MONASTERY NEWS 56
Honoring the 60th Anniv by Al Zappelli On November 11, 1956, Father Egon Javor, OSB, founder of the Woodside Priory and the King Saint Stephen Monastery, in the company of six Medical mission sisters from Cupertino, celebrated the Priory’s first Mass in the ranch house of the former Gillson Ranch in Portola Valley. In commemoration of the founding sixty years ago, on Sunday, November 13th, over 400 members of the Priory community came together for a Mass of Thanksgiving to honor the Priory founders. Representing the Priory’s mother abbeys were Father Mathias Durette, OSB from Saint Anselm Abbey in New Hampshire and Father Keleman Sarai Szabo, OSB from Saint Martin Abbey in Pannonhalma, Hungary. They were joined by the three members of the Priory monastic community, Fathers Martin Mager, OSB, Pius Horvath, OSB and Maurus Nemeth, OSB. A celebratory Benedictine medal was given to each person in attendance to remember the special occasion. Sixtieth anniversary events will continue for the Priory throughout the next two years, noting the founding of the monastery in 1956 and the Woodside Priory School in 1957.
