Abbey History

Chapters of the History of St. Mary's Abbey

• Father Nicholas Balleis
• Archabbot Boniface Wimmer
• Newark
• St. Mary's Church Sacked
• Baily and Wimmer
• St. Mary's Priory
• St. Benedict's Church in "The Neck"
• OSBNJ
• Saint Benedict's College
• Saint Mary's An Independent Abbey
• Abbot James Zilliox
• Abbot Hilary Pfraengle
• Saint Anselm, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Expansion in Newark
• Abbot Ernest Helmstetter
• Independence of Saint Anselm
• " A Little Place in the Country"
• Father Vincent Amberg, "PV"
• Abbot Patrick O'Brien and Delbarton School
• Abbot Patrick Mary O'Brien
• Father Stephan Findlay
• Newark Versus Morristown
• A New Gymnasium and The Brothers' House
• Father Hugh Duffy
• Novitiate and College Studies
• Transfer of Abbatial Title - 1956
• New Monastery in Morristown - Separation
• Mission to Brazil
• New Abbey Church and New Abbot
• Abbot Martin Burne and Independence for Newark
• Death and Resurrection in Old Newark
• Meanwhile Back in Morristown
• Trinity Hall, Harbinger of the Modern Delbarton
• Abbot Leonard Gilbert Cassell
• Abbot Brian Hugh Clarke
• Abbot Gerard Parker Lair
• Abbot Thomas Joseph Confroy
• Abbot Giles Peter Hayes
• The Fine Arts Center
• The CCRC
• New Athletic Facilities and "The Rocks"
• Abbots of St. Mary's Abbey
• Priors of St. Mary's Abbey
• Additional Priors and Subpriors
• Bibliography