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    Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB (1809–1887) was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey...
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  • private Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, it is operated by the Benedictine Monks of Saint...
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  • they established Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1846. The founder, Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., was the Superior of the mission. After helping his confreres...
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    It was founded in 1832 by Boniface Wimmer, a German monk, who sought to serve German immigrants in America. In 1856, Wimmer started to lay the foundations...
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  • Columbia University Bill Wimmer, American railroad executive who worked in operations for the Union Pacific Railroad Boniface Wimmer (1809–1887), German monk...
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    Congregation in 1881. It was in the midst of this revival that Abbot Boniface Wimmer , founder of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, created...
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  • evolution Boniface Hardin (1933–2012), American Benedictine monk Boniface Lele (1947–2014), Kenyan Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop Boniface Wimmer (1809–1887)...
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    almost 200 years of existence, the archabbey has had twelve archabbots: Boniface Wimmer (1855 to 1887) Andrew Hintenach (1888 to 1892) Leander Schnerr (1892...
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    Catholic seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Father Boniface Wimmer in 1846, who came from Saint Michael's Abbey in Metten, Bavaria, to...
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    League player Scott Warner, lighting designer and fixture development Boniface Wimmer, Benedictine monk, founded Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1846 Arnold Palmer...
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    re-founded abbey was very active in re-settling new monasteries. In 1846 Boniface Wimmer left from Metten to establish the Benedictines in the United States...
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    St. Vincent College up until 1876, when he was appointed Prior by Boniface Wimmer. Following this, he then became superior of the abbey's mission in...
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    Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena in Coventry, England. In 1850, Boniface Wimmer, a Benedictine from Saint Vincent Abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania visited...
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    flag of Bavaria, the country from which founder of the abbey, Abbot Boniface Wimmer, came, while the "V" represents Saint Vincent de Paul, the patron saint...
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    educational institution in North Carolina. Under the direction of Abbot Boniface Wimmer of St. Vincent, the Benedictines set about to establish a monastery...
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    more priests to assist him. The Bishop wrote in response to Abbot Boniface Wimmer of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. On May 21, 1856...
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    affiliation(s) Catholic Church (Benedictines) Established 1868 Founder Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. NCES School ID 00863704 President Abbot Augustine Curley, O...
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    Dunne founded the Catholic Colony of San Antonio. Sent by Archabbot Boniface Wimmer of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Father Gerard...
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  • Mary A.S.M. American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation O.S.B. Abbot Boniface Wimmer Benedictine 1855 Amigonian Friars T.C. José María Amigó y Ferrer Capuchin...
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    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...
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  • this mission in his diocese. In response to his invitation, Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., the founder of Benedictine life in the United States, sent...
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  • Pittsburgh asked Boniface Wimmer of the Monastery of Saint Vincent in Latrobe to take over the mission at St. Mary's. In 1851, Wimmer, who was originally...
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    was conducted by Bishop Jacques-Maurice de Saint Palais and Abbot Boniface Wimmer. In 1875, Marty instituted a change in the devotional practice of the...
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  • United States the first Benedictines, under the leadership of Father Boniface Wimmer, the future Archabbot of St. Vincent's, in Pennsylvania. Lemke himself...
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    attached to the church. After the Great Chicago Fire, Schnerr informed Boniface Wimmer of the destruction of the priory, convent, and whole church. He was...
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    in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and orphaned at a young age. In 1885, Boniface Wimmer took in both Aloysius and his older brother Joseph and they entered...
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    however, the archabbey claims that it was never recorded and lost. Boniface Wimmer emigrated to the United States from modern-day Germany where monks...
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    and, feeling a call to the religious life, was received by Archabbot Boniface Wimmer that September into Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania...
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    the United States, arrived in Loretto, Pennsylvania in 1799. Father Boniface Wimmer came to Latrobe from Germany and established the first Benedictine...
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    old religious and cultural heritage, which reaches back to both Saint Boniface, the "Apostle of Germany" and the first Archbishop of Mainz, buried in...
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