Abbaye de Maumont, Benedictine monastery in Juignac, France
Abbaye de Maumont is a Benedictine monastery housed in a stone building located between Angoulême and Bordeaux. The abbey contains a community of nuns who create liturgical vestments and bind books while maintaining several daily prayer times.
The monastery was founded in 1959 and continued a long tradition traced back to the Notre-Dame des Anges community. This spiritual continuity connects the present community to twelve centuries of monastic life.
The name comes from a local estate, and the nuns shape daily life through their rhythm of prayer and craft work. The community lives by Benedictine rules and divides their time between religious services and various monastery tasks.
Visitors can participate in spiritual retreats and attend communal prayers held daily at the monastery. The abbey's hospitality welcomes guests to meet with the nuns and experience the rhythm of monastic life.
The abbey established a sister monastery in Guinea, creating a bridge between European and African monastic communities. This international connection reveals how the monastery's work extends across continents.
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