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  2. Category : Benedictine monasteries in the United States

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    Pages in category "Benedictine monasteries in the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.

  3. Benedictines - Wikipedia

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    The first Benedictine to live in the United States was Pierre-Joseph Didier. He came to the United States in 1790 from Paris and served in the Ohio and St. Louis areas until his death. The first actual Benedictine monastery founded was Saint Vincent Archabbey, located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

  4. American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation - Wikipedia

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    The American-Cassinese Congregation is a Catholic association of Benedictine monasteries founded in 1855. The monasteries of the congregation follow the monastic way of life as outlined by St. Benedict of Nursia in his early 6th century Rule of Saint Benedict.

  5. Saint Vincent Archabbey - Wikipedia

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    A member of the American-Cassinese Congregation, it is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul. Pope Pius XII raised the monastery church to the status of a Minor basilica via his decree Quasi fons lucis on 25 August 1955.

  6. List of abbeys and priories - Wikipedia

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    3.3 United States. 3.4 Venezuela. ... , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide. [1] In Europe. Armenia ... Benedictine Abbey of Bakonybél;

  7. List of monasteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Marmion Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Aurora. [35] Monastery of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine monastery located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. [36] New Gračanica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Third Lake. [37] Passionist Fathers Monastery, a historic Roman Catholic monastery located in Chicago. [38]

  8. Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Benedict's Monastery has been the largest Benedictine community of women in the world, with a peak membership of 1,278 in 1946. In 2010, it was the largest Benedictine community of women in the United States with nearly 300 members. [3]

  9. St. Benedict's Abbey - Wikipedia

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    In the middle of the 19th century, Metten Abbey in Bavaria, founded in 766, decided to send a number of its monks to the United States as part of the abbey's American mission project. The German monks sought new locations where they could pursue their religious calling in peace as well as looking to provide spiritual guidance to the many German ...