Trappist monastery Val Notre-Dame
Val Notre-Dame Monastery has been a Canadian Trappist monastery since 2009 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, a place in the Matawinie municipality in the Quebec region ( Canada ).
history
Between 2007 and 2009, the Trappists from Oka Monastery, west of Montreal, closed their Notre-Dame du Lac house and moved the community to the newly built buildings in Val Notre-Dame (Madonna Valley) in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Joliette diocese .
The monastery maintains a modern guest house and sells sweets from its own production.
Abbots
- Yvon-Joseph Moreau (2007-2008; then Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la Pocatière, Kamouraska )
- André Barbeau (2008–)
Web links
- Page Val Notre-Dame (cistopedia.org)
- Page Val Notre-Dame (French and English)
- Website of the monastery (French and English)
Coordinates: 46 ° 11 ′ 26.6 " N , 73 ° 30 ′ 51.2" W.