Qualla: Abadía del Niño Dios https://qualla.com/abadia-del-nino-dios en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Abadía del Niño Dios https://qualla.com/abadia-del-nino-dios Abadía del Niño Dios: Introduction https://qualla.com/abadia-del-nino-dios/ In 1899, a small group of monks left the Abbey of Belloc in the French Pyrenees and crossed the Atlantic to a low hill near Victoria, in Argentina's Entre Ríos Province, within sight of the Paraná River's wetlands. The Bishop of Paraná had invited them, and on August 30 that year they founded the Abadía del Niño Dios, the Abbey of the Christ Child. It was the first Benedictine foundation in all of Hispanic America, the opening chapter of monastic life as the Order of Saint Benedict had practiced it in Europe for nearly fourteen centuries, now transplanted to the South American plains. More than a hundred years later, the bells still ring across the same quiet fields.

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