Catalog of the Swiss-American
Benedictine Congregation

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St. Meinrad (1854) - 97 monks

St. Meinrad Archabbey
100 Hill Drive
St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1003

Tel. 812-357-6611; fax 812-257-6551
E-mail: abbot@saintmeinrad.edu
Website: www.saintmeinrad.edu/

Conception (1873) - 60 monks

Conception Abbey
Conception, MO 64433-0501

Tel. 660-944-3100; fax: 660-944-2800
E-mail: communications@conception.edu
Website: www.conceptionabbey.org/

Subiaco (1878) - 53 monks

Subiaco Abbey
405 N. Subiaco Ave.
Subiaco, AR 72865

Tel. 479-934-1000; fax: 479-934-4328
E-mail: abbotjerome@subi.org
Website: www.subi.org/

St. Joseph (1890) - 41 monks

Saint Joseph Abbey
75376 River Road
Saint Benedict, LA 70457

Tel. 985-892-1800; fax: 985-867-2270
E-mail: abbotjustin@sjasc.edu
Website: www.sjasc.edu/

Mount Angel (1882) - 73 monks

Mount Angel Abbey
1 Abbey Drive
St. Benedict, OR 97373

Tel. 503-845-3030; fax: 503-845-3594
E-mail: info@mountangelabbey.org
Website: www.mountangelabbey.org/

Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels (1966)

Monasterio Benedictino
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
Apartado Postal 6-143
62131 Curenavaca, Morelos, México

Tel. 011-52-777-382-11-21; fax: 011-52-777-382-12-16
E-mail: nsla@mountangelabbey.org

Marmion (1933) - 42 monks

Marmion Abbey
850 Butterfield Road
Aurora, IL 60502-9743

Tel. 630-897-7215; fax: 630-897-0393
E-mail: vbataille@marmion.org
Website: www.marmion.org/

San José Priory (1965)

Priorato San José
Apartado Postal 226
7a Ave. 3-48, Zona 9
09901 Quetzaltenango
Guatemala, C.A.

Tel. 011-502-7-763-5262; fax: 011-502-7-763-5263
E-mail: sjosexela@itelgua.com

St. Benedict's (1945) - 21 monks

St. Benedict's Abbey
12605 224th Avenue
Benet Lake, WI 53102 

Tel. 262-396-4311 (WI); 947-395-8360 (IL)
Fax 262-396-4365
E-mail: benedictines@msn.com
Website: www.benetlake.org/

Westminster (1939) - 36 monks

Westminster Abbey
Mission, B.C.
Canada V2V 4J2

Tel. 604-826-8975; fax: 604-826-8725
E-mail: a30085@paralynx.com
Website: www.westminsterabbey.ca/

Blue Cloud (1950) - 37 monks

Blue Cloud Abbey
46561 147th St
P.O. Box 98
Marvin, SD 57251-0098

Tel. 605-398-9200; fax: 605-398-9201
E-mail: abbey@bluecloud.org
Website: www.bluecloud.org/

Priory of the Resurrection (1964)

Priorato de la Resurreccion
Apartado 19
16901 Coban, A.V.
Guatemala, C.A.

Tel. 011-502-79-521-215; fax: 011-502-79-511-376
E-mail: basildilger@hotmail.com

[Corpus Christi Abbey (1927-2002) - 4 monks]

On December 11, 1927, monks from New Subiaco arrived in Corpus Christi Diocese to open a high school. The foundation was made a dependent priory in 1949, a independent priory in 1959, and raised to an abbey on July 22, 1961. The school was closed in 1972 and the monastery was moved to Sandia, Texas, in 1975. In August 2002 the monastery was closed and the chapter rights were invested in the President and his council until all members receive new canonical status and the religious community is dissolved. The property was sold in 2005.

Mount Michael (1956) - 25 monks

Mt. Michael Abbey
22520 Mt. Michael Road
Elkhorn, NE 68022-3400

Tel. 402-289-2541; fax: 402-289-4539
E-mail: monk@mountmichael.org
Website: www.mountmichael.org/

St. Gabriel Benedictine Priory, Des Moines, Iowa
(2000; closed 18 November 2007)

Our Lady of Glastonbury Abbey (1954) - 10 monks

Glastonbury Abbey
16 Hull Street
Hingham, MA 02403-1498

Tel. 781-749-2155; fax: 781-749-6236
E-mail: office@glastonburyabbey.org
Website: www.glastonburyabbey.org/

Abbey of Jesus Crucified (1959) - 21 monks

Abadía de Jesucristo Crucificado
20007 Esquipulas, Chiquimula
Guatemala, C.A.

Tel. 011-502-7943-1108; fax: 011-502-7943-1381
E-mail: basilicaesq@itelgua.com
Websites: www.abadiadejesucristocrucificado.org/ New
               www.cristodeesquipulas.com/ Old

Prince of Peace Abbey (1958) - 25 monks

Prince of Peace Abbey
650 Benet Hill Road
Oceanside, CA 92054-1208

Tel. 760-967-4200; fax: 760-967-8711
E-mail: princeabby@aol.com
Website: princeofpeaceabbey.blogspot.com/

St. Benedict Abbey (1981) - 16 monks

St. Benedict Abbey
252 Still River Road
Box 67
Still River, MA 01467-0067

Tel. 978-456-3221; fax 978-456-8181
E-mail: abbey@abbey.org
Website: www.abbey.org/

Monstery of the Ascension (1965) - 11 monks

Monastery of the Ascension
541- East 100 South
Jerome, ID 83338-5655

Tel. and fax: 208-324-2377
E-mail: monastery@idahomonks.org
Website: www.idahomonks.org/

Monastery of Saint Benedict (1998) - 10 monks

Monastero di San Benedetto
Via Reguardati 22
I-06046 Norcia (PG)
Italy

Tel. 011-39-0743-81.71.25; fax: 011-39-0743-82.84.25
E-mail: prior@osbnorcia.org
Website: www.osbnorcia.org/

Statistics of the Congregation

Rt. Rev. Peter Eberle OSB
Abbot President
Swiss-American Congregation
Mount Angel Abbey
St. Benedict, OR 97373
Tel. 503-845-3304; fax: 503-845-3202
E-mail: abbotp @ mountangelabbey.org

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