Our beloved 1st Abbot, Abbot Gabriel, died on March 27, 2010.
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Click here 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.

Kent and Glorianne Niebuhr, who have seven wonderfully devout and attentive children, Yvonne, Eddy, Danny, Viviana, Loraine, Isabella, and Marianne, accompanied their son, Danny, to the altar for his First Communion on the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Celebrating First Communions

RIGHT: Danny appears to have enjoyed the cake and ice cream  afterwards too!

LEFT: In honor of receiving his First Holy Communion, Danny was given the honor of carrying the Blessed Mother Banner in our annual Corpus Christi procession!

An extra wide camera lens was needed when Michael Patrick posed with his 2 grandmothers, his parents, his 9 brothers and sisters and Abbot Xavier. However, we lost track of how many first cousins Michael has. We think it's somewhere in the hundreds!

Michael Patrick and Fr. Peter, who was given a chasuble at his ordination in memory of Michael's 9 aunts and uncles, especially his uncle Michael for whom he was named.

Four generations of the Connelly, Clark, Wade Clan were represented at Antonia (Nia) Clark's First Communion.

After her First Holy Communion, the youngest cousin, Nia, and the oldest cousin, Kate (Connelly) Wade, enjoy Katie's baby, Emily, who is just soaking up the attention.

After the party, Nia showed off her amazing basketball skills in the abbey gym. Nia, if you are that good at basketball all because of your First Holy Communion, imagine how many people will now want to come to church! Wow! Thank You!