Location
Official nameTrappistines Shudoin (Tenshien)
Number15
Address346, Kamiyunokawa, Hakodate, Japan
Contact Information
Telephone[81] (138) 57-2839
Websitewww.ocso-tenshien.jp
SuperiorMother Johanna Abe Makiko, Abbess 2023-2029
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Sapporensis (Sapporo)
OriginsFounded by Ubexy on 21 November 1898. Erected as an abbey in September 1928. The foundation was made at the request of Mgr Berlioz, bishop of Hakodate and its missionaries.
History
- 1910 foundation of the first wing of the monastery and of the presbytery.
- 1913 construction of the church.
- 1914, 2 October, blessing of the church by Mgr Berlioz.
- 1924 construction of the third wing.
- 1925, 16 October, fire in the church and first wing.
- 1926 reconstruction of the first wing.
- 1927 reconstruction of the church; 7 July, blessing by Mgr Berlioz.
Father immediateBricquebec, then Phare
Past superiors
- Gertrude DEQUIDT — Prioress — 30/04/1898 – 24/11/1900
- Scholastique JEANVOINE — Prioress — 24/11/1900 – 30/11/1928
- Scholastique JEANVOINE — Abbess — 30/11/1928 – 24/12/1929
- Gertrude ABT — Abbess — 26/04/1930 – 20/05/1930 (+)
- Madeleine BONHOMME — Abbess — 03/06/1930 – 03/06/1942
- Caecilia HIRATA — Abbess — 03/06/1942 – 03/06/1951
- Michael LOZACH’ — Abbess — 06/07/1951 – 01/10/1972
- Agatha TSUNEMATSU — Abbess — 01/10/1972 – 11/07/1975
- Spes ANO — Sup. ad nutum — 11/07/1975 – 05/11/1976
- Spes ANO — Abbess — 05/11/1976 – 05/11/2000
- Cecilia AOKI — Abbess — 05/11/2000 – 31/12/2022
Work/incomeMadeleines, cookies, white chocolate and handicraft.
Guest facilities4 persons
TransportationAirport : Hakodate
FoundationsLourdes (Nishinomiya, 1935), Holy Family (Imari, 1953), Sujong (1987)
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