Mepkin
Dirección
Nombre Oficial Mepkin Abbey
N° 62
País USA
Ciudad Moncks Corner
Dirección 1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd
Código Postal SC 29461-4796
Contacto
Teléfono [1] (843) 761-8509
Email Comunidad [email protected]
Sitio web www.mepkinabbey.org
Superiore/a Dom Joseph Tedesco, Sup ad nutum 2018
Otras Informaciones
Estatuto Jurídico Abbey
Diócesis Dioecesis Carolopolitana (Charleston)
Región OCSO USA
(Re)fundado 1949
Orígenes
Founded by Gethsemani 1949; raised to the rank of abbey 1955.
Historia
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
Padre Inmediato
Gethsemani
Casas hijas
Esmeraldas
Antiguos(as) Superiores(as)
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
Hospedaje
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.
Transporte
Train Station: North Charleston, Greyhound Bus: Summerville, SC
Airport: Charleston
