Location
Official nameAbbaye La Joie Notre-Dame
Number19
Contact Information
Telephone[33] (2) 97 93 42 07
Fax[33] (2) 97 93 13 27
Community emailabbaye.joie.nd@wanadoo.fr
Business emailatelierlajoie@wanadoo.fr
Websiteabbaye-lajoie-nd.com
SuperiorSoazig Connan, Abbesse 2021-2027
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Venetensis (Vannes)
OCSO regionRéCiF
OriginsFounded 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.
Father immediateTimadeuc
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/incomeAgriculture and livestock. Biscuits, chocolates, and a shop where monastic products and books are sold
Guest facilitiesThe “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
TransportationGare destinataire : Rennes. Autobus : Rennes-Campénéac-Vannes.
FoundationsAmpibanjinana (1996)
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