Kopua
Location
Official Name Southern Star Abbey
N° 69
Country New Zealand
City Hawke's Bay
Address 533 Kopua Road, RD2 Takapau
Postcode 4287
Contact Information
Telephone [64] (6) 855-8239
Guesthouse Email [email protected]
Website kopuamonastery.org.nz/
Superior Dom Niko Verkley, Superior ad nutum 2016
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Palmerstonaquiloniana (Palmerston North)
OCSO Region ORIENS
Founded/Restored 1954
Origins
Founded by Mt Melleray. Erected as abbey April 1960.
History
1954 Authorized by the General Chapter of 1953 to begin the foundation, the six founders leave Mt Melleray on 1 May 1954. They arrive in New Zealand in June to begin the regular life.
On 6 November the novitiate is opened.
1967 – Thomas George Prescott – patron of the monastery – dies at the age 66.
2003 – Rosalie Prescott – patron of the monastery – dies at the age of 103.
2004 – The community celebrates the Golden Jubilee of its foundation.
Father Immediate
Mount Melleray / Delegate of the Father Immediate to Tarrawarra from 2016 to 2017 ; Tarrawarra since 2018
Lay Associates
Associates of Southern Star Abbey
Work and Sources of Income
Dairy Farm
Guest Facilities
For 12 persons One hermitage
Transportation
Airport : Napier.
