Mistassini Monastery
Monastery Mistassini (lat. Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Mistassini ; double. Abbaye Cistercienne Mistassini ) is a Canadian Abbey Trappist in Dolbeau-Mistassini , Quebec , Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicoutimi .
history
Oka Monastery founded Notre-Dame de Mistassini in 1892 not far from Lac Saint-Jean . In 1904 the monastery was raised to the rank of priory , in 1911 the convent building was consecrated, in 1942 the church. From 1935 Mistassini was an abbey . In 1966 the abbot of Mistassini became immediate superior of the Calvaire monastery . A sawmill contributed to the maintenance of the monastery (from 1896), and a chocolate factory (until today). In 1980 the monastery (five kilometers away) moved to new buildings.
Superiors, priors and abbots
- Louis de Gonzague Emonet (1892-1893)
- Alban Carpue (1893–1895)
- Jean de Dieu Grolleau (1895–1898)
- Cléophas Roy (dit Desjardins) (1899–1900)
- Marie Beauregard (1900-1901)
- Pacôme Gaboury (1901-1913)
- Gabriel Braud (1913-1926)
- Ubald Desranleau (1926–1929)
- François-Xavier Huet (1929–1960; first abbot)
- Jean Vianney Laflamme (1960-1965)
- Damase Ladouceur (1965–1969)
- Armand Veilleux (1969–1976)
- Armand Belcourt (1976-1987)
- Aurèle Thibaut (1987–1999)
- Jacques Pineault (1999-2010)
literature
- Pineault, Jacques, Les guides. Recueil de souvenirs sur les supérieurs qui se sont succédé au Monastère de Notre-Dame de Mistassini . Mistassini Québec: Monastère Notre-Dame de Mistassini, 1990.
- Pineault, Jacques, Des jours et des hommes. Les trappistes de Mistassini 1892-1992 . Chronique d'une communauté monastique . Mistassini: Monastère Notre-Dame de Mistassini, 1991.