Tautra
Location
Official Name Tautra Mariakloster
N° 67
Country Norway
City Frosta
Address Tautervegen 533
Postcode 7633
Contact Information
Telephone [47] (74) 80 85 51
Community Email [email protected]
Business Email [email protected]
Website www.tautra.no
Superior Mother Brigitte Pinot, Prioress 2018-2024
Other Information
Juridical Status Major Priory
Diocese Dioecesis Trudensis (Trondheim)
OCSO Region ISLES
Founded/Restored 1999
Origins
Foundation of Cistercian monks in 1207; Refounded by Mississippi Abbey, nuns, 1999; Elevated to rank of simple priory 25 March 2006. Elevated to rank of major priory 25 March 2012.
History
Tautra Mariakloster was originally founded in 1207 by monks probably coming from Munkeby, on an island in the Trondheim fjord. The community dispersed in 1531 when the monastery was sold. In 1999, at the request of the local Catholic bishop and of the local government, Mississippi Abbey re-founded Tautra as a community of nuns.
1999, February: Mississippi sends seven nuns to Tautra.
2003, 8 May: Queen Sonja of Norway digs the hole for the first stone of the new monastery.
2005, March: Construction of the permanent monastery begins.
2006, 10 July: The nuns are given the keys to the new monastery
2007, 12 May: 800 years after the dedication of the first Cistercian monastery on Tautra, the new church is dedicated with Queen Sonja present.
Father Immediate
Roscrea (until 2017); Roscrea/ Delegate of the Father Immediate: Caldey (until 2022); Caldey
Past Superiors
Rosemary DURCAN — Superior 1999; Prioress 2006 – 2012
Gilchrist LAVIGNE — Prioress 6/03/2012 – 26/03/2018
Work and Sources of Income
Soap and skin creams, guesthouse, photography, shop, rosaries
Guest Facilities
Women’s retreathouse with 5 single rooms, men’s guesthouse with 3 rooms, of which 2 are doubles ; small apartment in the new monastery
Transportation
Airport: Trondheim
