100% Beeswax Candles

About Beeswax Candles

Fire touches wick, and a yellow flame eagerly devours the downy cotton, turning all pure black. A tiny pool of warm, golden wax quickly forms. Once fed, the hungry oval flame leaps up, flickers briefly, and a steady, gentle light pierces the darkness... The simple, yet mystical experience of lighting a candle has been shared by millions of people over thousands of years.

St. Gregory the Theologian, a fourth-century mystic, once wrote, "Everything consecrated to God must be natural, not artificial." When evening falls and the turmoil of the day now spent has faded away, the soul seeks tranquility in meditation, quiet conversation, and prayer. The gentle glow of natural beeswax candles sets just the right atmosphere for all these activities and inclines the soul heavenward.

How Candles Are Made

Beeswax collected from honeycomb is formed into large, 40-pound bricks by the beekeeper. For candlemaking, these bricks are melted in a large, 50 gallon double-boiler vat. Frames are strung with natural, all-cotton wicking of the appropriate thickness. The monk then takes these frames one-by-one and slowly dips them into the vat of molten wax. Layer upon layer is added to the candles in each successive dipping until they reach the desired thickness. While still warm, the candles are cut out of the frame with a sharp knife. The wicks are trimmed and base is chopped square. The finished candles are carefully placed in boxes for shipment.

How to Purchase Our Candles

For small orders of candles, please call to place your order.

For churches and individuals interested in larger orders (3 pounds and over):

Click here for an order form that can be faxed or mailed to us at the above address.

As of 5/22/08, we humbly request prepayment for all orders. Credit Card information can be entered on the order form.

We are sincerely grateful for your patronage because we rely on what we can produce here at the monastery to earn our daily bread. By endorsing monastery products, you help us to fulfill the monastic ideal of working with our own hands to provide for earthly necessities.

". . . do your own business . . . work with your own hands..."

— Saint Paul (1 Thes. 4:11).

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