Born and raised in Agawam, Massachusetts, Br. Jerome (Brandon Michael) Daignault entered Saint Benedict Abbey on December 29, 2013. After completing his three month observership, and one year postulancy, he became a novice on March 25, 2015 taking the name of Br. Jerome.
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Abbot Xavier Connelly died peacefully at the Abbey, just before 4:30 on April 8, 2021, Easter Thursday afternoon. Father Peter, his older brother and a monk of our community, along with other monks were by his side reciting the prayers for the dying. He had been anointed and received the Apostolic Pardon the evening before. […]
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