St. John's Abbey and University

St. John's Abbey and University (HM1HCW)

Location: St. Joseph, MN 56374 Stearns County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 35.231', W 94° 23.706'

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St. John's Abbey was founded in 1856 on the west bank of the Mississippi near St. Cloud and permanently located in the Indianbush, now Collegeville, on the shore of Lake Sagatagan in 1866. St. John's was the first Benedictine abbey in the Upper Midwest, and from the beginning its monks were educators, ministers of the word, and artisans. Their first ministry was among the settlers and Indians throughout Minnesota and North Dakota during the frontier era. Subsequently abbeys and priories were founded in Washington, Saskatchewan, Kentucky, the Bahamas, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Japan.


St. John's University was chartered by the territorial legislature of Minnesota on March 6, 1857. The campus is also the site of St. John's Preparatory School, the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, the Liturgical Press, and the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library. Several campus buildings, including the renowned Abbey Church, were designed by architect Marcel Breuer.
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HM NumberHM1HCW
Series This marker is part of the Minnesota Historical Society series
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Year Placed1974
Placed ByMinnesota Historical Society
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 7:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 391173 N 5049128
Decimal Degrees45.58718333, -94.39510000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 35.231', W 94° 23.706'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 35' 13.86" N, 94° 23' 42.36" W
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Area Code(s)320, 218
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 32073-32573 Co Rd 159, St. Joseph MN 56374, US
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