Cono-Sur Congregation Explained

The Cono-Sur Congregation (Congregatio Cono-Sur) is a congregation of monasteries within the Benedictine Confederation. Founded in 1976, the Congregation now includes ten male monasteries spread throughout four of the countries of South America's Southern Cone region. Additionally, eight female monasteries are members of the Congregation. The current Abbot President of the Congregation resides at Monasterio Benedictino Santa María in Los Toldos, Argentina.

List of member houses and dependencies

Male

• Argentina
  • Abadía del Niño Dios (1899), Entre Ríos
    • Monasterio de la Pascua, Canelones, Uruguay
    • Monasterio San Benito de Llíu Llíu, Limache, Chile
  • Abadía de Cristo Rey, El Siambón, Tucumán
  • Abadía Santa María de Los Toldos, Los Toldos
    • Monasterio Benedictino, Tupäsy María, Santiago, Paraguay
  • Abadía de San Benito, Luján
    • Padres Benedictinos, Buenos Aires
  • Monasterio de Ntra. Sra. de la Paz, San Agustín, Córdoba
• Chile
  • Abadía de la Ssma. Trinidad de Las Condes, Santiago

Female

• Argentina
  • Monasterio Nuestra Señora del Paraná (1987), Aldea María Luisa, Entre Ríos
  • Abadía Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, Rafaela, Santa Fe
  • Abadía Gaudium Mariae (1979), San Antonio de Arredondo, Córdoba
  • Monasterio Nuestra Señora de la Fidelidad, San Luis
  • Abadía de Santa Escolástica (1941), Victoria, Buenos Aires
• Chile
  • Priorato Santa María de Rautén, Quillota
  • Monasterio de la Asunción de Santa María Virgen, Rengo
• Uruguay
  • Monasterio S. María Madre de la Iglesia, Montevideo^[1]

See also

• Order of Saint Benedict
• Benedictine Confederation

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSB-International Atlas. Confoederatio Benedictina. 9 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130921/http://osb-international.info/index/en.html. 7 November 2012.