Wrentham

Dirección

Nombre Oficial Mount St. Mary's Abbey

27

País USA

Ciudad Wrentham

Dirección 300 Arnold Street

Código Postal MA 02093-1799

Contacto

Teléfono [1] (508) 528-1282

Email Comunidad [email protected]

Sitio web www.msmabbey.org

Trabajos Sitio web www.trappistinecandy.com

Superiore/a Mother Sofia Millican, Abbess 2019-2025

Otras Informaciones

Estatuto Jurídico Abbey

Diócesis Archidioecesis Bostoniensis (Boston)

Región OCSO USA

(Re)fundado 1949

Orígenes

Founded by Glencairn in 1949; erected an abbey in 1950.

Historia

1949: On 1 October 14 nuns from Ireland arrive, to make the first foundation of Cistercian nuns in the United States. 21 November, ceremony to establish monastic enclosure, by the archbishop of Boston, Richard J. Cushing. 8 December: first perpetual profession: M. M. Michael Howe.
1950, 15 May: death of the mistress of novices, M. M. St. John. 10 November: change of stability from Glencairn to Mt. St. Mary’s, Wrentham. 13 November: election of R.M. Mary Bernard O’Donnell as the first abbess of Mount Saint Mary’s.
1955 the founders return to Glencairn.
1960 general chapter: a foundation is authorized for Argentina; it was never realized.

Fundaciones

Mississippi (1964), Santa Rita (1972), Crozet (1987)

Padre Inmediato

Spencer

Laicos Asociados

Cistercian Friends of Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey

Antiguos(as) Superiores(as)

Bernard O’DONNELL — Superior — 01/10/1949 – 13/11/1950
Bernard O’DONNELL — Abbess — 13/11/1950 – 06/05/1952
Angela NORTON — Abbess — 03/09/1952 – 14/01/1986
Agnes DAY — Abbess — 21/03/1986 – 05/05/2008
Maureen McCABE— Abbess —  2008 – 2019

Trabajo y Fuentes de Ingresos

Trappistine Quality Candy; small farm (raising of heifers)

Hospedaje

Abbey Retreat house : 3 rooms (4 persons) ; small apartment; McMahon Retreat House: 9 rooms (12 persons), dining room, meeting room

Transporte

Station : Providence, Rhode Island. Airport : Providence or Boston.

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