Our beloved 1st Abbot, Abbot Gabriel, died on March 27, 2010.
Click on the picture above to read about his amazing life and to see a photo essay of his funeral which was held at Saint Cecilia Church, Leominster, Mass. on April 10, 2010.
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Brother Benedict, Rest In Peace
July 27, 1954 - May 9, 2001
Thanks to the generosity of a good friend in New York, we now have a handicap access bus to transport the brothers home from the nursing home.
Fr. Angelus Shaughnessey, OFM Cap, came up from Pittsburgh to lead our annual retreat.
We celebrated Abbot Xavier's First Anniversary as Abbot with a Pontifical Mass and a day of festivities.
Danny Niebuhr celebrated his First Holy Communion at the Abbey on the Feast of Corpus Christi and he carried a banner in the procession.
Michael Patrick Olohan came with his parents and nine brothers and sisters from Virginia to celebrate his First Holy Communion on the Feast of Our Lady'sAssumption.
Antonia (Nia) Clark, Abbot Xavier's niece, came from Front Royal, Virginia to celebrate her First Communion on the Feast of Our Lady's Assumption.
In one day, two incredibly hard workers from TreeMasters cut down and hauled away the giant but diseased 50 year old maple tree outside the chapel.
This summer we held not one but two Father/Son retreats and we are planning a third one for October!
