Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey explained
Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey is a women's abbey of Trappists located in the outskirts of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
This is Japan's first women contemplative order, colloquially known as "The Anjel Garden" (Tenshien[2]).
Founded by a group of eight nuns sent from France in 1898,[3] After that, the building was rebuilt twice due to fires, one in 1925 and the other in 1941.[3]
Rofū Miki visited this place and wrote a lyric called 'Nobara', a song composed by Kōsaku Yamada, and 'Nobara' became familiar with a Japanese song.
Timeline
- 1896 – Due to the request of the first head of Catholic Diocese generator in Hakodate, an abbot of the Chinese Consolation Monastery determined to establish a monastery.
- 1898 – The eight nuns arrived at, On 30 April, Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey was established.[3]
- 1899 – First two Japanese applicants joined in.[3]
- 1905 – The Two-story brick building was constructed that would be part of the main building's front side.[4]
- 1907 – Great fire of Hakodate occurred. At that time, some rooms were provided by Sisters of Saint Paul in Hakodate of Chartres as a refuge for orphanages who were kept eye on by nuns.
- 1912 – The production of Dutch cream cheese had commenced. After a few years, started making butter.
- 1913 – Main building and Cathedral were completed.
- 1925 – First fire that occurred in October, the Cathedral, etc was destroyed by a fire. After that, reestablished just in two years.
- 1927 – The main building and Cathedral were restored and designed by Max Heindel who is Swiss architect.
- 1932 – Monastery commune had been more than 100 people.
- 1941 – Second fire that occurred in May.[4]
- 1948 – The 50th anniversary ceremony was held.[3]
- 1956 – Started off manufacturing and baked sweet called 'Madarena'.
- 1959 – Set off production of butter candies.[3]
- 1968 – Compline and Grace (prayer) were changed from Latin to Japanese.
- 1982 – Decided to establish a branch monastery in South Korea.
- 1987 – Korean monastery, "Sujeong Trappist Monastery" was established.
- 1998 – The 100th anniversary ceremony was held.
- 2004 – The cattle barn closed, so dairy farming business ended which lasted about 90 years.
- 2008 – Visitation Cathedral hosts a public 'Prayer Gathering for World Peace' event for the first time in Japan.[5]
- 2013 – Butter candy was no longer being produced.
- 2016 – The ceramic relief was created in the formerly service entrance.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Monastery: Japan's First Women's Abbey. 10 January 2024.
- Web site: Tobetsu-History-2 .
- News: 平和への思いいつまでも 終戦記念日、各地で追悼行事. Hakodateshimbun. 16 August 2016. 10 January 2024.
- 天使の聖母トラピスチヌ修道院 青菁社
- News: 平和への思いいつまでも 終戦記念日、各地で追悼行事. Hakodateshimbun. 16 August 2016. 11 January 2024.
