Alloz

Adresse

Nom Officiel Monasterio Santa MarÍa de San José

22

Pays Spain

Ville Alloz-Estella (Navarra)

Code Postal 31292

Contact

Téléphone [34] (948) 54.14.67

Email Communauté [email protected]

Site www.monasteriodealloz.org

Supérieur(e) Madre Pilar Germán, Abadesa de Tulebras 2011-2017, Comisaria Pontificia 2014

Autres Informations

Statut Juridique Abbey

Diocèse Archidioecesis Pampilonensis (Pamplona)

Région OCSO RE

Fondée/Restaurée 1923

Origine

Founded by the bishop of Ávila (Cardinal Sancha) at Tiñosillos (Avila) in 1883; erected as an abbey in 1884; transferred to Alloz (Navarra) in 1914; incorporated in 1923. (Called Granja S. José until 1950; thereafter Santa María de San José).

Histoire

The community originated as a foundation at Tiñosillos by a community without the concurrence of the Order, but by the will of the bishop of Avila, who desired to have in his diocese a house of Trappist nuns. He edited the constitutions and approved them (!). Conventual life began October 5, 1884.
When the founding bishop, Mgr Sancha, was transferred to Madrid, the religious of Tiñosillos asked to be affiliated, in 1886, with the Congregation ofla Trappe, but the new bishop did not concur. The religious renewed their request in 1905, without result. The community was very poor and very forlorn with regard to their spiritual life: confession every third or fourth week, not even mass every Sunday, etc…
A priest of Navarre, the parent of a religious, took upon himself to find another place and the community moved to Alloz in 1914. Meanwhile they had implemented all the Cistercian observances.
But the foundation of the community caused doubts around the validity of its erection canonically and the professions of the religious. In 1917, the bishop of Pampelune obtained an Indult de sanatio in radice.
In 1919 the community once again asked the general chapter for incorporation into the Order and finally the general chapter accepted total incorporation and asked SanIsidro to be father immediate.
Construction of a regular monastery began and was finished around 1965.

Fondations

La Paz (1977), Armenteira (1989)

Père Immédiat

San Isidro / Delegate of the Father Immediate : La Oliva (since 2015).

Ancien(ne)s Supérieur(e)s

Luisa FERNANDEZ BARBOT, Founder (1884 – 1888)
M. del Corazón de J. LOPEZ, Superior (1888 – 1894)
Justa LARREA, Abbess (1894 – 1915)
María de los Angeles CALZADO, Abbess (1915 – 1918)
M. de J. Nazareno MUÑIZ, Abbess (1918 – 1921)
M. Justa Larrea, (1921 – 1930)
María Michaela GARMENDIA, Abbess (08/05/1930 – 23/09/1942)
María del Puy ECHALAR, Abbess (23/09/1945 – 06/06/1977)
Dolores BIURRUN LEZÁUN, Sup. ad (07/06/1977 – 18/12/1984); Abbess (18/12/1984 – 25/06/1989)
José GANDARA ROMERO, Sup. ad nutum (25/06/1989 – 13/05/1990)

Travail et Sources de Revenus

Bookbinding; decorative pillows; agriculture

Capacité d'Accueil

Monastic guesthouse of 15 rooms

Moyens de transport

Station : Estella

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