The red-oak casket was made by Trappist Caskets, and is the work of the self-sufficient Roman Catholic monks, said Sam Mulgrew, manager of the enterprise.

The premium Trappist casket, black walnut with raised paneling and mitered corners, costs $1,485. A plain pine box sells for $575. The monks also make coffins, shaped caskets widest at the shoulders.

Sam Mulgrew sold his hand-made casket business to New Melleray, and he now manages the production operation of Trappist Caskets. The monks own thousands of acres of woodland, from which the wood ...

Emma Lou Downes, age 84, longtime resident of the Oxford area, died Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Lakeview Village in Amana. Funeral services: 10:30 am Friday, March 28, 2025, at St. Peters Catholic ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a techno-civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien astronomers could also be scanning Earth.

Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 μm JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b. Nature Astronomy, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02428-z ...

Aliens might be able to detect us from the radio signals we beam to Mars to control our rovers there. Astronomers have now listened in on the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system to check whether aliens are ...

Trappist Caskets' employees can relate to this devastating experience. Production Manager Paul Pankowski and his wife lost a premature baby, and his first-hand knowledge infuses compassion in ...

(Iowa News Service) Natural light floods through large windows lining nearly every wall of the Trappist Caskets production facility in northeast Iowa, wrapping it in view of New Melleray Abbey's 3,400 ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf (or M-dwarf), the smallest class of stars capable of undergoing nuclear fusion. Red dwarfs are also the most common type of star seen in the heavens.