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Notre-Dame de Bàdi, the Virgin at the entrance to the monastery

Notre-Dame de Bàdi

Notre-Dame de Bàdi Monastery

"To hold nothing dearer than Christ"(Rule of Saint Benedict)

The monastery of Notre-Dame de Bàdi is located in the Diocese of Tambacounda, 60 km from the regional capital, separated from the Niokolo-Koba National Park by the Gambia River.

Cistercian Trappist monastic life is lived here drawing on the experience of the Abbey of Sept-Fons, a house of prayer since 1132.

The monks have settled there gradually since 2017. The monastery was canonically erected as an official foundation in January 2025.

Silhouetted cross, orange and turquoise sky
Cloister walkway illuminated at dusk
The cross above the river
Monks in a circle around the new fire
Icon of the Virgin Mary crowned with white flowers
Drone view, cloister, pavilion and low sunlight
Drone view, square cloister, low sunlight
Building illuminated at dusk, bougainvillea
Shadow of a monk and palm on an ochre wall
Monks standing at the office, books, chapel
Pink bougainvillea petals, genet
Monk in the garden among the flowers
A solitary monk by the river
The monastery, its gardens and solar panels, seen from the sky
The cloister garden
The monastic building and the avenue of palm trees
The cloister walk opening onto the garden
The cloister garden from above
Kneeling monk drawing in the sand, backlit
Overhead drone view: plots, buildings, red tracks
The cross at sunset