Abbey of Pierre-Which-Transfers

The monastery of Pierre-which-Transfers is located at the center of the Morvan, in the French Département of the Yonne.

The name of the said place, Pierre-Which-Transfers it , comes from an inherent characteristic. It is about a rock which, posed on another, could be put moving by a simple human pressure. Today the rock is sealed and surmounted by a statue of the Virgin Mary.

History

The monastery was founded in 1850 by the Father Jean-Baptiste Muard (1809-1854), priest of the diocese of Sens. Eager to found a religious community, he discovers the Règle of saint Benoît at the time of a voyage to Subiaco (Italy). Seized by the balance of life which she proposes between work and prayer, he returns to France in 1848 with his the first two companions and carries out his monastic noviciate with the Trappe of Aiguebelle. In 1850, it installs its community incipient in the forests from the Morvan, in the south of the Département of Yonne, with the locality “Pierre-which-Transfers It”. The Muard Father dies the June 19th 1854, at the 45 years age.

A score of brothers then composes the community which knows a rapid expansion.

Forced with the exile in 1880, then in 1904, the community finds its monastery only in 1921 and left it since more.

Pierre-which-Transfers It gave rise to many monasteries both in France and abroad (the United States, England, Vietnam, Madagascar, Congo).

Homonym

The Abbaye of Pierre-Which-Transfers is also the name given to:

External bonds

  • Official site

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