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Total Number of Communities: 60
English speaking Communities: 29
Spanish speaking Communities: 12
French speaking Communities: 19
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1. Abdijgroep Koningsoord
Pierre Brouns (English)
Abdij O.L. Vr. van Koningsroord
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



2. Abtei Seligentha
Thecla Asam-Weidling (English)
Cistercienserinnen-Abtei Seligentha
(Ordinis Cisterciensis-Nuns)



3. Associates of Assumption Abbey
Tom Schultz (English)
Assumption Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



4. Associates of Southern Star Abbey
Peter Alan Stuart (English)
Our Lady of the Southern Star Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



5. Associates of the Iowa Cistercians
Teresa McMahon (English)
New Melleray Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)

Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



6. Association Grange Saint Bernard de Clairvaux
Denise Baudran (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Cîteaux
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



7. Cistercain Associates of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey
Sylvia Mimmack (English)
Mount Saint Bernard Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



8. Cistercian Associates of O.L.of Nazareth
Mia Monsieurs (French)
Abdij O.L. Vr. van Nazareth
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)


9. Cistercian Fraternity of Gdansk
Dariusz Dabrowski (English)
Abbaye Notre Dame d’Aiguebelle
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



10. Cistercian Friends of Maria Toevlucht
Luc Meeusen (English)
Abdij Maria Toevlucht
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



11. Cistercian Friends of Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey
Mary Ricker (English)
Mount St. Marys Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



12. Cistercian Lay Associates of Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey
Bridie Quinn (English)
Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



13. Cistercian Lay Contemplatives, Spencer, MA
Greg Delozier (English)
St. Joseph’s Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



14. Cisterciënzer Groep Sion
Maria van Mierlo (English)
Abdij O. L. Vr. van Sion
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



15. Conversi: an On-Line Community
Linda Harrington (English)
New Melleray Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)

Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



16. Familia Cisterciense de Santa María
Alberta Parayre (Spanish)
Santa María la Real de Villamayor de los Montes
(Congregation of San Bernardo-Nuns)



17. Family of Love and Praise, A Catholic Christian Community
Meriam Valencia (English)
Our Lady of the Philippines Trappist Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



18. Fr Ojefua Lay Cistercians
Priscilla Osadebe (English)
Our Lady of the Holy Cross Monastery
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)


19. Fr. Tansi Lay Cistercians
Bro. Hyacinth Mary Onyebu (English)
Our Lady of Mount Calvary Monastery
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



20. Fraternidad Cisterciense de Laicos de San Pedro de Cardeña
Antonio Rubio (Spanish)
San Pedro de Cardeña
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



21. Fraternidad Cisterciense de Laicos de Santa María de la Oliva
Teresa Lasuén Esparza (Spanish)
Monasterio Cisterciense de Santa María de la Oliva
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



22. Fraternidad de Laicos Cistercienses
Ruth Guzmán (Spanish)
Monasterio Cisterciense Virgen del Curutarán
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



23. Fraternidad de Laicos Cistercienses (Vico)
Mª Angeles Llamazares Chaverri (Spanish)
Monasterio Nuestra Señora de Vico
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)


24. Fraternidad de Laicos Cistercienses de San Clemente
Javier Rubio Santiago (Spanish)
Real Monasterio de San Clemente
(Congregation of San Bernardo-Nuns)



25. Fraternidad de Laicos Cistercienses del Monasterio de Santa María de Huerta
Leopoldo Mosquera Ossorio (Spanish)
Santa María de Huerta
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



26. Fraternité Cistercienne d’Aiguebelle
Mariane Taillandier (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame d’Aiguebelle
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



27. Fraternité cistercienne Notre Dame de Timadeuc
Anne Ruault (French)
Abbaye Notre dame de Timadeuc
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



28. Fraternite des Laics Cisterciens de Koutaba
Eloi-Gabriel Essoa (French)
Monastère Notre-Dame de Koutaba
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)


