American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation
Founded 1855, the American-Cassinese Congregation is a Catholic association of Benedictine monasteries in the Benedictine Confederation.
| Abbreviation | O.S.B. |
|---|---|
| Founder | Boniface Wimmer |
| Type | Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men) |
President | Abbot Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. |
The Congregation includes 25 monasteries; 19 are autonomous monasteries and 6 are dependent priories located in 15 of the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Taiwan.[1]
Abbot Boniface Wimmer OSB, founder of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, created the Congregation. Pope Pius IX erected it as a monastic congregation under the patronage of the Holy Guardian Angels.[2]
The monasteries of the Congregation follow the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547).
Monasteries in the Congregation
Founded from Metten Abbey, Bavaria
Arranged by History of Foundation:[3]
- St. Vincent Archabbey (1846) Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- Benedictine Priory (1877), Savannah, Georgia
- Mosteiro de São Bento (1650; dep. 1964), Vinhedo, Brazil
- Wimmer Priory (1964), Taiwan, Republic of China
- St. John's Abbey (1856) Collegeville, Minnesota
- St. Martin (1895) Lacey, Washington
- Abadía del Tepeyac (1946) Tlalnepantla, Mexico
- (St. Maur Priory (1947; 1990–2004 dep. Newark) Indianapolis, Indiana - suppressed.)
- (St. Augustine Monastery (1947) Nassau, Bahamas, suppressed in 2005.)
- Abadía de San Antonio Abad (1947) Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Trinity Benedictine Monastery, Fujimi, Japan
- St. Benedict Abbey (1857) Atchison, Kansas
- Mosteiro São Jose (1962), Mineiros, Goias, Brazil
- St. Mary Abbey, New Jersey (1857) Morristown, New Jersey
- Saint Anselm Abbey (1889) Goffstown, New Hampshire
- Woodside Priory (1957; dep. 1976-)
- Saint Anselm Abbey (1889) Goffstown, New Hampshire
- Newark Abbey (1857) Newark, New Jersey
- (St. Maur Priory (1947 SJA; 1990–2004 dep.) Indianapolis, Indiana - suppressed.)
- Belmont Abbey (1876) Belmont, North Carolina
- Saint Leo Abbey (1889) St. Leo, Florida
- St. Procopius Abbey (1885) Lisle, Illinois
- St. Andrew (1922) Cleveland, Ohio
- (Holy Trinity Priory (1948; indep. monastery, 1955) Butler, Pennsylvania - sui juris, 1 October 2006)
- Benedictine Priory (1966) Chiayi, Taiwan, RC
- Holy Cross (1886) Cañon City, Colorado, suppressed in 2005
- St. Bernard Abbey (1891) Cullman, Alabama
- St. Bede Abbey (1891) Peru, Illinois
- St. Peter Abbey (1892) Muenster, Saskatchewan
- Mary Mother of the Church (1911) Richmond, Virginia
- St. Gregory Abbey (1875 Pierre-Qui-Vire) Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Assumption (1893 Einsiedeln) Richardton, North Dakota
- Monasterio Benedictino de Tibati, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
- Mount Saviour (1950) Pine City, New York
References
- American-Cassinese Congregation from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015
- General Principles Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015
- Foundations Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.