Christmas in the Cloister

Cistercian Life
The Cistercian way of life is cenobitic.  Cistercian nuns seek God and follow Christ under a rule and an abbess in a stable community that is a school of mutual love.  Since all the sisters are of one heart and one mind, they have everything in common.  By bearing one another's burdens they fulfill Christ's law, participating in his suffering in the hope of entering the kingdom of heaven.
Constitution 3.1