English Benedictine Congregation

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The English Benedictine Congregation (Latin: Congregatio Anglica Ordinis Sancti Benedicti ; English: English Benedictine Congregation , abbreviation: EBC) is an association of autonomous Roman Catholic monasteries of Benedictine monks and nuns . She is one of the oldest of the Benedictine Confederation (the oldest are the Camaldolese ).

History and administration

The congregation sees itself as a continuation of the congregation established by the Holy See in 1216 . In fact, this first congregation perished with the dissolution of the English monasteries in 1535–40. The present English Benedictine Congregation was revived from Rome 1607–1633 when eight Englishmen were trained as monks in continental European monasteries and were sent to England as missionaries .

At the beginning of the 21st century, monasteries in Great Britain , USA , South America and Africa were members of the congregation.

Every four years the general chapter elects the abbot praeses from the incumbent abbots . He has a number of assistants to help him with his office. He conducts regular visitations to ensure the preservation, strengthening and renewal of religious life.

The current Abbot President is Abbot Christopher Jamison, the former Abbot of Worth Abbey .

Abbeys and monasteries

Former convents of the congregation

Monastery in Europe place Period Successor monastery in England
St. Gregory's Priory, Douai Douai , Netherlands 1607-1798 Downside Abbey
Dieulouard Priory France 1608-1798 Ampleforth Abbey
St. Malo Priory St. Malo , Brittany about 1610th - late 17th century n / A
St. Edmund's Priory, Paris ; later St. Edmund's Abbey, Douai Paris 1615-1798 (Paris); 1818-1903 (Douai) Douai Abbey , Woolhampton
Cambrai Priory Cambrai , Flanders 1625-1794 Stanbrook Abbey
Our Lady of Good Hope Priory, Paris Paris 1651-1794 Colwich Abbey
Lamspringe Abbey Lamspringe , Lower Saxony 1630-1803 Broadway Priory , 1826-34; Fort Augustus Abbey, 1886–1998

Current monasteries of the congregation

United Kingdom

United States

Zimbabwe

Peru

  • Priory of the Incarnation, founded in 1981 in Tambogrande , from 2006 in Pachacamac , in May 2018, the premises of a Cistercian monastery in Lurin moved

literature

  • Cormac Begadon: An "enlightened" opportunist. Richard Marsh OSB (1762-1843) . In: Erbe und Einsatz , 94 (2018), pp. 260–274. [The article traces the life of the later President of the English Congregation.]
  • Overview and map . In: Erbe und Einsatz , 94 (2018), p. 246f. [The map shows all the current monasteries in the English Congregation, as well as the branches of the other Benedictine Congregations on the British Isles, as well as those of the Cistercians and the Anglican Churches.]
  • The Benedictine Yearbook 2018

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