Location
Official nameTorapisuto Shudoin
Number35
Address3101 Toyohara, Nasu-Machi, Tochigi-Ken, Japan
Contact Information
Telephone[81] (287) 77-1024
Community emailnasuabbey@nastra.or.jp
Websitewww.nastra.or.jp
SuperiorMother Scholastica Okubo Kaori, 2018-2030
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Saitamaënsis (Saitama))
OCSO regionORIENS
OriginsFounded by Nishinomiya
History
- On a territory conceded by the Emperor to R.P. Flogeac, and with the consent of His Majesty, a property of about 70 hectares was reserved for the establishment of a house of prayer. This property was given to our abbot general and the monastery Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception agreed to make a foundation there. The monastery in wood was constructed at the beginning of 1954 to house eventually about 40 religious.
- 1954: On 8 September, the abbot of Bricquebec led a group of founders to their new place of residence: 9 choir nuns and 11 laysisters. The new monastery is 200 km north of Tokyo.
- 1956, erection as an abbey and election of the first abbess under the presidency of the abbot general.
Father immediateBricquebec; Bricquebec*/ Delegate of the Father Immediate : *Cardeña (2018-2022); *Delegate of the Father Immediate : *Phare (2022-until the General Chapter 2025)
Past superiors
- Gerarda UEDA — Superior — 08/09/1954 – 20/01/1956
- Gerarda UEDA — Abbess — 20/01/1956 – 04/1963
- Charitas KONISHI — Sup. ad nutum — 04/1963 – 23/06/1966
- Dominica YAMADA — Abbess — 23/06/1966 – 23/06/1975
- Agnes AKANO — Abbess — 23/06/1975 – 05/04/2010
- Angela Toyoda, Abbess 2010 – 2017
Work/incomeCookies. Farm
Guest facilities15 persons
TransportationPort : Yokohama
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