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Cistercian Monastery, Our Lady of the Angels, Nigeria

JANUARY VISIT TO OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS MONASTERY 2009-02-14

My visit to the Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels at Nsugbe in Nigeria this January of 2009 was undertaken initially for very formal and official reasons. Firstly there was an election to be held and then an official Visitation to be held in order to send a report to the abbot general. In the event, these two tasks were completed well within the time I had allotted. This gave me the opportunity of spending a week with the Community in the more natural framework of their normal day to day life.

This was a very rewarding experience and gave me a much better appreciation of their zeal and fervour for the Cistercian way of life and so brought me to a much greater appreciation of the depth and earnestness of their commitment. They are a community well worth supporting and helping as much as we can.

Dom Raymond Jaconelli O.C.S.O.

PICTORIAL of the Election of the 1st Titular Prior