Saint Joseph’s Abbey was constructed between the years 1950-1953 on the site of the former Alta Crest Dairy Farm. The monastery began to take shape by adapting the existing farm buildings for monastic purposes, and on December 23, 1950 eighty monks took possession of the abbey. Ground was broken for the abbey church and quadrangle on March 19, 1952. Many of the monks were apprenticed to the building trades and were integral to the Abbey’s construction.
