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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 ...
Spain regained control of Florida from England in 1784, but the population of the colony was now non-Catholic. When Florida was ceded to the United States in 1821, the Catholic population of Florida was still small. The first diocese in Florida was the Diocese of St. Augustine, founded in 1870. After its founding, the diocese started recruiting ...
A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.
The first Cistercian nunnery in the United States, founded by nuns from the Swiss Abbey of Frauenthal. Our Lady of Dallas Abbey: Common Observance 1958 Irving, Texas: Founded from the Cistercian monastery of Zirc in Hungary. Runs the Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, TX Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey: Nuns (Trappist) 1962
The historic monastery building is for the most part in the United States, that is, the cloister, the chapter house and the refectory of the monks. The rest of the monastic compound, that is, the church and other facilities such as Cilla (mullion) remain privately owned in Spain, in Sacramenia village, although the grounds can be visited on certain days.
The Monastery was founded in 1164 by the Cambro-Norman Knight Robert FitzStephen (c 1123–1183). In the 12th century, Cistercian monks from Whitland Abbey, Narberth, Carmarthenshire started to construct a religious settlement on the banks of the Afon Fflur (from which the present Abbey takes its name), a short distance from the present site.
Fr. José Manuel Gallegos, [179] [180] Democratic Party politician and part of the History of New Mexico. Fr. James Gower, [181] [182] Peace activist and co-founder of the College of the Atlantic. Msgr. Peter Guilday, [183] [184] A noted historian of the Catholic Church's history. Msgr. George G. Higgins, advocate for labor rights.
The Ecclesiastical Province of Miami is a Catholic ecclesiastical province covering the U.S. state of Florida. Its metropolitan bishop is the Archbishop of Miami, head of the Archdiocese of Miami. The province additionally includes the suffragan dioceses of Orlando, Palm Beach, Pensacola-Tallahassee, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, and Venice.