Welcome to Mount Saint Mary's Abbey
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 44 sisters at Wrentham.
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Sister Grace
Please join us in prayer for our Sister Grace who died this morning during Mass. Sister is one of our foundresses. She suffered a severe stroke on Tuesday. When we know the time of the funeral it will be posted.
Sister Grace's body will be received back at the Abbey about 4 pm Friday.
Her Funeral Mass and the Rite of Christian burial begins Saturday at 2 pm.
The text from Sister Grace's Memorial Card follows:
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