Wrentham
Dirección
Nombre Oficial Mount St. Mary's Abbey
N° 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.
