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Abadía De San Benito
Abadía de San Benito, Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is a Benedictine monastery of the Cono-Sur Congregation. Originally established in Buenos Aires, the monastery became an abbey in 1950 and later transferred to the outskirts of Luján. As of 2020, the monastery was home to 13 monks, under the leadership of Abbot P. Jorge Moran. History In 1914, Fr Fermín de Melchor led a number of monks from the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, a Spanish monastery of the Solesmes Congregation, to Buenos Aires, Argentina to establish a monastic foundation. On December 8 of that year, the monks relocated to Bellocq, but by 1916 had found rural life untenable, and returned to Buenos Aires. In 1920, the monastic community began constructing a monastery. While at Buenos Aires, the work of the community included catechetics, the promotion of Gregorian Chant, and the publication of spiritual and liturgical literature (including sacramentaries, missals, and the reviews ''Pax'' and ''Revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cono-Sur Congregation
The Cono-Sur Congregation (''Congregatio Cono-Sur'') is a congregation of monastery, monasteries within the Benedictine Confederation. Founded in 1976, the Congregation now includes ten male monasteries spread throughout four of the countries of South America's Southern Cone, Southern Cone region. Additionally, eight female monasteries are members of the Congregation. The current Abbot President of the Congregation resides at Monasterio Benedictino Santa María in Los Toldos, Argentina. List of member houses and ''dependencies'' Male *Argentina **Abadía del Niño Dios (1899), Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos ***''Monasterio de la Pascua'', Canelones, Uruguay, Canelones, Uruguay ***''Monasterio San Benito de Llíu Llíu'', Limache, Chile **Abadía de Cristo Rey, El Siambón, Tucumán **Monasterio Benedictino Santa María, Abadía Santa María de Los Toldos, Los Toldos ***''Monasterio Benedictino'', Tupäsy María, Santiago, Paraguay, Santiago, Paraguay **Abadía de San Benito, Luj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
