assumption abbey

RICHARDTON — Brother Llewellyn Kouba calls his studio a “jungle.” “It’s my space,” he says. The tropical studio is full of signs of Kouba’s many hobbies: an exotic flower collection, materials for pottery, painting props. The bird in a hanging cage and fish tank only...

RICHARDTON — Assumption Abbey librarian Brother Michael Taffe reaches for a random book among the rare books stored in the Abbey’s library office. The book is the writings of St. Ephrem, published in both Latin and Greek during the year 1682. He reaches for a second and third...

RICHARDTON - A prince of the Roman Catholic Church who conducted the first public visit of any cardinal in western North Dakota has been here...

The Assumption Abbey and the rolling hills to the north offered the perfect setting for an art workshop at Richardton. "I've never had a classroom in a finer place and with a finer view," said instructor Gregory Wilhelmi from Roundup, Mont. Sixteen artists from Devils Lake to Roundup...

RICHARDTON -- As Brother Placid Gross walks the grounds surrounding the historic Assumption Abbey, he knows that one of the long-time traditions...