Mepkin
Location
Official Name Mepkin Abbey
N° 62
Country USA
City Moncks Corner
Address 1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd
Postcode SC 29461-4796
Contact Information
Telephone [1] (843) 761-8509
Community Email [email protected]
Website www.mepkinabbey.org
Superior Dom Joseph Tedesco, Sup ad nutum 2018
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Carolopolitana (Charleston)
OCSO Region USA
Founded/Restored 1949
Origins
Founded by Gethsemani 1949; raised to the rank of abbey 1955.
History
Founded on a property donated by Clare Boothe Luce, American Ambassador to Rome. The property is located about 40 km from Charleston, in the Cooper river valley. The soil is fertile and suitable for many crops. Much of the land is forested. The climate is ideal for 10 months of the year, the other two months being humid.
1948: 29 pioneers arrive from Gethsemani to take possession of the property on 22 November.Gethsemani
Father Immediate
Gethsemani
Daughter Houses
Esmeraldas
Past Superiors
Anthony CHASSAGNE — Superior — 21/11/1949 – 21/10/1955
Anthony CHASSAGNE — Abbot — 31/10/1955 – 14/06/1974
Aidan CARR — Sup. ad nutum — 14/06/1974 – 24/03/1977
Aidan CARR — Abbot — 24/03/1977 – 06/01/1990
Francis KLINE — Abbot — 21/01/1990 – 27/08/2006
Stanislaus GUMULA — Abbot — 03/11/ 2006 – 03/11/2018
Guest Facilities
For retreatants (1 week) and special guests (several weeks): 8 rooms. Guests (male and female) pray and take their meals with the community. Monastic guests (men only) spend one month in community, and follow the entire monastic horarium.
Transportation
Train Station: North Charleston, Greyhound Bus: Summerville, SC
Airport: Charleston
