Péruwelz Monastery

Péruwelz Monastery was a Belgian monastery of the Saint Bernard Sisters of Esquermes in Péruwelz , Bon-Secours, in the province of Hainaut , Diocese of Tournai , from 1904 to 2010 .

history

In view of the religious hostility of the Third Republic, the Saint Bernard Sisters of Lille moved their mother house (from 1883 to 1942) to Ollignies (today: Lessines ) in Belgium and founded it in 1904 as a refuge from the law separating church and state (with the dissolution of the monasteries) in the former Place Bon-Secours (today: Péruwelz) near the French border, the Notre Dame de Bon-Secours monastery (buildings completed in 1922), which existed until 2010, but then had to be closed for lack of appointments.

literature

• Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 390.

Web links

• Documents for the closure of the monastery, French
• Newspaper article on the closure of the monastery, French

Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 54.1 ″  N , 3 ° 36 ′ 20.5 ″  E