Last update: October 7, 2007
Father Augustine's Gerety Lecture Now Available On-line
Father Augustine's Gerety Lecture, "Monks and the City: A Unique New Experience," is now available on-line as a pdf file. (Click here.)
Father Albert Publishes Again
Father Albert Holtz has published another book. This one, Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent, offers a series of meditations, each focusing on one aspect of the Rule of Saint Benedict. For more information, click here.
Newark Abbey Press Publishes History of Saint Mary's Abbey by Abbot Giles Hayes
Newark Abbey Press has published "Unto Another Generation," Saint Mary's Abbey/Delbarton, 1836-1990: A History by Abbot Giles Hayes of Saint Mary's Abbey. The book traces the history of Saint Mary's Abbey from its beginnings in Newark, through the establishment of the community at Morristown and the subsequent transfer of title, and the later independence of Newark Abbey. The later chapters are a memoir of life at Delbarton.
To order the book, send a check or money order for $39.95 plus $6.50 shipping and handling, to:
Newark Abbey Press
520 M L King Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102-1314
Makes checks payable to Newark Abbey Press.
Father Augustine
to Give Gerety Lecture
Fr. Augustine has been invited to give the Archbishop Gerety Lecture at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University. His topic is "Monks and the City: A Unique New Experience." For more information, click here.
Sesquicentennial, 1857-2007
Beginning in March, the Benedictines of Newark Abbey, along with our brothers of Saint Mary's Abbey, Morristown, will celebrate the establishment of the Bendictine community in Newark. Both communities trace their origin to Abbot Boniface Wimmer's acceptance of Saint Mary's Parish as the site of a priory. For several years, Wimmer had sent monks to help Father Nicholas Balleis, an Austrian Benedictine who had founded the parish in 1842. Wimmer was reluctant to accept the care of the parish, because he was, as he said in one letter, "afraid of cities." On the other hand, he was somewhat enamored of Newark. He finally agreed to the urgent plea of the Bishop and accepted the care of the parish in 1857, establishing a priory. The priory was raised to the dignity of an abbey in 1884. In 1956, the title "Saint Mary's Abbey" was transferred to the Morristown house, which had been founded in the 1920s, and the Newark house again became a priory. In 1968, the community in Newark was again granted independence, and took the name Newark Abbey, signalling its commitment to the city. For information about events that are being planned, click here.
The monks have instituted the practice of Eucharistic
Adoration for one hour before the start of morning office.
Adoration begins at 5:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. on
Saturdays, and 6:00 a.m. on Sundays. Everyone is welcome to join
us. Knock on the church door and you will be let in.
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