| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | 1947 |
| Mother house | Jouarre Abbey |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Hartford |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Mother Benedict Duss, O.S.B. Mother Mary Aline Trilles de Warren, O.S.B. |
| Abbess | Mother Lucia Kuppens, O.S.B. |
| Prior | Mother Olivia Frances Arnold, O.S.B. |
| Site | |
| Location | Bethlehem, Connecticut, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°36′43″N 73°12′37″W / 41.6120°N 73.2103°W |
| Website | abbeyofreginalaudis |
The Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis was founded in 1947 by Mother Benedict Duss, O.S.B. and Mother Mary Aline Trilles de Warren, O.S.B. in Bethlehem, Connecticut. This monastic foundation was one of the first houses of contemplative Benedictine nuns in the United States. Mother Benedict and Mother Mary were both nuns of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre Dame de Jouarre in France. Mother Benedict had grown up in Paris and studied medicine at the Sorbonne.[1] Until the monastery of Regina Laudis gained abbatial status, it was a dependent priory of Jouarre Abbey, a 7th-century monastery northeast of Paris, France.
The abbey is home to an "exquisite museum quality, 18th century Neapolitan Crèche," according to the website of the Town of Bethlehem.[2]