Location
Official nameMonastery of the Holy Spirit
Number57
Address2625 Hwy 212 SW, Conyers, United States
Contact Information
Telephone[1] (770) 483-8705
Community emailinfo@trappist.net
Guesthouse emailretreat@trappist.net
Websitewww.trappist.net
SuperiorDom Augustine Myslinski, 2016-2022
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseArchidioecesis Atlantensis (Atlanta)
OCSO regionUSA
OriginsFoundedby Gethsemani in 1944: raised to the status of abbey in 1946. The name was officially changed from Our Lady of the Holy Ghost to Our Lady of the Holy Spirit.
History
- 1968, 8 December: The new monastery is blessed and officially occupied.
Father immediateGethsemani
Daughter housesLos Andes ; Humocaro.
Lay associates
- Lay Cistercians of Holy Spirit Monastery;
- Lay Contemplative Associates (LCA);
- Nuestra Senora de la Divina Providencia;
- Lay-Cistercians of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of South Florida
Past superiors
- James FOX — Superior — 21/03/1944 – 18/10/1946
- James FOX — Abbot — 18/10/1946 – 20/08/1948 (v.18)
- Robert McGANN — Abbot — 18/01/1949 – 03/10/1957
- Augustine MOORE — Abbot — 22/10/1957 – 16/08/1983
- Armand VEILLEUX — Sup. ad nutum — 25/09/1983 – 14/08/1984
- Armand VEILLEUX — Abbot — 14/08/1984 – 12/07/1990 (v.43)
- Bernard JOHNSON — Abbot — 12/07/1990 – 15/07/2000 (v.71)
- Basil PENNINGTON — Abbot — 2001 — 12/05/2002
- Anthony DELISI — Sup. ad nutum — 08/06/2002 – 21/05/2003
- Francis Michael Stiteler, Sup.ad nutum 2003, Abbot 2004-2016
Work/incomeReligious book shop, bonsai and other plants, bakery, stained glass windows.
Guest facilitiesRetreats are normally made from Monday to Friday or from Friday to Sunday.
TransportationBus/Rail/Air Terminals : Atlanta, Georgia.
FoundationsLos Andes (1987)
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