Monasterio Benedictino Santa María, Los Toldos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is a Benedictine monastery of the Cono-Sur Congregation.
On May 3, 1948, a group of monks from the Abbey of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, traveled to Argentina to establish a foundation for the Swiss Congregation.
[1] On July 22, 1984, the Abbey of Los Toldos established the monastery of Tupäsy María in Santiago, Misiones, Paraguay.
Additionally, the monks evangelize a nearby population of indigenous Argentinians, and provide pastoral ministry to the parish of El Tejar and its two dependent stations.
The monks of Monasterio Benedictino Santa María are under the leadership of Abbot Fr Enrique Contreras, who is assisted in his duties by Prior Meinrado Hux.