Genesee

Dirección

Nombre Oficial O L of the Genesee Abbey

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.

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