Location
Official nameKlooster Schiermonnikoog
Number36
AddressKnuppeldam 2, Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
Contact Information
Telephone[31] 0519 25 24 05
Fax[31] (570) 53.11.01
Community emailinfo@kloosterschiermonnikoog.nl
Guesthouse emailgasthuis@kloosterschiermonnikoog.nl
SuperiorDom Alberic Bruschke, Sup.ad nutum 1999, Abt 2000
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseArchidioecesis Ultraiectensis (Utrecht)
OCSO regionNED
OriginsFounded by Achel in 1883; raised to the rank of priory in 1891 and to the rank of abbey in 1935.
History
- 1890, 29 April: transfer of the community from the farm “Vrieswijck” to the present site in a place called “Tjoen”, municipality of Diepenveen.
- 1895: Change of name from O.L. of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to O.L. of Sion.
- 1939, 31 August: Consecration of the abbatial church.
- 31 January: blessing of the new west wing and of the east cloister.
- 2015, 29 December: The monks left the place to transfer to the island of Schiermonnikoog
Father immediateWestmalle (until 2022); Resp.delegated to M. Pascale Fourmentin of Arnhem
Lay associatesCisterciënzer Groep Sion
Past superiors
- Benedictus-Maria van den BERG — Prior — 06/05/1891 – 25/09/1894
- Placidus VERHEGGEN — Prior — 10/10/1894 – 15/06/1898
- Jacobus FOKKES — Prior — 27/06/1898 – 09/93/1934
- Gabriel van de MOOSDIJK — Sup. ad nutum — 09/04/1934 – 28/05/1934
- Gabriel van de MOOSDIJK — Titular Prior — 28/05/1934 – 30/09/1935
- Gabriel van de MOOSDIJK — Abbot — 30/09/1935 – 07/10/1952 (v.16)
- Malachias MULLER — Abbot — 12/11/1952 – 31/03/1975
- Adolphus van der ZEIJDEN — Sup. ad nutum — 21/04/1975 – 29/10/1976
- Adolphus van der ZEIJDEN — Abbot — 29/10/1976 – 29/10/1988
- Johannes HENSELMANS — Sup. ad nutum — 29/10/1988 – ?/08/1992
- Romero HAKVOORT — Sup. ad nutum — ?/08/1992 – 12/06/1993
Work/incomeGuesthouse and farm.
Guest facilities10 rooms
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