If you are wondering what sort of person joins a monastery or if monastic life is for you, perhaps the following may help. Clearly, you need to be a Catholic and to have a basic knowledge of the...

The following books are standard works on the Monastic life and are readily available from most bookshops.

1.  The Cistercian Way Andre Louf OCSO

2.  On being a Contemplative - Ignatius de Pont ...