Notre Dame Priory is a
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
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monastery
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in Colebrook,
Tasmania
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Australia
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, founded in 2017. The life of the community is in accordance with the
Rule of Saint Benedict
The ''Rule of Saint Benedict'' ( la, Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin in 516 by St Benedict of Nursia ( AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.
The spirit of Saint Benedict's Ru ...
, and is centred around the traditional practice of
prayer and work, as well as devotion to the
traditional Latin Mass
The Tridentine Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass or Traditional Rite, is the liturgy of Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that appears in typical editions of the Roman Missal published from 1570 to 1962. Celebrated alm ...
and
Breviarium Monasticum
The Benedictine Rite is the particular form of Mass and Liturgy celebrated by the Benedictine Order, as based on the writings of St. Benedict on the topic.
Mass
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.
History
The community was instituted as a
private association of the faithful
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on 22 February 2017 by Fr Pius Mary Noonan O.S.B., formerly of the
Abbey of Saint-Joseph de Clairval
The Abbey of Saint-Joseph de Clairval (french: Abbaye Saint-Joseph de Clairval) is a Benedictines, Benedictine abbey located in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, in the Côte d'Or department.
Founded in 1972, the abbey has no direct relationship with the Fla ...
in
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain () is a commune in the French department of Côte-d'Or, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The village was awarded membership in ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("France's most beautiful villages").
Geography
The medieval ...
,
France
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, in the presence of Archbishop
Julian Porteous
Julian Charles Porteous (born 5 June 1949) is the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia, Episcopal Vicar for Renewal and Evangelisation, and Titular Bishop of Urusi (2003–2013).
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of Hobart, and was installed in a property in
Lindisfarne
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. Later the same year, the first group of four novices received the habit, and in December the community received canonical recognition as a public association of the faithful. In 2018, the community purchased the Jerusalem Estate in Colebrook, and relocated there the following year.
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See also
* List of monasteries in Australia
*List of communities using the Tridentine Mass
Despite the Tridentine Mass being supplanted by a new form of the Roman Rite Mass, some communities continued celebrating pre-conciliar rites or adopted them later. This includes priestly societies and religious institutes which use some pre-1 ...
References
External links
Official website
Roman Catholic monasteries in Australia
Benedictine monasteries in Australia
2017 establishments in Australia
Communities using the Tridentine Mass
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