Over the past two decades, 91 men’s and women’s monasteries have closed in France, according to a study conducted by sociologist Isabelle Jonveaux of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
According to the study:
- 34% of monasteries whose liturgy is celebrated in French have closed
- 19% of monasteries whose liturgy is celebrated in French and Latin have closed
- 0% of monasteries whose liturgy is celebrated in Latin (whether in the ordinary or extraordinary form) have closed