| Illustrations | ix |
| Acknowledgments | xi |
| Introduction | xiii |
| Map of Trappist Abbeys | xix |
| Daily Schedule | xxi |
| Chapter 1 | Visitors Welcome | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | Trappist Geography Unfolds | 19 |
| Reflection: | Father Cyprian | 41 |
| Chapter 3 | War No More | 51 |
| Reflection: | Brother Boniface | 69 |
| Chapter 4 | Silence Spoken Here | 77 |
| Reflection: | Father Richard | 96 |
| Chapter 5 | Lay Down My Burden | 103 |
| Reflection: | Father Robert | 118 |
| Chapter 6 | Holy Land | 125 |
| Reflection: | Father Theodore | 137 |
| Chapter 7 | Women in the House | 143 |
| Chapter 8 | A Circle Unbroken | 155 |
| Epilogue | 171 |
| Afterword | 187 |
| Bibliography | 191 |
| About the Author | 195 |