St. Mary's Abbey Church is a historic

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church in the Archdiocese of Newark, located at 528 Martin Luther King Blvd (formerly High St.) and William St. in

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The parish was established in 1842 to serve the needs of working-class German-speaking immigrants who worked in Newark's factories. It met originally in a wooden church, but this was destroyed in 1856 by anti-Catholic

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elements. The new church was entrusted to the monks of the

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, first under the direction of

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in Latrobe, and then, after becoming an independent institution, by the monks of Newark Abbey, who continue to provide spiritual and academic guidance to the community through the parish and Saint Benedict's Preparatory School. Construction was completed in 1857. It was added to the

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in 1972.

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