Saint Anselm Abbey (New Hampshire)

Saint Anselm Abbey
Caption	North facade of Saint Anselm Abbey
Motto	Latin: Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini
Translation	"The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom" (Psalm 111:10)
Established	1889
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Order of Saint Benedict)
Abbot	Right Reverend Mark Cooper, O.S.B.
Prior	Very Reverend Mathias Durette, O.S.B.
Subprior	Very Reverend Peter Guerin, O.S.B.
Street Address	100 Saint Anselm Drive
City	Manchester
State	NH
Zip Code	03102-1308

Saint Anselm Abbey, located in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States, is a Benedictine abbey composed of men living under the Rule of Saint Benedict within the Catholic Church. The abbey was founded in 1889 under the patronage of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, a Benedictine monk of Bec and former archbishop of Canterbury in England. The monks are involved in the operation of Saint Anselm College. The abbey is a member of the American-Cassinese Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation.

In 1889, Denis M. Bradley, the first bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, requested that Abbot Boniface Wimmer send monks to his diocese to create a school for French and Irish immigrants. The bishop thought that in order to create harmony among the people of his diocese the best educators for them should be German. Monks from Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, were sent to found Saint Anselm Abbey in 1889. When they arrived they founded St. Raphael's Parish in Manchester, and they founded Saint Anselm Preparatory School, which would later become Saint Anselm College.

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