Location
Official nameAbbey of New Clairvaux
Number71
AddressP.O. Box 80 - 26240 Seventh Street, Vina, United States
Contact Information
Telephone[1] (530) 839-2161
Telephone 2[1] (530) 839-2434
Fax[1] (530) 839-2332
Community emailmonks@newclairvaux.org
Guesthouse emailreservations@newclairvaux.org
Websitewww.newclairvaux.org
SuperiorDom Paul Mark Schwan, Abbot 2009-2021
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Sacramentensis (Sacramento)
OCSO regionUSA
OriginsFounded by Gethsemani in 1955, and raised to the rank of abbey 1959.
History
- 1955: Purchase of the property of Vina, a beautiful piece of around 236 hectares of very rich land, where one could easily harvest 6 or 7 crops of hay each year, and where many varieties of fruit tree are grown. Gethsemani sent a group of 12 choir monks and 14 laybrothers, who left the motherhouse on 29 June 1955 and arrived at Vina on 2 July. The house was named New Clairvaux.
- 1970, 28 November: Fire destroys a large part of the monastery.
Father immediateGethsemani
Daughter housesLantao (since 1960); Juigalpa (since 2007); Guimaras (since 2022); Santa Rita (since 2022)
Past superiors
- Anselme STEINKE — Superior — ?/09/1955 – 27/10/1959
- Eusebius WAGNER — Abbot — 27/10/1959 – 24/06/1968
- Bernard JOHNSON — Abbot — 31/07/1968 – 07/10/1970 (v.57)
- Thomas DAVIS — Sup. ad nutum — 22/10/1970 – 22/07/1972
- Thomas DAVIS — Abbot — 22/07/1972 – 01/12/2008
Work/incomeFruit orchards, a vineyard and wines.
Guest facilities3 suites and 6 single rooms. A conference room that seats 40 people comfortably. A guest chapel available for group masses, etc., a meditation room, bookstore, and guest dining facilities.
TransportationBus Terminal : Corning, California. Airport : Chico, California.
FoundationsShuili (1991) which passed to Lantao in 2000 and it changed its status as Annex House since 2019;
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