Mepkin
Adresse
Nom Officiel Mepkin Abbey
N° 62
Pays USA
Ville Moncks Corner
Adresse 1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd
Code Postal SC 29461-4796
Contact
Téléphone [1] (843) 761-8509
Email Communauté [email protected]
Site www.mepkinabbey.org
Supérieur(e) Dom Joseph Tedesco, Sup ad nutum 2018
Autres Informations
Statut Juridique Abbey
Diocèse Dioecesis Carolopolitana (Charleston)
Région OCSO USA
Fondée/Restaurée 1949
Origine
Founded by Gethsemani 1949; raised to the rank of abbey 1955.
Histoire
Founded on a property donated by Clare Boothe Luce, American Ambassador to Rome. The property is located about 40 km from Charleston, in the Cooper river valley. The soil is fertile and suitable for many crops. Much of the land is forested. The climate is ideal for 10 months of the year, the other two months being humid.
1948: 29 pioneers arrive from Gethsemani to take possession of the property on 22 November.Gethsemani
Père Immédiat
Gethsemani
Maisons filles
Esmeraldas
Ancien(ne)s Supérieur(e)s
Anthony CHASSAGNE — Superior — 21/11/1949 – 21/10/1955
Anthony CHASSAGNE — Abbot — 31/10/1955 – 14/06/1974
Aidan CARR — Sup. ad nutum — 14/06/1974 – 24/03/1977
Aidan CARR — Abbot — 24/03/1977 – 06/01/1990
Francis KLINE — Abbot — 21/01/1990 – 27/08/2006
Stanislaus GUMULA — Abbot — 03/11/ 2006 – 03/11/2018
Capacité d'Accueil
For retreatants (1 week) and special guests (several weeks): 8 rooms. Guests (male and female) pray and take their meals with the community. Monastic guests (men only) spend one month in community, and follow the entire monastic horarium.
Moyens de transport
Train Station: North Charleston, Greyhound Bus: Summerville, SC
Airport: Charleston
