The origin of the Benedictine Monastery of Las Condes goes back to 1916, when Juan Subercaseaux, afterwards appointed Archbishop of La Serena in 1940 was studying in Rome and becomes familiar with the Benedictines of Solesmes. He thus gets the idea of founding a monastery of their order in Chile.

Thanks to the arrangements made by Father Juan and his brother Pedro, monk and painter, added to the effort of all the Subercaseaux family, everything possible was done to concrete the founding of the Benedictine order in Chile. Hence, the sponsorship of the French congregation of Solesmes is achieved and, in October 1938, the founders of the order arrive to Santiago, and Father Pedro Subercaseaux unites his efforts to theirs.

They settle in a provisory manner in the Farm of Lo Fontecilla, property of Carlos Peña and, due to diverse reasons, they were unable to achieve the sponsorship of the French Abby. The precariousness of this small community, the local ignorance regarding monastic life and the start of the Second World War stops all spiritual and material replenishment derived from France, impeding the design of a convincing image to attract applicants, limiting the development of the community in Santiago and, consequently, the Abby of Solesmes decides to stop the financing of the Chilean foundation.

Afterwards, they achieve the sponsorship of the German Abby of Beuron and in 1948 the first four Beuronese monks arrive to Santiago and the first Chilean vocations arise. They move to the lot that is currently occupied by the Air Force Hospital, the institution to which the installations were sold in 1953. The order, in the meantime, acquires the land in the Los Piques Hill and the Benedictine community is consolidated with the support of the Beuron Abby.

That same year, 1953, a contest is organized for the design of the new monastery, which is awarded to the team directed by Jaime Bellalta. Only the body of the building of two cells and a provisory chapel is managed to be built from this proposal in the Los Piques Hill.

In 1960, the Institute of Architecture of the Catholic University of Valparaiso takes on the building entrusted by the Order, in order to totally reformulate the prior project that includes the design of a monastery and a definite Church. The new proposal turns out to be more ambitious and the monks do not feel interpreted in the work, which is why it is not done.

The Order, then, after a long debate, decides to entrust the task to two of their architect monks. Although, both were young and inexperienced, they accept the challenge to design the monastery chapel and the complete complex.

The proposal for the Church, developed between 1961 and 1962, by the priests Martín Correa and Gabriel Guarda involves an intensive and detailed study of light, in order to achieve the illumination effects that were so fundamental in the project.

Between 1962 and 1964, the construction is carried out, concreting a space where all the elements are joined together to link the needs of the monks and the faithful, in complete harmony. A place of pure light that, conceptually, establishes a direct relation with God and that the modern aspect of its architecture appeals to a poetic interpretation of space.