Location
Official nameAbbaye Sainte-Marie du Rivet
Contact Information
Telephone[33] (5) 56 65 05 30
Community emailm.c.rivet@wanadoo.fr
Guesthouse emailaccueil.rivet@wanadoo.fr
SuperiorMère Christine Vilmain, Sup.ad nutum 2003, Abbesse 2004
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseArchidioecesis Burdigalensis (Bordeaux)
OCSO regionRéCiF
OriginsFoundation of Maubec [Blauvac] at Blagnac in 1852; transferred to Rivet in 1939
History
- The main historic event for the community of Rivet is its transfer from Blagnac, in the diocese of Toulouse, to the ancient Cistercian abbey of Ste Marie du Rivet, in the diocese of Bordeaux.
- After this transfer was approved by the general chapter of 1937, le Rivet acquired the required permissions of Dom Bernard Barbaroux wrote to the Rev. Mother of Blagnac: “Our Rev. Father Abbot General (Dom Herman-Joseph Smets) asked me to write you to express his joy at knowing that le Rivet is once again Cistercian. Of his whole heart he wishes sincerely that all will soon be done to put the monastery in the proper state for cloistered religious. »
- On 9 June 1939 the community of Blagnac, in possession of the indult of the Holy See dated 23 March 1939, transfered to Ste Marie du Rivet, in Gironde.
Father immediateDésert (jusqu’à 2020) ; Neiges (2020-2022) ; Acey / *Resp. délégué *: Mère Brigitte Pinot de Tautra (2023)
Lay associatesLaïcs cisterciens du Rivet
Past superiors
- Marie Agnès MONJOT — Superieure — 29/08/1852 – 27/08/1853
- Hildegarde SCHREIBER — Prieure — 27/08/1853 – 26/09/1891
- Louise DUPONNOIS — Abbesse — 04/11/1891 – 03/03/1932
- Madeleine FREYDIER — Abbesse — 18/03/1932 – 15/11/1965
- Chantal de TOURNEMIRE — Abbesse — 15/11/1965 – 14/11/1990
- Chantal de TOURNEMIRE — Sup. ad nutum — 14/11/1990 – 19/10/1993
- Benoît BOUCHER — Sup. ad nutum — 19/10/1993 – 22/01/1995
- Catherine PAGANO — Sup. ad nutum — 06/04/1995 – 16/04/1996; Abbesse — 16/04/1996 – 30/04/2003
- Christine VILMAIN — Sup. ad nutum 30/04/2003 – 30/05/2004
Work/incomeGuesthouse, poultry, cookies, shop, liturgical workshop
Guest facilities29 rooms; 40 beds ; 1 room for 100 people and 1 room for 70 people
TransportationGare destinataire : Langon
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