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The Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes are a small branch of the Cistercian Order. They follow the Rule of St Benedict, and co-operate with the apostolic mission of the Catholic Church through educational activities and hospitality. There are eight monasteries of nuns in six countries, united by a central Government.
Cistercians, a Roman Catholic religious order, sometimes called the Bernardines; Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes, a small branch of the Cistercians; Bernardines (Franciscans), the name by which the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan Observants) is known in the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Bernardino of Siena
In 1974 a group of sisters from the Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes came from communities in Slough and Westcliffe-on-Sea to found a new community, St Bernard's Priory, [9] which became the Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning. As of 2024 there are nine sisters in the community. [10]
the Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes Many of these monasteries during the course of their existence have been both Cistercian and Benedictine: see also List of Benedictine monasteries in France . The dates in brackets are those of the beginning and the end of a monastery's status as a Cistercian house, which may be different from its dates ...
Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes: Mother Hippolyte Lecouvreur: Benedictine: 1827 Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis: Mother Veronica Grzedowska: Franciscan: 1894
At the age of 20, she desired to become a nun and entered the Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes, but left due to fragile health. Unable to qualify for religious life, she decided to remain a lay person and joined the lay Dominicans. [2] [3]
The Cistercians (/ s ɪ ˈ s t ɜːr ʃ ən z /), officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly influential Bernard ...
Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes; Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis; Bon Secours Sisters; Brigidine Sisters; C. Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame ...