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Abbaye De L'Ascension
Abbaye de l'Ascension, Dzogbégan, Plateaux Region, Togo, Plateaux Region, Togo, is a Benedictine monastery of the Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation. Founded by French people, French monks in 1961, the monastery was elevated to abbey, abbatial status in 1991. As of 2022, the monastery was home to thirty monks, under the leadership of Abbot Fr Theodore Kouassis Coco who is the second abbot of the monastic community. History In 1961, monks from the En-Calcat Abbey, Abbey of En-Calcat, France, sent a number of monks to make a foundation in Togo. The nascent community settled in what was then part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé, Archdiocese of Lomé, in a village known as Danyi-Dzogbégan, located on an elevated plain some 170 km from the coast of Togo. Within a year, monastic buildings had been completed. Soon, the community began welcoming Togolese postulant, aspirants to monastic life. Additionally, the monks of Dzogbégan opened a hospital in order to pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation
The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation is an international union of Benedictine houses (abbeys and priories) within the Benedictine Confederation. It developed from the Subiaco Congregation, which was formed in 1867 through the initiative of Dom Pietro Casaretto, O.S.B., as a reform of the way of life of monasteries of the Cassinese Congregation, formed in 1408, toward a stricter contemplative observance, and received final approval in 1872 by Pope Pius IX. After discussions between the two congregations at the start of the 21st century, approval was given by Pope Benedict XVI in 2013 for the incorporation of the Cassinese Congregation into its offshoot, the Subiaco Congregation. The expanded congregation was given this new name. History Father Casaretto (1810–1878) from the age of seventeen was a monk of the Abbey of Santa Maria del Monte which was a member of the ancient Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine monasteries. Due to his poor health later, after his ordination as a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |