Location
Official nameO L of the Genesee Abbey
Number64
Address3258 River Rd, Piffard, N.Y., United States
Contact Information
Telephone[1] (585) 243-0660
Guesthouse emailretreathouse@geneseeabbey.org
Websitewww.geneseeabbey.org
SuperiorDom Gerard D’Souza, Abbot 2012-2030
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Roffensis (Rochester)
OCSO regionUSA
OriginsFounded by Gethsemani. Raised to status of abbey in October 1953.
History
- 1951: a small group of monks arrives in March. On 26 May 21 founders take possession of the property.
- 1953: Blessing of the first abbot on 9 November.
- 1955: Dom Gerard McGinley, first abbot, arrived at the General Chapter and fell ill on the first day. He died in Dijon on 21 September 1955.
Father immediateGethsemani
Daughter housesAwhum (delegated to Novo Mundo from 2018 to 2020); Novo Mundo ; Illah ; Spencer (since 2020).
Lay associatesGenesee Lay Contemplatives
Past superiors
- Gerard McGINLEY — Superior — ?/05/1951 – 13/10/1953
- Gerard McGINLEY — Abbot — 13/10/1953 – 18/09/1955
- Walter HELMSTETTER — Abbot — 08/10/1955 – ?/08/1963
- Jerome BURKE — Abbot — 25/04/1964 – 19/10/1971
- John Eudes BAMBERGER — Abbot — 12/11/1971 – 14/09/2001
- John DENBURGER — Abbot — 2001 – 2012
Work/income
- Bakery – “Monks Bread”, fruitcake and chocolates;
- Farm: corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, peas and wheat;
- Bookshop.
Guest facilitiesMain guesthouse with 16 rooms; two houses for groups and family visits as well as for individual retreats (32 rooms).
TransportationStation : Rochester, New York.
FoundationsNovo Mundo (1977); Adoption of Awhum (1978)
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