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May 29, 2016

Woodworker creates ministry building caskets out of reclaimed lumber

Woodworker Michael Schmiedicke works in his Strong Oaks Woodshop April 29 in Front Royal, Va. Schmiedicke, a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church in Front Royal, builds caskets out of reclaimed lumber from the Shenandoah Valley.

FRONT ROYAL, Va. – Above the hum of the table saw, one story was told, then another.

Published in Faith
November 25, 2012

Trappists find their niche in manufacturing caskets

Trappist Brother Felix Leja prepares a piece of wood for a casket at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa.

From forests of walnut, oak and pine on their land near Dubuque, Iowa, often comes the wood that Trappist monks at the New Melleray Abbey hand carve into funeral caskets.

Published in International