Le Jassonneix monastery

Monastery Le Jassonneix is since 1981 French monastery of Trappist nuns in Meymac , Correze , Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle .

history

In 1981 the monastery of La Coudre sent the first Trappist women to a donation (Le Jassonneix) on Mont Bessou , west of Ussel . The monastery church was consecrated in 2003, and in 2006 the community was made a priory . The nuns make a living from jam production.

Superiors and Prioresses

• Monique Bedouard (2004-2006)
• Joëlle Schmitz (since 2006)

literature

• L'Abbaye Notre-Dame de La Coudre à Laval (Mayenne), par des Cisterciennes de La Coudre. In: Les Amis des Monastères . 137, January 2004, pp. 7–37 (here: 29–30).
• Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 191.

Web links

• Page from Le Jassonneix Monastery on the Trappist sv Meymac homepage

Coordinates: 45 ° 33 ′ 7 ″  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 8.6 ″  E