Ora et Labora

Can a star chef who is also abbot of a Benedictine abbey find a recipe for the survival of his order? And to what extent is the alliance of commerce and spirituality sacred in an increasingly
secular world? Dedication, obedience, dispense: ORA ET LABORA is a portrait of the abbey Tholey, the oldest monastery in Germany, offering astonishing insights into a microcosmos that is usually hidden to the outsider’s eye. Between dedication, obedience and dispense, the monks of Tholey are confronted with the same ambivalence that many of us feel in today’s world: the question of spiritual and ethical values in the face of a capitalist system.