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Abbaye de l'Ascension, Dzogbégan, Plateaux Region, Togo, is a Benedictine monastery of the Subiaco Congregation. Founded by French monks in 1961, the monastery was elevated to abbatial status in 1991. As of 2000, the monastery was home to thirty monks, under the leadership of Abbot Fr Robert Mawulawoe Kossi Yamo. ==History== In 1961, monks from the Abbey of En-Calcat, France, sent a number of monks to make a foundation in Togo. The nascent community settled in what was then part of the Archdiocese of Lomé, in a village known as Danyi-Dzogbégan, located on an elevated plain some 170 km from the coast of Togo. Within a year, monastic buildings had been completed. Soon, the community began welcoming Togolese aspirants to monastic life. Additionally, the monks of Dzogbégan opened a hospital in order to provide health care to the people of surrounding villages. The monks quickly cleared the land around the monastery, and began to cultivate coffee and fruit. A fish pond and cattle-breeding operation were also initiated. By 1972, agricultural training and development programs sponsored by the monastic community were active in thirty villages. An agricultural training center with the specific goal of training young local farmers was established at the monastery itself. By 1970, construction of the monastery church was completed, and the church was consecrated. Later on, a guest house was also built. Over the years, the monastic community at Dzogbégan continued to grow and become more indigenous. In 1991, the monastery was raised to the status of an abbey. On May 29, 1993, the community elected its first Togolese abbot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbaye de l'Ascension」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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