercian monks and nuns derive their name and origins from an place in France called Cîteaux (in Latin, “Cistercium”), where St. Robert of Molesme founded a seminal monastery in 1098. Today, two canonically distinct religious orders share the Cistercian heritage: the Cistercian Order (O. Cist.), sometimes called “Common Observance” Cistercians, and the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.), frequently called “Trappists”. Our Lady of Dallas belongs to the first of these. Both orders have men’s and women’s branches. Nuns belonging to the Order of Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes are also part of the Cistercian family. |
