Sacred Stones Project: Building a Monastery

Sacred Stones Project: Building a Monastery

The Abbey of New Clairvaux
Sacred Stones Project: Building a Monastery
History
anno Domini
529
1098 Beginning of Cistercian tradition - Citeaux, France
Place
Vina, CA
Spirituality
Rule of Saint Benedict
1115 St. Bernard - Abbey in Clairvaux, France
1190- Santa Maria de Ovila monastery - Trillo, Spain
1220
1848 Gethsemani monastery - Kentucky
Community
1931 William Randolph Hearst purchases Ovila Chapter House;
ships stones to California
1955 28 monks from Gethsemani arrive in Vina and found Abbey of
New Clairvaux
Lay
Community
Cistercian
Trappist Monks
1955 Father Thomas sees the Sacred Stones in Golden Gate Park – A
vision is born
1994 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco awards Sacred Stones to
the Abbey of New Clairvaux
2003 Restoration of 800-year-old Chapter House begins…
One-of-a-Kind Project
• When completed, the Chapter House will showcase the only example of
original Cistercian Gothic architecture in North America.
• The Chapter House will be the oldest structure west of the Mississippi
Gethsemani,
Kentucky
Citeaux,
France
Abbey of Santa Maria
De Oliva,
Spain
Clairvaux,
France
The Abbey of New Clairvaux
Vina, California
580 Acres
Peter Lassen - Rancho Bosquejo
Leland Stanford - Great Vina Ranch
Funding Timeline
Chapter House Phase
Original
Construction
1190-1220
Abbey of Santa Maria
de Oliva
Trillo, Spain
Purchase
& Transportation
1931
San Francisco
California
Restoration
& Reconstruction
Leadership
Benefactors
2003+
Abbey of New Clairvaux
Vina, California
Project
Patrons
$6.8 Million
Benefactor:
King Alphonso VIII
St. Bernard
Society
Benefactor:
William Randolph
Hearst
Leadership
Benefactors
Next 1000 Years
2007
1190 A.D.
Draft
• Library
• Pastoral Center
• Monks Offices
• Cloister
• Church
Estimated
$16+ Million