Prayer, Reading and Work
Following the Rule of St. Benedict, our communities balance communal and private prayer, spiritual reading, and manual labour, creating a life of simplicity and humility.
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Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
“The Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance has its origin in that monastic tradition of evangelical life that found expression in the Rule for Monasteries of Saint Benedict of Nursia. The founders of Cîteaux gave this tradition a particular form and the monasteries of the Strict Observance strongly defended certain of its principles. In 1892 the three congregations of the Strict Observance combined to form a single order, now called the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance.”
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News
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Palaçoulo
On 25 March 2026, during a solemn Mass celebrated by the diocesan bishop, Mgr. Nuno Almeida, and in the presence of Dom Loris Tomassini, Abbot of Frattocchie, Father Immediate, and of Mother Rosaria Spreafico, abbess of …Read more -
Soke
On 25 March, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the dedication of the Church of Soke took place. The celebration was presided over by His Excellency Monsignor Kryspin Dubiel, who has been Apostolic Nuncio to Angola since …Read more -
Imari
On March 25, 2026, The Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Sister Maria Annunciata Miyoko Nomura made solemn profession at the monastery of Our Lady of Imari (Japan) Sister Annunciata was born in 1983 in Kobe …Read more
Necrology
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Vina, Brother Gerard Arsenault
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Tenshien, Sister Maria Vital Magome
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La Trappe, Father Luc (Claude) Charles
“The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion”
Nigeria
France
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