The Cono-Sur Congregation (Congregatio Cono-Sur) is a congregation of monasteries within the Benedictine Confederation. Founded on 27 December 1976, the Congregation now includes ten male monasteries spread throughout four of the countries of South America's Southern Cone region. Additionally, eight female monasteries are members of the Congregation. The current Abbot President of the Congregation resides at Monasterio Benedictino Santa María in Los Toldos, Argentina.
The first communities, that joined a newly erected congregation were: the Abbey of San Benito in Buenos Aires, formerly belonging to the Solesmes Congregation; the Abbey of Niño Dios in Victoria, formerly belonging to the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation; the Priory of Cristo Rey in El Siambón, also formerly belonging to the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation; the Priory of Santa María in Los Toldos, formerly belonging to the Swiss Congregation and the Priory of the Santísima Trinidad in Las Condes, formerly belonging to the Beuronese Congregation.Jean-Pierre Müller, II (1975), pages 1606-1607 in: Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (DIP), 10 voll., Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974-2003
List of member houses and dependencies
Male
Argentina Abadía del Niño Dios (1899), Entre Ríos Monasterio de la Pascua, Canelones, Uruguay Monasterio San Benito de Llíu Llíu, Limache, Chile Abadía de Cristo Rey, El Siambón, Tucumán Abadía Santa María de Los Toldos, Los Toldos Monasterio Benedictino, Tupäsy María, Santiago, Paraguay Abadía de San Benito, Luján Padres Benedictinos, Buenos Aires Monasterio de Ntra. Sra. de la Paz, San Agustín, Córdoba Chile Abadía de la Ssma. Trinidad de Las Condes, Santiago
Female
Argentina Monasterio Nuestra Señora del Paraná (1987), Aldea María Luisa, Entre Ríos Abadía Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, Rafaela, Santa Fe Abadía Gaudium Mariae (1979), San Antonio de Arredondo, Córdoba Monasterio Nuestra Señora de la Fidelidad, San Luis Abadía de Santa Escolástica (1941), Victoria, Buenos Aires Chile Priorato Santa María de Rautén, Quillota Monasterio de la Asunción de Santa María Virgen, Rengo Uruguay Monasterio S. María Madre de la Iglesia, Montevideo
See also Order of Saint Benedict Benedictine Confederation
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