The new monastery struggled at first, but in 1112, St. Bernard arrived with 30 of his male relatives and friends.
Dame Hippolyte Lecouvreur (1747-1828) from Les Près, together with her blood sister Dame Hombeline Lecouvreur (1750-1829) from Annay and Dame Hyacinthe Dewismes (1760-1840) from La Woestine met together in 1799 with the sole aim of re-establishing their Cistercian life.