St. Benedict Abbey (Massachusetts)
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St. Benedict Abbey in Still River, Massachusetts, USA, is a Benedictine monastery with 5 brothers[1][2] and 7 priests[1][3] centered on praying the Divine Office and Mass in Latin.[4]
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History [edit]
Saint Benedict Center began in 1941 as a student center in an old furniture store in Harvard Square on the corner of Bow and Arrow Streets, just a half a block from the Harvard Yard. It was directly across the street from the Romanesque front porch of St. Paul’s Church, Cambridge’s renowned “university church.”
The three original founders were Catherine Goddard Clarke, Avery Dulles (then a Harvard Law student) and Christopher Huntington, a Harvard dean. Catherine Clarke went on to help found the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Avery Dulles entered the Jesuit Order and later became a Cardinal and Christopher Huntington became a priest out on Long Island, New York.
The Saint Benedict Center follows the Benedictine Order.[5]
Church recognition [edit]
Fr Leonard Feeney later became the head of the Saint Benedict center. The center was engaged in controversy with the Church over his interpretation of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (referred to as Feeneyism) which led to a lack of clarity regarding the center's status in the Catholic Church. The community was reconciled with the Catholic Church and is listed on the website of the Diocese of Worcester; it is the site of a regular celebration of the Mass according to the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite.[6]
Abbots of St. Benedict Abbey [edit]
I. Right Reverend Gabriel Gibbs, OSB (1993 to 2010[7])
II. Right Reverend Xavier Connelly, OSB (2010 to present[8])
Contact [edit]
Address [edit]
252 Still River Road
Still River MA 01467
Phone # [edit]
978-456-3221
Website [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b A Guide to Religious Ministeries for Catholic Men and Women, 31st Annual Editoin, #MO33
- ^ Official Obituary of Br. Benedict Hirsch, accessed 10 Aug 2011
- ^ Abbot Gabriel Official Obituary, accessed 2010-23-Nov
- ^ A Guide to Religious Ministeries for Catholic Men and Women, 31st Annual Edition, #MO33
- ^ "Our History". Sisters of Saint Benedict Center, Still River. Retrieved 2008-06-22.[dead link]
- ^ "Our Community". Sisters of Saint Benedict Center, Still River. Retrieved 2008-06-22.[dead link]
- ^ Abbot Gabriel Official Obituary 2, accessed 12 Oct 2012
- ^ Abbot Xavier Biography; accessed 17 Nov 2011
Coordinates: 42°29′12.1″N 71°37′16.0″W / 42.486694°N 71.621111°W
