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Mount Saint Mary's Abbey is the first monastery of Cistercian Nuns in the United States. Located in scenic New England in southern Massachusetts close to the Rhode Island border the Abbey is easily acessible from Boston or Providence. The sisters come from all parts of the United States and from several other countries. The first sisters arrived in 1949 from St. Mary's Abbey (Glencairn, Ireland).The community grew rapidly and in 1964 the first foundation was made in Dubuque, Iowa. Our Lady of the Mississippi was followed by Santa Rita Abbey , Sonoita, Arizona in 1972 and Our Lady of the Angels, Crozet, Virginia in 1987.Today that first generation is passing into the mature years, the golden years that crown a lifetime of fidelity. At present there are 48 sisters at Wrentham. In 1998 the newly renovated Church reopened and was dedicated on April 26. October, 1999 marked the Golden Jubilee of Foundation, and the Abbess from Glencairn and one of the surviving Irish foundresses (all the Irish had been recalled to Glencairn in the mid 1950's) joined the MSM Abbey community for the celebration. That same year our first daughter house, Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey, sent sisters to Tautra, Norway to bring Cistercian life again to that country. 
Coming Days of Recollection with Exposition 9 am to 5 pm: August 15 (Friday), September 14 (Sunday), October 5 (Sunday), November 1 (Saturday), December 8 (Monday)
Next Monastic Experience Weekend will be August 22-24, 2008. 
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 July 2008 )
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 Sr Anne with Cardinal Sean -- January, 2008 Sister Anne Kohl, age 100, died peacefully this morning before Lauds. Among the treasures of our elders she had a unique place being the senior in age though not in the monastic life. We will miss her and ask you to join us in praying for her. The Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 am Monday in the Abbey Church. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 August 2008 )
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Sr Sofia Millicam received the Cistercian novice habit today and entered Wrentham's novitiate. Today's feast, the Friends of the Lord from Bethany, Mary, Martha & Lazarus, is one that the early Cistercians preached on frequently seeing in each person one aspect of our life. Fr. Aquinas, our Chaplain, reminded us that with Mary we are called to seek the face of Christ, in Martha we are called to the practical needs of community life and Christian life, and in Lazarus we are reminded of the second change each of us received in Baptism. Earlier at Vigils the reading from Saint Aelred, a 12th century English Cistercian abbot, brought home similar points about the three friends of the Lord. We welcomed Sr. Sofia as a novice with the traditional prayer that asks blessings for her and reminds the community of its obligation to support her in the monastic life. More photos may be seen here. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 July 2008 )
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