MOUNT SAVIOUR MONASTERY
(Located between Elmira
& Corning NY
on Route 225 )
231
Monastery Rd.
Phone: (607) 734-1688
Pine City NY 14871-9787
FAX : (607) 734-1689
MISSION STATEMENT
The Monastery of Mount Saviour is a community of monks striving to live
a simple, genuine and full monastic life according to the Scriptures
and the Rule of St.Benedict
. As member of an autonomous monastery within the American Cassinese Congregation,
we seek to remain faithful to our authentic tradition continually revitalized
by the Holy Spirit. We are committed to honor and glorify God through the
harmonious balance of prayer, study work and hospitality. Through moderation,
in the use of material goods, we acknowledge our continual dependence on
God and promote the chaste beauty of essentials in all forms of expression
and communication. We recognize our affinity with all who follow the monastic
way of life, especially those who are part of the Benedictine tradition.
Called together by God to a community of fraternal love, we believe our
life itself to be apostolic and in the context of the church and the world
community, we seek to serve all God's people. United in faith, we celebrate
God's kingdom through prayer, life in common and work.
Monastery buildings
HISTORY
Fr. Damasus Winzen
and three companions came to a wooded hill outside Elmira NY,
which they named Mount Saviour
in honor of our Saviour's Transfiguration. In 1951, the life was hard and
lacked many of the comforts that people take for granted. The new monastery
was not to be divided into 'choir monks' and 'lay brothers' as has been
the custom in recent centuries. The monks share equal opportunities and
equal burdens of work, study and prayer. The monks utilize 250 acres of
the land for raising sheep and producing market lambs, yarn and pelt products
while many other acres serve as a woodlot. There is also a book and gift
shop. Members of other faiths come to share the peace and quiet and
to pray with the monks. Concern that the door is open to those who wish
to attend St.Benedict's 'school of the Lord's service' has largely determined
the physical development of the hilltop. The chapel is an octagon with
the altar placed in the middle. In the center of the crypt, stands a 14th
century statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace.
HOSPITALITY
Calling to mind the Gospel precepts and the traditions
of the earliest monks, we welcome guests to our monastery. In the strictest
sense, we do not conduct a retreat house, since we do not ordinarily provide
conferences. Our guests are invited to structure their own day according
to the monastic schedule of the Divine Office, Eucharistic Celebration,
silence and reflection. At times, the guests are invited to join the monks
in so me aspects of the daily work. A
guest brochure
contains more details. The guestbrother can be reached by E-mail:
guest@msaviour.org If there is no column on the left,
click here
<>Revised 11/07/2010
