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 Our Lady of the Prairies - Winnipeg, Manitoba Posted by:  PM8
N 49° 45.438 W 097° 09.282
14U E 632908 N 5513280
A marker with historical information located in the Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park
Waymark Code: WMT0G1
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2016
Views: 3
Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park preserves the history and ruins of the monastery that existed here from 1892 to 1978. This is one of several interpretive markers explaining the history of the site. It includes several captioned pictures as well as a descriptive text.
Marker Name: Our Lady of the Prairies / Notre-Dame des Prairies
Languages: English and French
Location:
Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park
Rue des Ruines du Monastere
Winnipeg, MB
Marker Text:
History
The architectural ruins of Our Lady of the Prairies recall an earlier time when monks of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, called Trappists, lived in the quiet confines of the surrounding monastery. The monks pursued a life of prayer, work and contemplation, according to the Rule of St. Benedict.
For 86 years, from its establishment in 1892, the monastery thrived in this secluded location. The Trappists' move in 1978 to a new site was prompted by urban encroachment, an intrusion into their life of peaceful solitude.
Fire gutted the vacated church and residential wing in 1983.
Historique
Les ruines de Notre-Dame des Prairies rapellent les jours ou les moines de l'ordre des Cisterciens de la stricte observance, les Trappistes, vivaient dans la tranquillite de leur monastere. Les moines y menaient une vie de priere, de travail, et de contemplation suivant la regie de saint Benoit.
Depuis sa fondation en 1892, pendant 86 ans, la monastere prospera dans ce lieu retire. L'empietement de la ville, intrusion dans leur paisible solitude, incita les Trappistes a quitter ces lieux en 1978.
En 1983 le feu rasa l'abbatiale et l'aile residentielles inoccupees.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
Agency: Not listed
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