Abbey Church

From left to right: Marcel Breur (architect) with Abbey Church, undated; Abbey Church 2007 (click thumbnail for larger image)

Architect: Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York
Dates: 1958-1961, 1984

See also the Abbey website for the Guesthouse or the Guesthouse tour.

Selected Bibliography

See also Breuer Bibliography

Abbey and University Church of Saint John the Baptist, 5th ed, a 36-page illustrated booklet about the Abbey Church, 1980.

To Praise the Living God, a 16-page illustrated booklet about the Abbey Church planning, ca. 1958.

Thimmesh, Hilary, OSB. Marcel Breuer and a Committee of Twelve Plan a Church: A Monastic Memoir. Collegeville: SJU Press, 2011.

Twomey, Mark “New Church, St. Thomas Hall Ahead of Schedule,” The Record, 10 October 1958, p.4.

Steinbronn, Tim “Stained Glass Artistry Progesses,” The Record, 6 May 1960, p.2.

Haeg, Ben, "86 is Year of Architectural Anniversaries," Alumni Magazine, Autumn, 1986, p. 6-8.

Horwich, Jeff. "Still controversial, the Abbey Church turns 40," Minnesota Public Radio. 24 October 2001.