List of monasteries in Australia
The following is an incomplete list of Monastic houses in Australia.
Catholic Orders in Australia and New Zealand
Male Religious Orders
- Tarrawarra Abbey, Victoria, Australia. Trappist monastery founded from Ireland in 1954. Since 1998 Tarrawarra has had a daughter house in Kerala, India: Kurisumala Ashram. See [1].
- Benedictine Abbey, New Norcia, Western Australia
- Monastery of Saint Benedict, Arcadia, New South Wales. See [2]
- Southern Star Abbey, New Zealand. Southern Star is a Trappist monastery.
- Blessed Sacrament Fathers in Sydney and Melbourne. See [3].
- Notre Dame Priory. A traditional Benedictine monastery established in 2017 in Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia.
- Pauline Fathers. Marian Valley, Queensland and Penrose Park, New South Wales.
- Saint Charbel's Monastery, Antonin Maronite Order. Coburg, Victoria[1]
- Saint Charbel's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Order. Punchbowl New South Wales[1]
- Saint John the Beloved's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Missionaries. Mt. Druitt, New South Wales[1]
- St John Paul II Monastery, Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ryde, New South Wales
Female Religious Orders
- Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo, New South Wales. See [4]. This community of Benedictine Nuns have had a continuing presence in NSW since 1848.
- Benedictine Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tanby, Yeppoon, Queensland. See [5].
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict
- Discalced Carmelites have monasteries for women in the Australian cities of Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane (see [6]) and the New Zealand city of Christchurch (see [7]).
- Poor Clares have a number of monasteries for women in Sydney. The Order of Saint Clare have monasteries in Waverley and Riverstone. See [8] A separate congregation of Poor Clares have a monastery in Campbelltown, named Bethlehem Monastery
- Tyburn Nuns, convents located in Riverstone, NSW, Australia and Bombay, New Zealand
- Maronite College of the Holy Family & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Harris Park NSW
- St Maroun's College & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
- Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Nursing Village & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
- Maronite Antonine Sisters College & Convent, Maronite Antonine Sisters. East Coburg VIC
- St Paul's Community, Maronite Antonine Sisters. Thornbury VIC
- Brigidine Southern Cross Community, Brigidine Sisters. Malvern Victoria
A completer list of Catholic Religious Orders in Australia can be found here:[9]
See Catholic religious orders for a list of non-monastic and monastic Catholic institutes.
Anglican Orders
- Community of Saints Barnabas and Cecilia, Peterborough, South Australia
- Community of the Sisters of the Church
- Community of Christ the King, Taminick, Victoria
- Community of Christ the King
- Community of the Holy Name
- St Mark's Benedictine Abbey, Cambelltown Victoria
- Society of St Francis of Australia
- Oratory of the Good Shepherd
- Little Brothers of Francis
- Sisters of the Incarnation
- Community of the Sisters of the Church
- Society of the Sacred Advent
- Society of the Sacred Mission
- Order of Saint Benedict, Camperdown
see Anglican religious orders for other Anglican religious orders
Eastern Orthodox
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Monastery of St Anna, Preston, Victoria. Female monastery under Abbess: Riasophor Theodora.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
- Monastery of St George, Winmalee, NSW. Male monastery under Archimandrite Kyriakos.
- Monastery of Panayia Gorgoepikoos, Geelong, Vic. Female monastery under Abbess: Mother Kallistheni.
- Monastery of the Holy Cross, Mangrove, NSW. Female monastery, under Abbess Mother Philothei.
- Monastery of St John of the Mountain, Forrestfield, Western Australia under Hieromonk Evagrios.
- Monastery of Pantanassa, Lower Mangrove Creek, NSW. Male monastery Under Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis).
Russian Orthodox Church - Australian and New Zealand Diocese
- Monastery of Prophet Elias, Monarto, South Australia. Male monastery. Under Abbot Hieromonk Benjamin.
- Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan, Kentlyn, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess: Nun Maria (administrator).
- Monastery of Archangel Michael, Marrickville, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot: Igumen Kosmas (Vasilopoulos).
- Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades, Tas. Male monastery of the Western Rite under Abbot: Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood).
- Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God, Bungarby, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess Mother Anna (Karipoff)
- Monastery of Holy Transfiguration, Bombala, NSW. Male monastery. Under Abbot Archimandrite Alexis (Rosentool)
- Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Monkerai, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot Hieromonk John (Macpherson).
- St. John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn, NSW. Male skete under Abbot Hieromonk Joachim (Ross)
Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand
- Monastery of St Sava (New Kalenic), Hall, Australian Capital Territory
- Monastery of St Sava, Elaine, Victoria. Male monastery under Abbot Iguman Teodor (Bojovic).
- Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Inglewood, South Australia. Female skete under Abbess: Igumanija Anastasija
References
- ^ a b c "Our Diocese". www.maronite.org.au. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
