A sketch of the unique tradition of the 'white monks' as they have sought 'men and women alike 'to leave all things to follow the Gospel.

Notes from title and verso pages:
André Louf, Abbot of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Bailleul, France
Nivard Kinsella, monk of St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland

First published in English as The Cistercian Alternative by Gill and Macmillan Ltd., Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland, 1983. Copyright 1983 by the Irish Cistercian Abbots. All rights reserved.

p.11 - Introduction by Dom Celsus Kelly, Abbot of Bethlehem Abbey, Portglenone
p.15 - Translator's Preface
p. 143 - References

Appendix A: Basic Texts
1. Cistercian Beginnings - Exordium Cistercii
2. Cistercian Life Today - A Declaration on Cistercian Life by the 1969 General Chapter of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.)
3. Statute on Unity and Pluralism of the 1969 General Chapter O.C.S.O.

Appendix B: Cistercian Monasteries Today
Lists monasteries in or near English-speaking areas.

Ending pages list the works that make up the Cistercian Studies series