Tarrawarra
Location
Official Name Tarrawarra Abbey
N° 70
Country Australia
City Yarra Glen
Address 659 Healesville Road
Postcode 3775
Contact Information
Telephone [61] (3) 9730-1306
Telephone 2 [61] (3) 9730-1925
Community Email [email protected]
Guesthouse Email [email protected]
Business Email [email protected]
Website www.cistercian.org.au
Business Website www.eucharisticbreads.com.au
Superior Dom Steele Hartmann, Abbot 2012
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Archidioecesis Melburnensis (Melbourne)
OCSO Region ORIENS
Founded/Restored 1954
Origins
Founded by Roscrea 18 December 1954; raised to the rank of abbey 1 October 1958.
History
1954: In August, Dom Camille arrived in Australia and was able to find suitable property in the diocese of Melbourne. The monks began leaving Roscrea immediately, and there were 18 monks on site before the end of the year. On 18 December the foundation was inaugurated by the archbishop of Melbourne. On 29 September permission was granted to open a novitiate.
1956: visit of the abbot general.
Father Immediate
Roscrea / Delegate of the Father Immediate : Snowmass
Daughter Houses
Kurisumala ; Kopua (since 2018; delegate of the Father Immediate from 2016 to 2017) ; Phare (delegate of the Father Immediate since 2018).
Lay Associates
Tarrawarra Lay Group
Past Superiors
Cronan SHERRY — Superior — 18/12/1954 – 30/11/1958
Kevin 0’FARRELL — Abbot — 01/12/1958 – 01/09/1988
David Tomlins— Abbot —17/09/1988 – 16/10/2012
Transportation
Airport : Melbourne.
