Conception Abbey
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of St. Benedict |
| Established | 1873 |
| Diocese | Kansas City-St. Joseph |
| Controlled churches | Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Frs. Frowin Conrad and Meinrad Widmer |
| Architecture | |
| Completion date | 8 December 1873 |
| Site | |
| Location | Conception, Missouri |
| Website | ConceptionAbbey |
Coordinates: 40°14′32″N 94°41′01″W / 40.242323°N 94.68363°W
Conception Abbey also Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a monastery of the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The monastery, founded by the Swiss Engelberg Abbey in 1873 in northwest Missouri's Nodaway County, was raised to a conventual priory in 1876 and elevated to an abbey in 1881. In 2017 the community numbered sixty-five monks who celebrate the Eucharist and Liturgy of the Hours daily and who staff and administer Conception Seminary College, the Printery House, and the Abbey Guest Center. Monks also serve as parish priests and hospital chaplains in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph and other dioceses. There is also a large postal facility attached to The Printery House, operated by secular employees, which includes package shipping and delivery facilities.
Conception Abbey is located in Conception, Missouri just outside Conception Junction, Missouri.
Conception Abbey was established on 8 December 1873, by Benedictine monks of the Swiss abbey of Engelberg as a place of refuge should their monastery be suppressed by the Swiss government. They also came in response to the appeal of the Rev. James Power to minister to the spiritual needs of a colony of Irish and German settlers which he had established in northwest Missouri in 1858, prior to the Civil War. Benedictine Sisters from Maria Richenbach, a convent located not far from Engelberg, arrived in Missouri in 1873 soon after the monks, hoping ultimately to found a convent where special devotion to the Eucharist could be fostered.
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