Current Employment Opportunities   Days Inn Miami Airport - Miami, Florida Reservations Area Profile Events Packages What's Nearby Ancient Spanish Monastery 16711 W Dixie Hwy North Miami Beach, FL (305) 945-1461 Located 14.19 miles from Days Inn Miami AirportHow a Tenth Century Monastery came to South Florida. St Bernard's Church, as we know it today, started out not on these grounds but at a savings and loan building on N.E. 167th Street. Its name at that time was "The Mission of St. John the Divine," and services were held at that location for approximately one year under the leadership of Rev. Harold L. Batchelor (1963-64). The Mission of St. John the Divine became the Church of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, named in honor of the great Saint who had been a leading influence among the Cistercians 847 years ago, and whose feast day is commemorated on August 20.