'This fills me up': Monks at Assumption Abbey call peaceful North Dakota monastery home

'This fills me up': Monks at Assumption Abbey call peaceful North Dakota monastery home

RICHARDTON, N.D. — It's been a landmark on North Dakota's prairie since the early 1900s: Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota. More than two dozen monks live and pray in the Benedictine Monastery, just like they have for the last 130 years. On a clear, crisp morning in Richardton, the Assumption Abbey stands as an incredible, peaceful sanctuary in the western part of the state. Inside the Bavarian Romanesque-style Abbey, more than two d…