Supérieur:
Dom
Augustine
McGregor
1940,
Abbot
of
Mellifont
2004-2010.
Superior
ad
nutum
of
Mount
Melleray
2010.
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Année de fondation (ou d'incorporation): 1832
Diocèse: Dioecesis Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis
(Waterford and Lismore)
Statut juridique: Abbaye
Maison fondatrice et histoire: Melleray
Fondation par N.D. de Melleray en l'année 1832;
érigée en abbaye en 1834
1832 Our monastery was founded on May 30th 1832 at Scrahan,
Cappoquin, by a colony of Irish and English monks, expelled from the abbey
of Melleray after the French Revolution of 1830, and who had come to Ireland
under the leadership of Fr. Vincent de Paul Ryan. It was called Mount Melleray
in memory of the mother-house. On the feast of St. Bernard, 1833, the foundation-stone
of the new monastery was blessed by the Most Rev. Wm. Abraham, bishop of Waterford
and Lismore.
1835 Mount St. Bernard's Abbey, established in England in 1835 by monks, partly
from France and partly from Ireland, has always been regarded as the senior
daughter-house of Mount Melleray.
1835 May 17th: D. Vincent Ryan was blessed abbot of Mount Melleray, recently
raised to the dignity of an abbey by a decree of the Congregation of Propaganda.
During its earlier years, our monastery was directly subject to the bishop
of the diocese.
1848 It came under the jurisdiction of the general chapter.
1849 Towards the end of 1849 was founded the monastery of New Melleray, near
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.A. Two of the priest who went to that foundation, namely
Fr. James O'Gorman and Fr. Clement Smythe later became bishops in America.
1862 An attempt to re-establish the cistercian nuns in Ireland, at Skibbereen,
Co.Cork, was not successful.
1878 Our third filiation, at Mt. St. Joseph's Roscrea, was founded.
1932 In March, a community of cistercian nuns of Stapehill, England, took
possession of St. Mary's Convent, Lismore, Ireland, purchased and prepared
for them by the monks of Mt. Melleray.
1932 Under the presidency of Joseph Cardinal Mc.Rory our monastery celebrated
its centenary in August 1933, on which occasion His Eminence laid the foundation-stone
of the new abbey church. Preparations for building were started immediately,
but the actual work did not start until January 1935.
1938 While the church was being built, our fourth filiation at Mellifont,
Co. Louth, in the archdiocese of Armagh, was founded in November 1938.
1940 The church was completed and solemnly blessed on November 26th of that
year. Later, a high altar and some 20 lesser altars - all in marble, gifts
of benefactors - were installed, and a magnificent stained-glass window -
also a present - erected behind the high altar. A spacious sacristy and a
chapter room, suited for the needs of a large community, were added.
1944 A small farm of excellent land near Cappoquin was donated to the community.
1948 In September, our fifth daughter-house, at Bethlehem, Portglone, Co.
Antrim, came into being.
1952 20 Août: Consécration de la nouvelle église par l'évêque
de Waterford. Le 21 messe pontificale par S.E. le Nonce Apostolique en Irlande,
avec la présence du président de la République, de nombreux
évêques et personnalités, du Rme Père Abbé
Général et de plusieurs abbés, et d'une foule considérable
de fidèles.
1953 Au chapitre général on obtient la permission de fonder
en Nouvelle Zélande. La fondation fut commencée en mai 1954.
1888 An estate of 800 acres was bequeathed to the community,
in the diocese of Goulborn, Australia, but was afterwards relinquished through
dearth of subjects.
1900 An offer of a 1,000 acre estate in the diocese of Perth, Australia, was
rejected for the same reason.
1946 His Excellency Mr. Séan T.O'Kelly, president of Ireland, and Mrs.
O'Kelly paid a state visit to Mount Melleray in June.
1946 A daily plenary indulgence - to be gained by the recitation of certain
prayers before the great crucifix in our new abbey church - was granted in
1946 by an indult of the Sacred Penitentiary.
Père Immédiat: Melleray
Maisons filles:
Mt
St Bernard, jusqu'en 1974,
New Melleray (excepté 1977 - 1980),
Roscrea,
Mellifont,
Bethlehem,
Southern Star,
Staphehill
jusqu'en 1968
Glencairn,
Abakaliki
Fondations: Mount St-Bernard (1835); New Melleray
(1849); Roscrea (1878); Mellifont (1938); Bethlehem (1948); Southern Star
(1954)
Travail et sources de revenus: Ferme: (vaches laitières et à l'engrais) poulailler, forêts,
magasin de souvenirs
Capacités d'accueil: Hôtellerie (hommes/femmes) - 21 chambres (29 personnes).
Il y a la possibilité de recevoir pendant la journée beaucoup plus de gens
de passage
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Liste des Supérieurs
Vincent de Paul RYAN --- Abbé ---
?/05/1835 - ?/12/1845
Joseph Mary RYAN --- Abbé ---
?/01/1846 - ?/10/1847
Bruno FITZPATRICK --- Abbé ---
?/04/1848 - ?/12/1893
Carthage DELANEY --- Abbé ---
?/01/1894 - ?/03/1908
Maurus O'PHELAN --- Abbé ---
?/05/1908 - ?/07/1931
Stanislaus HICKEY --- Abbé ---
?/08/1931 - ?/02/1933
Celsus O'CONNELL --- Abbé ---
05/04/1933 - 02/02/1957
Finbar CASHMAN --- Abbé ---
26/04/1957 - 06/05/1971
Paul HENNESY (OhAONUSA) --- Abbé ---
02/07/1971 - 14/03/1975
Edward DUCEY --- Sup.ad nutum --- 23/03/1975 - 26/08/1976
" --- Abbé ---
26/08/1976 - 10/05/1980
Justin Mac CARTHY --- Abbé ---
26/06/1980 - 19/07/1989
Eamon FITZGERALD --- Abbé ---
19/07/1989
-
2008
Michael
Ahern
---
Superior
ad
nutum
---
2008
Dom
Augustine
McGregor
---
Superior
ad
nutum
---
juin
2010
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