Vina
Location
Official Name Abbey of New Clairvaux
N° 71
Country USA
City Vina
Address P.O. Box 80 - 26240 Seventh Street
Postcode CA 96092-0080
Contact Information
Telephone [1] (530) 839-2161
Telephone 2 [1] (530) 839-2434
Fax [1] (530) 839-2332
Community Email [email protected]
Guesthouse Email [email protected]
Website www.newclairvaux.org
Superior Dom Paul Mark Schwan, Abbot 2009-2021
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Sacramentensis (Sacramento)
OCSO Region USA
Founded/Restored 1955
Origins
Founded by Gethsemani in 1955, and raised to the rank of abbey 1959.
History
1955: Purchase of the property of Vina, a beautiful piece of around 236 hectares of very rich land, where one could easily harvest 6 or 7 crops of hay each year, and where many varieties of fruit tree are grown. Gethsemani sent a group of 12 choir monks and 14 laybrothers, who left the motherhouse on 29 June 1955 and arrived at Vina on 2 July. The house was named New Clairvaux.
1970, 28 November: Fire destroys a large part of the monastery.
Foundations
Shuili (1991) which passed to Lantao in 2000 and it changed its status as Annex House since 2019;
Father Immediate
Gethsemani
Daughter Houses
Lantao (since 1960); Juigalpa (since 2007); Guimaras (since 2022); Santa Rita (since 2022)
Past Superiors
Anselme STEINKE — Superior — ?/09/1955 – 27/10/1959
Eusebius WAGNER — Abbot — 27/10/1959 – 24/06/1968
Bernard JOHNSON — Abbot — 31/07/1968 – 07/10/1970 (v.57)
Thomas DAVIS — Sup. ad nutum — 22/10/1970 – 22/07/1972
Thomas DAVIS — Abbot — 22/07/1972 – 01/12/2008
Work and Sources of Income
Fruit orchards, a vineyard and wines.
Guest Facilities
3 suites and 6 single rooms. A conference room that seats 40 people comfortably. A guest chapel available for group masses, etc., a meditation room, bookstore, and guest dining facilities.
Transportation
Bus Terminal : Corning, California. Airport : Chico, California.
