carthusian

The Carthusian monks are an isolationist order, with intentionally limited contact with the outside, which dovetails well with Chartreuse mystique.

The Carthusian monks are probably the closest to hermits in the Catholic Church.

The Carthusian monks who produce Chartreuse (a collection of herbal liqueurs popular for use in cocktails) have been producing it and protecting the secret 130 ingredient recipe for over 400 years successfully.

> Carthusian monks converted the ancient quarries under their monastery into distilleries for the green or yellow liqueur that still carries their name, chartreuse.

For anybody curious about the Catholic and monastic spirituality of silence, I would recommend a profound book: The Power of Silence by Cardinal Robert Sarah It’s final chapter is in fact a discussion with the Carthusian Master Dom Dysmus himself.

Check out "Into Great Silence" for a film about life in the Grand Chartreuse, the motherhouse of the Carthusian order.

Perhaps they're getting it mixed-up with Carthusian.

He writes about visiting Madrid’s Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande and learning that “the sixteenth-century stalls in the sacristy and chapter house come from the Cartuja de El Paular, the Carthusian monastery near Segovia.” Without a connection back to something he was already familiar with, the description couldn’t spark his excitement or curiosity.

"“the sixteenth-century stalls in the sacristy and chapter house come from the Cartuja de El Paular, the Carthusian monastery near Segovia.” " tells me that 500 years ago, the church reused either entire stalls or perhaps materials from another presumably older church that's near Segovia.

Check out "Into Great Silence" for a film about life in the Grand Chartreuse, the motherhouse of the Carthusian order.

He writes about visiting Madrid’s Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande and learning that “the sixteenth-century stalls in the sacristy and chapter house come from the Cartuja de El Paular, the Carthusian monastery near Segovia.” Without a connection back to something he was already familiar with, the description couldn’t spark his excitement or curiosity.

"“the sixteenth-century stalls in the sacristy and chapter house come from the Cartuja de El Paular, the Carthusian monastery near Segovia.” " tells me that 500 years ago, the church reused either entire stalls or perhaps materials from another presumably older church that's near Segovia.

Perhaps they're getting it mixed-up with Carthusian.