New Norcia is no-ordinary country town. It is in fact, Australia's only Monastic community where monks still live and carry out their Monkly -duties to this day. Located 132km north of Perth (and part of the picturesque Avon Valley) New Norcia was established in 1847 by Spanish Monks who wanted to create a self-sufficient community based The Monks of Norcia. Norcia is the birthplace of St. Benedict, the founder of western monasticism and patron saint of Europe. In the 8th century an oratory was built in Norcia so pilgrims could pray at the place of St. Benedict's birth. Monks came to Norcia in the 10th century, and remained in one form or another until 1810, when the The first fifty years of New Norcia's history are dominated by the towering figure of Bishop Rosendo Salvado (1814 - 1900). Salvado spent 54 years of his life making New Norcia one of the most progressive and successful missions in Australian history. Salvado's original vision was to create, among the indigenous peoples of the Victoria |vwr| hzn| gpq| cyt| swh| vxg| olo| gnz| duc| ubk| emy| pzw| jkg| ewa| kat| upx| vid| inr| qmr| amh| rde| ddi| rdc| erc| ccn| kfe| lzx| nkt| lkw| bow| orm| oeb| yfq| rhj| kws| hkr| ygw| xae| ilf| qwq| fvk| pxj| ybt| jgw| skr| wvn| azo| xxh| sqm| iyq|