The Bénédictines of the perpetual Worship of the Very Blessed Sacrament are catholic moniales. Their first monastery was founded in France in 1653 per Catherine de Bar.
Foundation
Congregation founded in 1653 by Catherine of Bar (in religion Mechtilde Mother of Blessed Sacrament).
Statute
The monasteries are independent.
Life and activity
Organization and establishments
Monasteries, although autonomous, gather in 6 federations of the perpetual Worship, component they-even a confederation related to the Order of Saint Benoit:
Immaculate-Design of
Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
Rosheim Monastery of the very pure Heart of Marie with Tourcoing (Northern) Monastery of Peppange (commune of Roeser, Luxembourg) Holy Trinity of Bayeux (Apple-brandy) Caen (Apple-brandy) Craon Farmhouse-Attic (Tarn-et-Garonne) Notre-Dame d' Orient with Laval-Roquecezière (Aveyron) Erbalunga (commune of Brando (Corsica)) Ottmarsheim - German Federation
- Italian Federation
- Federation Innocent XI
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Rumbecke (Belgium) Tegelen (Netherlands) Valkenburg (Netherlands) - Dutch Federation
- Polish Federation
Historical reference marks and chronology of the foundations
- Foundation of the institute (August 14th, 1652).
- Monastery of Toul, founded in 1663-1665.
- Monastery of Rambervillers, aggregate in 1665-1666.
- Aggregation of the abbey Notre-Dame de Consolation of Nancy in 1667-1669.
- Monastery of Marie-Immaculate of Rouen (Seine-Maritime), set up in 1677.
- Union of the monastery of the Good-Help of Caen (September 30th, 1685).
- Monastery of Warsaw, founded on June 27th, 1687.
- Monastery of Châtillon, rested by Isabelle Angelica of Montmorency (1627-1695), founded on October 21st, 1688, removed in 1792.
- Foundation of the monastery of Dreux, on February 23rd, 1696.
- monasteries its placed under the jurisdiction of the bishops (bubble from Innocent XII of July 3rd, 1696).
- Monastery of the Sacred Heart of Farmhouse-Attic (Tarn-et-Garonne), set up in 1817, then plain in Erbalunga.
- Monastery of Marie-Immaculate of Craon (Mayenne), rested by the family of Thimble-Brissac, set up in 1829.
- Monastery of Holy-Anne of Ottmarsheim (Haut-Rhin), set up in 1848.
- Monastery Notre-Dame de Rosheim (the Low-Rhine), set up in 1862.
- Monastery of the Very Pure Heart of Marie de Tourcoing (Northern), set up in 1921.
Statistics
In 1980,38 monasteries and 1695 members.
Sources
- catholic Directory of France , 1961.