American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

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The American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (Latin: Congregatio Americano-Casinensis OSB or Congregatio Americana Casinensis OSB ) is an association of Benedictine monasteries in North America, Asia and South America. The Congregation is under the patronage of the Holy Guardian Angels .

History of the Congregation

The motherhouse and starting point of the congregation is the Archabbey of St. Vincent , which was founded in 1846 as the first Benedictine monastery in the United States of America by Bonifaz Wimmer OSB from the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey of Metten . The congregation was founded on August 24, 1855 by Pope Pius IX. built. Today it consists of 20 independent and 8 dependent monasteries. Today the convents of the congregation have over 800 monks.

Convents of the congregation

(in order of the catalog)

  • Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA (founded 1846)
    • Savannah Priory, Georgia USA (founded 1877)
    • Mosteiro de São Bento (Priory) in Vinhedo, Brazil (founded in 1650, attached to the Congregation in 1964)
    • Wimmer Priory in Taiwan (founded 1964)
  • Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, USA (founded 1856)
    • Trinity Benedictine Monastery (Priory) in Fujimi, Japan
    • (St. Augustine's Monastery in Nassau, Bahamas USA, founded 1947; closed 2005)
  • Saint Benedict's Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, USA (founded 1857)
    • Mosteiro São José (Priory) in Mineiros, Brazil (founded 1962)
  • Saint Mary's Abbey in Morristown, New Jersey, USA (founded 1857)
  • Saint Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, USA (founded 1891)
  • Saint Procopius Abbey in Lisle, Illinois, USA (founded 1885)
    • Chiayi Priory, Taiwan (1966)
  • Saint Leo Abbeyin Saint Leo, Florida, USA (founded 1889)
  • Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota USA (1893; founded by Einsiedeln Monastery , Switzerland)
    • Monasterio Benedictino de Tibatí (Priory) in Bogotá, Colombia
  • Saint Bede's Abbey in Peru, Illinois, USA (founded 1891)
  • Saint Martin's Abbey in Lacey, Washington USA (founded 1895)
  • Saint Anselm Abbey in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA (founded 1889)
    • Woodside Priory, California USA (founded 1957, dependent since 1976)
  • Saint Andrew Abbey Cleveland, Ohio USA (founded 1922)
  • (Holy Trinity Monastery in Butler, Pennsylvania USA; founded 1948; retired from the congregation in 2006)
  • Mount Savior Monastery (Priory) in Pine City, New York, USA (1950)
  • Newark Abbey, New Jersey USA (1857)
    • (Saint Maur Priory in Indianapolis, Indiana, founded 1947; 1990–2004 dependent on Newark, closed)
  • Abadía del Tepeyac in Tlalnepantla, Mexico (founded 1946)
  • Abadía de San Antonio Abad in Humacao, Puerto Rico (founded 1947)
  • Mary Mother of the Church (Abbey) in Richmond, Virginia, USA (founded 1911)

Abbot President of the Congregation

  • Archabbot Bonifaz Wimmer OSB, 1855–1887
  • Abbot Alexius Edelbrock OSB, 1888–1890
  • Abbot Leo Michael Haid OSB, 1890-1896
  • Abbot Innocent Wolf OSB, 1896–1902
  • Abbot Peter Engel OSB, 1902–1914
  • Abbot Ernest Helmstefter OSB, 1914–1932
  • Abbot Alcuin Deutsch OSB, 1932–1944
  • Abbot Mark Braun OSB, 1944-1953
  • Archabbot Denis Strittmatter OSB, 1953–1965
  • Abbot Baldwin Dworschak OSB, 1965–1971
  • Abbot Martin Burne OSB, 1971–1983
  • Abbot John Eidenschink OSB, 1983–1989
  • Abbot Melvin Valvano OSB, 1989-2001
  • Abbot Timothy Kelly OSB, 2001-2010
  • Abbot Hugh Anderson OSB, 2010-2016
  • Abbot Elias Lorenzo OSB, since 2016

literature

  • Joel Rippinger OSB: Benedictine Monasticism in North America. From the origins in the 19th century to the present. In: Heritage and Mission . 94 vol. (2018), pp. 34–45.

Web links

  • Homepage of the American-Cassinian Benedictine Congregation
  • List of the monasteries of the Congregation at Confoederatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti (pages of the Benedictine Confederation)