St. Peter's Abbey, Muenster
St. Peter's Abbey is in Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the oldest Benedictine monastery in Canada. It was founded in 1903. History St. Peter's Abbey began in 1903 with the arrival of seven Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monks under the obedience of Peter Engel O.S.B. the abbot of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Collegeville, Minnesota. Many German speaking Roman Catholic immigrants had settled in the area and by 1903 they had over 700 homesteads. The monks established parishes and were able to serve their congregations in the German language. St. Peter Abbey became independent in 1911 and Bruno Doerfler became its first abbot. In 1921 St. Peter's Abbey became the Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster. It was formed from a piece of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert, Diocese of Prince Albert 4,662 square kilometres (1,800 square miles) in size. It included 50 Township (Canada), townships; townships 35 ...
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