29. Fraternité Port du Salut - La Coudre
JC Collard (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Port-du-Salut
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



30. Genesee Lay Contemplatives
Margaret Mary Weider (English)
Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



31. Glencairn Associates
Jean Kilcullen (English)
St. Mary`s Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



32. Grange d’Ubexy
Jean-François et Marie-France Fyot (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint Joseph d’Ubexy
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



33. Groupe d’Acey
Charles de Boisséson (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame d’Acey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



34. Groupe des Flandres
Christian & Geneviève Drelon (French)
Monastère Notre Dame de la Plaine
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



35. La Clède de Cabanoule
Pascal Sonzogni (French)
Monastère de la Paix-Dieu
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



36. Laicos Cistercienses de Gradefes
Ma. Dolores Fernández Fernández (Spanish)
Santa María la Real
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



37. Laicos Cistercienses de San Bernardo en Granada
Aurora García Victoria (Spanish)
Monasterio de San Bernardo
(Congregation of San Bernardo-Nuns)



38. Laicos Cistercienses del Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de los Andes
Enrique Calabia Ruano (Spanish)
Monasterio Nuestra Señora de los Andes
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



39. Laïcs Associés de la communauté cistercienne du Désert
Marie-Christine Rossignol (French)
Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Désert
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



40. Laïcs Cisterciens d’Igny
Yves Schemel (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame d’Igny
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



41. Laïcs Cisterciens de Blauvac
Martine Guarracino (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Bon Secours
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



42. Laïcs cisterciens de Notre Dame de La Paix
Françoise Lemaire (French)
Abbaye Notre dame de la paix de Castagniers
(Ordinis Cisterciensis-Nuns)



43. Laïcs Cisterciens de Scourmont
Jacqueline Boucqué (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



44. Laïcs cisterciens du Rivet
Marie Benoît Bernard (French)
Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Rivet
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)



45. Lay Cistercian Associates of Assumption Abbey (Cuba,MO)
Loretta Sellers (English)
Assumption Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



46. Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey
Mike Johnson (English)
Abbey of Gethsemani
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



47. Lay Cistercians of Holy Cross Abbey
Maureen Normann (English)
Our Lady of the Holy Cross Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



48. Lay Cistercians of Holy Spirit Monastery
Rocky Sullivan (English)
Monastery of the Holy Spirit
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



49. Lay Contemplative Associates (LCA)
Sandy Clay (English)
Monastery of the Holy Spirit
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



50. Lay-Cistercians of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of South Florida
Cele McAlpine (English)
Monastery of the Holy Spirit
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



51. Masindahy Pakaoma
Marie Dominique Leung Way Fon (French)
Monastera Masina Maria
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)


52. Movimiento de Laicos Cistercienses Dominicanos
María del Carmen Romero (Spanish)
Monasterio Santa Maria del Evangelio
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)


53. Notre Dame de l’Atlas (Maroc)
Catherine Anselm (French)
Prieure Notre Dame de l’Atlas
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



54. Nuestra Senora de la Divina Providencia
Rafael Rivera (Spanish)
Monastery of the Holy Spirit
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



55. Oblate Community Zisterzienserkloster Langwaden
Gabriele Franziska Heitfeld-Panther (English)
Zisterzienserkloster Langwaden
(Ordinis Cisterciensis-Monks)



56. Pres De Cîteaux
Monique Housse (French)
Abbaye Notre Dame de Cîteaux
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



57. Secular Oblates of Holy Trinity Abbey
Wally Nelson (English)
Abbey of the Holy Trinity
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



58. Tarrawarra Lay Group
Lucia Real Martin (English)
Tarrawarra Abbey
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Monks)



59. The Cistercian Friends of Gedono
Threes Trissanty Puryono (English)
Pertapaan Bunda Permersatu
(Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance -Nuns)


60. Weggemeinschaft St. Benedikt
Gabriele Franziska Heitfeld-Panther (English)
Zisterzienserkloster Langwaden
(Ordinis Cisterciensis-Monks)