Jake Garner makes wood caskets out of white pine with natural muslin cloth linings that are totally natural, without toxic finishes, toxic glues or synthetic fabrics - all natural materials that will ...

Norman Ginther's business began with a flash of insight during the funeral of Pope John Paul II. It was April 2005, and as Ginther watched the pope's funeral on television, he noticed that the pope's ...

History: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, was founded in 1854 in Spencer County by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. Per their tradition, monks are buried in wood ...

It has always been the intention of the Trappist monks to pray. They still do. They pray vigils and readings and vespers for hours in daylight and darkness. But now they are making wooden caskets, too ...