The monastery is a landmark. I walked past it as a child and am now amazed that it is visible from many miles away as you are approaching Union City from the turnpike exit in Secaucus. ST. Michael's monastery was 2 square street blocks large. It was to be razed and condos constructed there -- nuns were unable to hang onto the site, just weren't able to maintain it anymore (cost). I believe that I read that there was a handful of nuns left at the time. I'm happy to say that the church and monastery were taken over by a Korean churchgroup -- and part of the grounds are now used as a recreation field and track. Location was 18-21st St. and Summit Avenue to West St. in Union City -- formerly West Hoboken. I have no idea where the records may be kept and do not know the order of the nuns for the monastery. The monastery is a landmark. I walked past it as a child and am now amazed that it is visible from many miles away as you are approaching Union City from the turnpike exit in Secaucus. Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: "jw" <judyw@gte.net> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] Monastery in Hoboken | I am interested in knowing the whereabouts of records for St Michaels | monastery in what was called West Hoboken in the early 1900's. Also, where | was West Hoboken? is it just Hoboken now ? | Are the records available to the public? and if they are where and how? | | I am looking for my Aunt Domenica SPINA who came to US in 1912 and I believe | entered a convent. I was hoping to find some kind of information about a | convent in these records. | Does anyone know of a convent in Hoboken or Jersey City that would have been | around during 1915-30? | | thanks | Judy Williamsjudyw@gte.net | | | ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== | New people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. | You are encouraged to resubmit your queries two or three times | per year to reach new listmembers. |

Hi, The order is "The Domican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary" at least it was in the 50 - 60s period. Larry Pasco. Fl ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Lisa <cjlisa@worldnet.att.net> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Monastery in Hoboken