Brendan Freeman is a Cistercian monk and abbot of New Melleray Abbey, a community of about 30 monks in Peosta, Iowa. The monks hand-make wooden caskets and urns that they bill as a “soulful alternative” to more elaborate caskets.
| Website | http://www.newmelleray.org/ |
| Email address | guesthouse@newmelleray.org |
| Phone number | 563-588-2319 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Death, Society & culture |
| Locations | Iowa, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Catholicism, Christianity |
| Languages | English |