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Mount Angel Abbey is a Catholic monastery of Benedictine monks located in Saint Benedict, Oregon, northeast of Salem, it was established 143 years ago in 1882 from Engelberg Abbey, in Switzerland. The abbey, located on the top of Mount Angel , a 485-foot-high butte (148 m), [ 1 ] has its own post office separate from the city of Mt. Angel.
In 1873, he went with his confrere Frowin Conrad to Missouri to found a monastery there (Conception Abbey).Until 1881 he was stationed in Maryville.Because of disagreements about the direction of the new foundation with Prior Conrad, who had been influenced by the monastic style in Beuron Archabbey (Germany) and St. Meinrad's Archabbey (), Odermatt left Conception with another monk (Rev ...
Mount Angel Abbey - Benedictine, Mt. Angel; Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey - Trappist, Lafayette; Priory of Our Lady of Consolation - Brigettine, Amity; The Grotto of our Sorrowful Mother Monastery - Servite, Portland
He also established Mount Angel Abbey, a Benedictine monastery and school, which was moved permanently to Mt. Angel in 1884. [citation needed] The city of Mt. Angel was incorporated April 3, 1893. The post office of Saint Benedict, Oregon, was established at the Abbey. [citation needed] Mount Angel Abbey is still located on Mount Angel.
On July 11, 1901, he was elected prior of Mount Angel and on February 3, 1904, after the priory was elevated to an abbey, he was elected the first abbot. Both elections took place under the presidency of Abbot Frowin Conrad of Conception Abbey.
Saint Benedict, Oregon, 97373 Sign on post office. Saint Benedict is the name of the post office at Mount Angel Abbey in Marion County, Oregon, United States.. When it moved from Gervais to the town of Mt. Angel in 1884, the postal service would not allow the abbey to establish its own post office as it was less than a mile from the Mount Angel post office. [1]
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