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3 unusual facts about Newton Abbey


Newton Abbey

Heinlein was encouraged by Bishop Thomas Spreiter of Zululand, who happened to be in the United States raising funds for his diocese.

The effects that World War I had on the Missionary Benedictines' missions in Asia and Africa contributed to the founding of houses outside of Germany.

Despite initial setbacks, which included financial difficulties and opposition from the Ku Klux Klan, the monastery quickly grew.


Waegwan Abbey

St Paul's Abbey, Newton II, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson: Established as a dependent community of Waegwan Abbey in 2002, raised to simple priory in 2004; Fr Prior Samuel Kim, superior of 14 monks.


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