Saint Joseph Abbey
Covington, Louisiana, USA
Details
History
Motherhouse : St. Meinrad Archabbey, Indiana, USA
Founded : 19 January 1890
First foundation : Gessen, La.
Priory : 25 January 1891
Second foundation : 25 September 1902, Saint Benedict, La.
Abbey : 30 June 1903
Community
Congregation : Swiss-American
Abbot : Fr. Justin Brown
Monks : 31
Activity
Seminary; retreat house; gift shop; bakery; woodwork shop; soap, candle and honey production; art instruction
Resident of the College
Simon Stubbs
Official
Director of Marketing
Sant’Anselmo
Photo by Filipe de Souza
Photos used with permission of David Spielman : Go to the web site
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Murals by Dom Gregory de Wit
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
View of Dobson Organ
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church : altar view
Murals by Dom Gregory de Wit
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey refectory
Last Supper by Dom Gregory de Wit
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey refectory
Good Shepherd by Dom Gregory de Wit
Saint Joseph Abbey Woodworks
Oblate Jeff Horchoff building a casket
Photos used with permission from Br Simon Stubbs
Saint Joseph Abbey Church
View from across one of the ponds
Saint Joseph Abbey monastery
Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Saint Joseph Abbey refectory
Saint Benedict by Dom Gregory de Wit
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Easter vigil
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Pascal Triduum
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Saint Joseph Seminary College
Seminarians 2013
Saint Joseph Abbey Gift Shop
Saint Joseph Woodworks
Interior of Saint Joseph Abbey Church
Good Friday
Saint Joseph Seminary College
Abbey Youth Festival
Saint Joseph Abbey Retreat House
Christian Life Center
Saint Joseph Abbey Pennies for Bread
Br. Joe baking bread for the poor
Saint Joseph Abbey Monksoap
Abbee_Honey
Saint Joseph Abbey cemetery
