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Saint Vincent Archabbey is a Benedictine monastery in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the city of Latrobe. 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.
Saint Vincent Seminary is a Catholic seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Father Boniface Wimmer in 1846, who came from Saint Michael's Abbey in Metten, Bavaria, to establish Saint Vincent Archabbey as the first Benedictine monastery in North America. It is the fourth oldest Catholic seminary in the United States.
Saint Vincent Archabbey and College was founded in 1846 [3] by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Metten Abbey in Bavaria. On April 18, 1870, the Pennsylvania state legislature incorporated the school as a college, Saint Vincent College. On January 28, 1963 a fire destroyed many of the buildings on campus including a student chapel and a bell tower. [4]
Douglas Robert Nowicki, O.S.B. (May 8, 1945 - July 23, 2024) was an American Benedictine monk and Catholic priest.From 1991 to 2020, he served as the 11th Archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and by extension, the Chancellor of Saint Vincent College and the Chancellor of Saint Vincent Seminary.
At about 7:30 p.m., officials were notified of a threat involving the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica, according to a statement from the college. State police ...
Boniface Wimmer, OSB (1809–1887) was a German archabbot who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] In 1855, Wimmer founded the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Confederation. [4] [5] [6]
St. Benedict is owned and operated by Saint Vincent Archabbey in Pennsylvania, the oldest Benedictine monastery in the country. In a separate joint statement with the archdiocese on Saturday ...
It was in the midst of this revival that Abbot Boniface Wimmer, founder of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, created the American-Cassinese congregation. [4] Pope Pius IX erected the congregation with the decree Inter ceteras on 24 August 1855, placing the congregation under the patronage of the Holy Guardian Angels. [1]