Mvanda

Location

Official Name Monastère Notre-Dame de Mvanda

61

Country Dem. Rep. Congo

City Kinshasa 1

Address B.P. 7245

Contact Information

Telephone [243] 998 140 143

Community Email [email protected]

Business Email [email protected]

Superior Mère Barbara Cacherano d'Osasco, Supérieure ad nutum 2024

Other Information

Juridical Status Simple Priory

Diocese Dioecesis Kikuitensis (Kikwit)

OCSO Region RAFMA

Founded/Restored 1991

Origins

Founded by L’Étoile Notre-Dame, July 11, 1991; with the help of Vitorchiano since 2000.

History

Erected as simple priory 15 February 2010.

Father Immediate

Bellefontaine (jusqu’en 2006); Bellefontaine / Père Immédiat délégué : Tre Fontane (2007-2009) ; Westmalle (2010-2021) ; Père Immédiat délégué : Dom Vedaste Vitchomo du Mokoto

Past Superiors

Juliette KYO — Supérieure — 11/07/1991 – 08/07/2000
Anna Chiara MELI — Supérieure    08/07/2000 – 14/02/2010
Anna Chiara MELI — Prieure titulaire — 15/02/2010 – 17/07/2022,
Anna Chiara MELI — Supérieure ad nutum — 18/07/2022 – 21/10/2024

Work and Sources of Income

Altar breads, jams, soap, honey, pomades with medicinal herbs, fields, sheep and ducks

Guest Facilities

11 individual rooms and 2 doubles

Monasteries

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    Ireland

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    Belgium

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    Japan