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Saint Mary's Convent Cemetery

Memorials	:	1
Location	:	Peekskill, Westchester County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2937170, -73.9280910
Description	:	From Routes 6 and 202 (Main Street), travel up John Street to the grounds of the former convent buildings now vacant, the burial ground is near the peak of Mt Saint Gabriel, through a path near the caretaker's cottage. The cemetery is abandoned and in total disrepair with the grave name markers uprooted and stacked in a corner of the grave yard, the burials are now marked by un named crosses. From 1872 to 2003 the Sisters of the Community of St Mary were buried in this cemetery. For over a century, the Convent at Mount St. Gabriel, a picturesque... Read More	From Routes 6 and 202 (Main Street), travel up John Street to the grounds of the former convent buildings now vacant, the burial ground is near the peak of Mt Saint Gabriel, through a path near the caretaker's cottage. The cemetery is abandoned and in total disrepair with the grave name markers uprooted and stacked in a corner of the grave yard, the burials are now marked by un named crosses. From 1872 to 2003 the Sisters of the Community of St Mary were buried in this cemetery. For over a century, the Convent at Mount St. Gabriel, a picturesque plot of land in the highlands of Peekskill, NY, was home to the Community of St. Mary. From its humble beginnings in 1872 in a clapboard farmhouse, the Convent soon grew into a multi-building complex with a full church, a school, and ample housing for both the Sisters and their charges. By 2003, when the convent moved to Greenwich, NY, the school had already been repurposed, but the Abbey proper, as well as the Chapel, remained vacant, as they have to this day. Based on a Benedictine model, the Community of St. Mary adheres to a simple monastic life centered around prayer, reflection, and service. From tumultuous beginnings, including an uphill battle against the established positions of the Church on monastic orders in general, the CSM eventually flourished after being widely recognized for the selfless acts of its Sisters in service to the community. It is the oldest indigenous Anglican order in the New World, and the first monastic body constituted by the Episcopal Church since the dissolution of monasteries in the 16th century. While the forms of service practiced by the nuns of the order have varied over the years and regions, at this particular complex, the running of a school and the manufacture of communion wafers were a primary focus. In 1977, as a result of declining enrollment, the Episcopal church closed the school, and the parcel of land containing it was sold off to a private developer; in the early 1980s, the 1911 building was converted to luxury condominiums. The Chaplain's House on the grounds is now the private residence of a local doctor, and has been gut renovated. But since the CSM moved to a larger property in Greenwich, New York, in 2003, little has been done to the 1876 Abbey and 1896 Chapel buildings.

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Latitude: 41.2937170
Longitude: -73.9280910

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