Ajimu Monastery

Monastery Ajimu ( jap. 安心院の聖母修道院 , Ajimu no Seibo Shūdōin . Lat Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Ajimu . Dt "of the Holy Mother of Ajimu Monastery") is a Japanese Trappist - abbey , first in Miyako , since 2002 in Ajimu , Diocese of Ōita .

history

The Nishinomiya Monastery founded a subsidiary monastery in Miyako on the island of Miyako-jima in 1981 (abbey from 1988), which was relocated to Kayagomori, Ajimu, Usa , on the main island of Kyushu in 2002 .

Abbesses

• Lidwina Nakaya (1981-1984)
• Joanna Sato (1984-2014)
  • Joanna Sato, Superiora ad nutum (2014–2016)
  • Gertrude Ikebe, Superiora ad nutum (2016–2017)
• Gertrude Ikebe (since 2017)

Web links

• Monastery Ajimu on the site of the Trappists (English)
• Overview of the Japanese Trappist and Trappist convents (French)
• Nasu Monastery in the family tree of the Trappist monasteries

Coordinates: 33 ° 20 ′ 50.1 ″  N , 131 ° 22 ′ 38.8 ″  E