Campénéac
Location
Official Name Abbaye La Joie Notre-Dame
N° 19
Country France
City Campénéac
Postcode F-56800
Contact Information
Telephone [33] (2) 97 93 42 07
Fax [33] (2) 97 93 13 27
Community Email [email protected]
Business Email [email protected]
Website abbaye-lajoie-nd.com
Superior Soazig Connan, Abbesse 2021-2027
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Venetensis (Vannes)
OCSO Region RéCiF
Founded/Restored 1920
Origins
Founded at Ste Anne d’Auray in 1920 under the name N.D. de Bonne-Garde; erected as a priory in 1921 (8 December); transferred to Campénéac in 1953 with the name La Joie Notre-Dame
History
The community was established at Ste Anne d’Auray in buildings which they did not own. In addition they could not easily be adapted to monastic life and the terrain was not suited for cultivation, so life there was very difficult. The father immediate and the community of Timadeuc purchased a property, the castle of Ville Aubert with a large farm, in the same diocese and the transfer was authorized by the Definitory on 4 May 1947.
A monastery was constructed, partly by adapting the castle, and a part entirely new, and on 30 September 1953 the community transferred there. The transfer was an opportune moment to revive the former title La Joie Notre Dame, “Gaudium Dominae Nostrae” of Hennebont.
Foundations
Ampibanjinana (1996)
Father Immediate
Timadeuc
Past Superiors
Marie du Sacré-Coeur PERNEY — Prioress then abbess — 08/12/1921 – 20/07/1938
Lutgarde MASSON — Abbess — 12/08/1938 – 29/08/1941
Gertrude TRÉBAULT — Abbess — 29/08/1941 – 05/11/1941
Vincent de Paul CHAPLEAU — Superior — 05/11/1941 – 24/02/1942
Lutgarde MASSON — Abbess — 24/02/1942 – 24/02/1954
Bernard MOAL — Abbess — 10/04/1954 – 03/10/1971
Madeleine CABILLIC — Abbess — 11/12/1971 – 30/11/1989
Geneviève-Marie FRAVALO — Abbess — 30/11/1989 – 10/11/1996
Michaël LE TENDRE — Sup ad nutum — 21/11/1996 – 04/10/1997
Michaël LE TENDRE — Abbesse — 04/10/1997-16/07/2012
Marie-Joseph DHANGER—Sup. ad nutum 2012 – 2014 — Abbesse 2014 – 2018
Anne-Marie GILLOT — Sup. ad nutum 2018 – 06/01/2021
Work and Sources of Income
Agriculture and livestock. Biscuits, chocolates, and a shop where monastic products and books are sold
Guest Facilities
The “hôtellerie” has 24 individual rooms, 2 dining rooms, and 1 meeting room. The “Ville Aubert” is for groups of young people: 30 beds in rooms and dorms, 3 meeting rooms, 1 kitchen with a dining room
Transportation
Gare destinataire : Rennes. Autobus : Rennes-Campénéac-Vannes.
