[7] The church was consecrated by Thomas Walsh, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, on 11 October 1837. Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastic community founded in 1835. He was succeeded by John Moakler in 1980, in turn succeeded by Dom Joseph Delargy in 2001. Amongst the De Lisle gravestones is that of Bernard C M P de Lisle who died in 1921, "Composer of many operas and musical works". [106], In addition to its official website, the community maintains a presence at Facebook, which as of June 2022 has attracted more than 10,000 followers. [11] According to an early publication with a foreword by Abbot Burder (1852), this site would have been the preferred location for the original monastery designed by Railton, but soon after the purchase of the land, there had been some dispute as to whether the rock belonged to the monastic grounds or to the parish of Whitwick. All times other than the above, are as normal. 10,660 people follow this. Charnwood Forest Coalville England LE67 5UL View on map. They also run a gift shop where they sell the items that they make in the abbey. Celebration of the Lord s Passion. He was, until his death in 1852, the only mitred abbot in England, and the 'Abbot of Mount Saint Bernard' was widely known, but it was for his humility, charity and love for the poor that he was most widely recognised and esteemed". [76], The new abbot, Father Ambrose Southey, was the first Englishman to govern the abbey for more than half a century. [38] Guinness mentions his first stay at the abbey in his 1986 autobiography, Blessings in Disguise, in which he describes attending a dawn mass: Arriving at the large, draughty, austere white chapel, I was amazed at the sights and sounds that greeted me. 01530 832298 or 832022. Solemn Mass of the Lord s Supper. [92][93], The monks get up at 3:15 am every day and go to bed at 8:00 pm. [94] In accordance with Trappist burial rites, monks are buried without a coffin. II, 1857 - p.131, "Beeton's Men of The Age and Annals of the Time", publd by Ward, Lock and Tyler, London, 1874, Nancy Langham Cooper: "A Brief Biography of J R Herbert", 2013, Robinson, Albert F: "Holy Cross, Whitwick - A Brief History, 1837 - 1937", published by Whitwick Historical Group, 1987. Soon after being built, the chapel became referred to locally as "The Temple" and the part of Cademan Wood in which it stood became known as Temple Wood. [14] That the site of the hoard's discovery occupied "one of the highest spots in the forest, [commanding] a very extensive view of the surrounding country" was felt to lend credence to this theory. Burder enjoyed a swift progression of office, being recorded as "Master of the Novices" and then sub-prior, before succeeding Abbot Palmer as superior six years later. Their monastery - later raised to the status of an abbey - was designed by Augustus Pugin, the. (States that Benedict Johnson died in his 54th year), Dictionary of National Biography, Elder & Co, 1895, p.143, The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook - Volume 34 (1924) - Page 353, Potter, T.R: "The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest", 1842, p 159, Dom Hilary Costello: "Nineteenth Century English Cistercian Spirituality", 1982, "A Concise History of the Cistercian Order: With its Revival in England at St Susan's, Lullworth and Mount St. Bernard Leicestershire", by "A Cistercian Monk", 1852, p.280, O'Neil, Robert: "Cardinal Herbert Vaughan: Archbishop of Westminster, etc", Publd by Burns and Oates, 1997. It was united with the Cistercian congregation by a papal brief in 1849. Rising to a height of 100 feet, the tower has a dead weight of approximately 2000 tons and is supported on a concrete foundation. They meditatively read the Bible, which is called Lectio Divina. Flanking bays in matching style are of the late 1840s, with C20 windows to ground floor right. [71] Burder is described as having been, "a middle-aged man, rather stout, somewhat bald on the forehead, and about the ordinary height. The arms are those of Pius XI, the reigning pope at the completion of the church, the shield of Citeaux, and that of Mount St Bernard/Abbot Malachy. Coalville, UK, LE67 5UL. [104] On 13 March 2022, the Abbey was featured in a BBC Songs of Praise episode, presented by Kate Bottley. We hope to be able to add more in due course. [3] He was attracted to the Trappists because his family mansion, Garendon Hall, had replaced the Cistercian Garendon Abbey. [4] The site of the extension was a sloping platform of solid rock, which was blasted away on one side and filled in on the other with mass concrete to provide a level foundation for the building. On the weekend of September 30-October 1, seven of our sisters joined our brothers at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, MA for a series of lectures by Dr. Jame Schaefer. "[21], Charles Dickens is reputed to have spent some time in retreat at the abbey,[22] though he is not enumerated amongst the list of celebrated visitors in the monastery's 'Brief Historical Sketch'. [124], In the monastery's secular cemetery can be found two plaques to the memory of Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps, VC (183557), who was the son of the abbey's founder. [110] Welcome to our Facebook page. Following the suppression of monasteries in France, a small colony of dispossessed Trappist monks had arrived in London in 1794, with the intention of moving on to found a monastery in Canada. [74] His twenty years as abbot were marred by almost constant ill-health and he was confined to his room during the last ten years of his life. The altar is of the same stone as the church and designed by David John. In 1963, Mount St Bernard Abbey was able to make its own foundation in Africa: the monastery of Our Lady of Bamenda, in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, which is now an independent and flourishing abbey with a community composed mainly of African monks. Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic , Trappist monastery near Coalville , Leicestershire , England , founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the sole Trappist house in England. Free beer mat included with purchase of a case online, please ask in the shop when purchasing on site. The surrounding woodland became known as "Monument Wood". During World War II, Father Hilary was conscripted into the coal mines as a ', Vincent Eley - Sculptor/Woodcarver/Potter. [66] Both brothers later embarked on missionary work in Australia. The tomb of the founder, Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle, can be found in the south aisle of the original (western) nave. Memoir of Antwerp, published by John Ollivier, Pall Mall, London, 1847. The Trappist monastery of Mount St Bernard Abbey near Coalville, Leicestershire. Father Peter Logue (1913 - 2010) was reported to have been the oldest monk ever to have been at the abbey when he died at the age of 96, having been a monk there for 75 years. [67] Father Benedict, who had joined the monastery at Lulworth in 1813,[68] died at Mount St Bernard in 1850. Dom Bernard is described as having been, "a simple, almost unlettered man but one who was known for his holiness and deep purity of life. However, the catalogue entry at the Tate Gallery explains that Herbert used Pugin's original designs to depict the church in line with the architect's vision. [70] He converted to Catholicism and in 1846 he presented himself at the guest house of Mount St Bernard, where he was accepted into the community by Abbot Palmer. He subsequently explained to the Evening Standard that he felt it was important "to have an occasional period of retirement and reflection on the ultimate reasons behind existence". There are statues dotted about of the Virgin Mary and Jesus. [5] Abbot Anderson oversaw a number of additions made to the monastery buildings, including the Clock Tower and the octagonal Chapter House. The salve statue by Costa (1958), above the east porch, is of Mary and the Child Jesus and is copied from the seal of Furness Abbey, Lancashire. Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, near Coalville, is only the world's 12th to get permission to . The first monks were Augustine, Luke, Xavier, Cyprian, Placid, Simeon and Fr Odilo Woolfrey. All made a deep impression on me; the atmosphere was one of prayer without frills; it was easy to imagine oneself at the centre of some spiritual powerhouse, or at least being privileged to look over the rails, so to speak, at the working of a great turbine. Unfortunately, we do not currently offer shipping. The altar top is of Clipsham stone from Rutland. [53], On the death of Abbot Palmer, the sub-prior, Father Bernard Burder, was appointed provisional superior and was elected as second abbot in 1853. [5] Burder was a grandson of George Burder, a non-conformist divine who had been one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Religious Tract Society and the London Missionary Society, and editor of the Evangelical Magazine. Bernard Burder himself was a somewhat changeable character and his tenure as abbot proved to be unsettled. The monks brew the only Trappist beer in Britain. His tenure saw a decline in numbers; by the time of his death in 1910, the community numbered fewer than thirty monks. It rises abruptly, awe inspiring and beautiful. About See All. [30], The abbey suffered from financial problems and a lack of monks joining the community through the 19th century. 143 check-ins. Whilst at Mount St Bernard, he painted "Father Benedict: Portrait of a Trappist Monk" and "Father Ian: Portrait of a Trappist Monk in Meditation". [55] His father, Henry Forster Burder was also a non-conformist minister and had been a co-founder of the Congregational Union. Mount St. Bernard Abbey | Coalville [127] Their simple monument carries the epitaph, "Rising High". He had left with the community for Melleray in 1817, but in 1836 was asked to join the new community of Mount St Bernard. Who and what are we? Already Pugin, the famous architect of the nineteenth century had designed a small church of which the nave had been completed. Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers. The remains had been found by workmen excavating an extension to London Underground's Jubilee line in 1998. In 2013, Stefan Hei, a master organ builder from Bavaria and a friend of the abbey, informed the community that he had been offered a fine pipe organ with two manuals and sixteen registers from a Munich church scheduled for demolition and made an offer to oversee its restoration and reconstruction at the abbey. [15] The coins were identified as being from the time of Gallienus and Tetricus I in the third century AD, and the find led to speculation that the land may have been inhabited during Roman times. Mount St Bernard Abbey was founded in 1835 on 227 acres (0.92km2) of land[2] purchased from Thomas Gisborne MP, by Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps, a local landowner and Catholic convert who wanted to re-introduce monastic life to the country. These were re-interred at Mount St Bernard.[37]. 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