Genesee
Dirección
Nombre Oficial O L of the Genesee Abbey
N° 64
País USA
Ciudad Piffard, N.Y.
Dirección 3258 River Rd
Código Postal 14533
Contacto
Teléfono [1] (585) 243-0660
Hospedería E-mail [email protected]
Sitio web www.geneseeabbey.org
Trabajos Sitio web www.monksbread.com
Superiore/a Dom Gerard D'Souza, Abbot 2012-2030
Otras Informaciones
Estatuto Jurídico Abbey
Diócesis Dioecesis Roffensis (Rochester)
Región OCSO USA
(Re)fundado 1951
Orígenes
Founded by Gethsemani. Raised to status of abbey in October 1953.
Historia
1951: a small group of monks arrives in March. On 26 May 21 founders take possession of the property.
1953: Blessing of the first abbot on 9 November.
1955: Dom Gerard McGinley, first abbot, arrived at the General Chapter and fell ill on the first day. He died in Dijon on 21 September 1955.
Fundaciones
Novo Mundo (1977); Adoption of Awhum (1978)
Padre Inmediato
Gethsemani
Casas hijas
Awhum (delegated to Novo Mundo from 2018 to 2020); Novo Mundo ; Illah ; Spencer (since 2020).
Laicos Asociados
Genesee Lay Contemplatives
Antiguos(as) Superiores(as)
Gerard McGINLEY — Superior — ?/05/1951 – 13/10/1953
Gerard McGINLEY — Abbot — 13/10/1953 – 18/09/1955
Walter HELMSTETTER — Abbot — 08/10/1955 – ?/08/1963
Jerome BURKE — Abbot — 25/04/1964 – 19/10/1971
John Eudes BAMBERGER — Abbot — 12/11/1971 – 14/09/2001
John DENBURGER — Abbot — 2001 – 2012
Trabajo y Fuentes de Ingresos
1) Bakery – “Monks Bread”, fruitcake and chocolates;
2) Farm: corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, peas and wheat;
3) Bookshop.
Hospedaje
Main guesthouse with 16 rooms; two houses for groups and family visits as well as for individual retreats (32 rooms).
Transporte
Station : Rochester, New York.
