Le Barroux Abbey

The abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux is located at Le Barroux in Vaucluse (France). It was founded 1978 by Dom Gerard Calvet.

History

Current abbot Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth, in 2016

Before the current abbey was consecrated a group of men, led by Dom Gerard Calvet, founded a small community of Benedictine monks in the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene in the Vaucluse region of south-east France. He founded the abbey as a way to continue the traditional practice and life of the Benedictine Monks and the traditional sacraments of the Catholic Church. The Abbey was consecrated on October 2, 1989 by Cardinal Édouard Gagnon. ^[1]

On 24 September 1995, Cardinal Ratzinger, then prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, visited the monastery and celebrated Mass.^[2]

Dom Gerard has resigned as the abbot and Dom Louis-Marie was chosen to replace him on November 25,2003.

February 28, 2008 Dom Gerard, the founder and first abbot of the abbey died due to brain stroke.

On September 25, 2008, the Abbey became part of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of St Benedict.

Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth is the abbot since 2003.^[3]

Views of the Monastery

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  View of Sainte-Madeleine Abbey in winter
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  Monastery from the outside, at dawn
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  Monastery with Mont Ventoux behind
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  Monastery from the outside, at sun rising
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  Monastery, looking direction Roque-Alric
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  Outside the Monastery
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  Outside the Monastery
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  Ste Madeleine Monastery: inside panorama
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  Outside view in the early morning
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  St-Pierre-Le-Vénérable room, for retreaters
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  Monastery, as seen from la Roque-Alric village
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  Monastery Garden : Notre Dame de Guadalupe

Resources

• The Monks stream their daily round of Latin liturgy.:^[4] https://itunes.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-chant-of-le-barroux/id589172786?mt=2
• And they are archived at https://archive.org/details/barroux
• barroux.org/en/
• https://www.barroux.org/en/mobile/history-or-the-monastery.html

References

Coordinates: 44°09′06″N 5°05′52″E / 44.1518°N 5.0979°E / 44.1518; 5.0979