New Norcia Benedictine Community

Name

New Norcia Benedictine Community

Website

https://newnorcia.wa.edu.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Norcia Benedictine Community is a small Benedictine monastic community of approximately 8 people located in New Norcia, Western Australia, operating a religious community with an associated educational web presence at newnorcia.wa.edu.au.

Ownership category

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Product category

Religious Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious Orders & Monastic Communities (Monasteries, Convents) (BPAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL), Campus Spiritual & Religious Life (EDALAHAI), Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Benedictine monastic community
• Religious community services
• Monastery retreat programs
• Contemplative spiritual services
• Religious hospitality

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

New Norcia Benedictine Community is a small Benedictine monastic community of approximately 8 members based in New Norcia, Western Australia. It functions as a religious community engaged in contemplative monastic life, prayer, and pastoral/hosting activities associated with the historic New Norcia monastery. The source content does not provide additional specifics about discrete paid offerings.

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Products and services

• Benedictine monastic community (residential religious community) The ongoing monastic life of the Benedictine community at New Norcia, Western Australia, comprising approximately 8 members engaged in contemplative prayer, community life, and pastoral presence. Open to public engagement, retreat participation, and visitation as part of the monastery's apostolate.

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Broad incumbents

• Port Arthur Historic Site: Large Australian convict-era heritage site with lodging, tours and education programming — broadly comparable operating model combining heritage buildings, paid experiences, and education with a regional/rural footprint.
• Old Melbourne Gaol: Major Australian heritage tourism attraction offering tours, events and education programs — useful benchmark for visitor economics at a small-staffed Australian heritage site, though commercial rather than religious.

Direct peers

• Saint Meinrad Archabbey: Benedictine monastery in Indiana, USA, running a seminary and school of theology alongside retreat ministry — closely comparable to New Norcia's monastic-plus-education-plus-retreat model.
• Downside Abbey: English Benedictine monastery with an associated school, parish apostolates and heritage buildings. Comparable as another English-speaking Benedictine community balancing formation, education and heritage operations.
• Buckfast Abbey: Active Benedictine monastery in Devon, England that combines monastic life with a major visitor centre, heritage church, conference/retreat facilities and on-site retail — directly comparable to New Norcia's combination of worship, retreat and heritage tourism.
• Ampleforth Abbey: English Benedictine monastery running a school, retreat house and parish missions. Highly comparable to New Norcia given the parallel mix of Benedictine monastic life, fee-paying education, retreats and heritage site operations.
• Worth Abbey: English Benedictine monastery known for its retreat and youth ministry programs, comparable to New Norcia's retreat and formation offering within a working monastic community.

Emerging players

• Nan Tien Institute: Australian Buddhist institute combining a tertiary education provider, retreat/wellness center and temple complex — relevant as an Australia-based, faith-rooted operator of education plus retreat facilities, similar to New Norcia's blended mission.
• Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery: Small English-speaking forest monastery offering retreats and education programs; comparable as a small, retreat-focused monastic community operating in a rural Western setting.

Regional players

• New Abbey (Sweetheart Abbey): Historic Cistercian (related monastic order) ruins and site in Scotland operated as a heritage visitor destination, comparable as a monastic-heritage tourism asset though without an active resident community.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-norcia-benedictine-community

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