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name | Notre Dame de la Plaine | |
mother house of
| Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes (The Monasteries of the Bernardines of Esquermes are not autonomous and have a system of central government, based at the Mother House) | |
founded in | 1948 | |
inhabited by | nuns | |
founded by
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| The Bernardines of Esquermes were founded in Esquermes, a suburb of Lille in 1827.Cistercian Abbeys which were dissolved in the French Revolution (1789): Notre Dame d’Annay (f. 1196) Notre Dame de la Woestine (f. 1217) Notre Dame des Près, Douai, (f. 1221) Historical and political reasons caused the Mother House to be transferred several times. Before La Plaine, the Mother House was at Armentières, France. |
daughter abbeys
| Monastère Stella Maris, Mikkabi Japon Monastère Notre Dame du Lac, Goma, RDC Monastère Notre Dame des Petites Roches (St Bernard du Touvet, France) Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning, Carnforth, UK Monastère Notre Dame de Bafor, Diebougou, Burkina Faso Monast. of Our Lady and St Bernard, Brownshill, UK | |
inhabited by | nuns | |
affiliated to | Ordo monialium Cist. Bernardinarum de Esquermes | |
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address
| Monastère Notre Dame de la Plaine 287, Avenue de Lattre de Tassigny 59350 St André France | |
phone | [+33] (0)3 20 51 76 20 | |
fax | [+33] (0)3 20 42 26 70 | |
| sistermaryhelen@bernardine.org (Prioress General) stmbernardine@yahoo.frstmbernardine@yahoo.fr (Local Prioress) smndavoine@msn.com (Guest house) nd.la.plaine@wanadoo.frnd.la.plaine@wanadoo.fr (Community) | |
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