- Solesmes Congregation
The Solesmes Congregation of the
Benedictine Confederation was founded in 1837 byPope Gregory XVI as the French Benedictine Congregation, with the newly reopened monastery ofSolesmes Abbey underDom Prosper Guéranger at its head. The Congregation's first nunnery wasSt. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes , founded in 1866 by Dom Prosper and MadameCécile Bruyère .The Congregation focusses particularly on the traditional
Latin liturgy and onGregorian chant .List of houses
with dates of foundation:
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Solesmes Abbey 1833
*Ligugé Abbey 1853
*Marseilles Priory, nowGanagobie Abbey 1856
*Silos Abbey , Spain, 1880
*Wisques Abbey 1889
*St. Mary's Abbey, Paris 1893
*St. Wandrille's Abbey 1894
*Clervaux Abbey , Luxembourg 1890
*Kergonan Abbey , 1897
*St Benoît du Lac Abbey, Quebec, 1912
*Quarr Abbey , England 1922
*Montserrat Priory, Madrid , 1939
*Schoelcher Priory, Martinique 1947
*Fontgombault Abbey , 1948
*Vaals Abbey, Netherlands, 1951
*Leyre Abbey, Spain, 1954
*Valle de los Caidos Abbey, Spain, 1958
*Keur-Moussa Abbey , Senegal 1961
*Randol Abbey , 1971
*Triors Abbey , 1984
*Gaussan Priory , 1994
*Palendriai Priory , Lithuania, 1998
*Clear Creek Priory , USA, 1999Nunneries:
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St. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes 1866
*Wisques Abbey, 1889
* St. Michael's Abbey, Kergonan,
*Ste Marthe sur le Lac Abbey, Quebec 1936
*St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde , England 1950
*Keur-Guilaye Priory , Senegal 1970
*Le Carbet Priory , Martinique 1977
*Westfield Priory, USA, 1981ources
* [http://www.solesmes.com Solesmes Congregation (website of Solesmes Abbey)]
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