Robert Eugene McSweeney

1935 - 2000  (64 years)

• Name	Robert Eugene McSweeney
  	Robert McSweeney was the only child born to Mary Ann McKenna and Philip McSweeney. Robert was ordained in 1959 and was a Trappist Priest under the name of Father Placid. In the monastery, Father McSweeney and the other monks produced jams and jellies labeled “Trappist Preserves” to help ensure that the monastery is self-supporting and not dependent upon donations. This was done in addition to the order’s main source of income, making liturgical vestments through the Holy Rood Guild.
  Nickname	Father Placid McSweeney
  Birth	8 Sep 1935	Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Education	Bishop Bradley High School, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  	High School Diploma; Editor, Red and Blue
  Ordained	St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA
  	Trappist Priest: Entered October 5, 1953; Professed November 13, 1955; Ordained December 19, 1959.
  Death	20 Mar 2000	Saint Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I16	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Philip Robert McSweeney,   b. 3 Aug 1891, Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 May 1972, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Ann McKenna,   b. 07 Jul 1895, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 May 1987, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	20 Jun 1928	Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  Family ID	F561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Photo - Robert McSweeney Photo from 1953 Yearbook at Bishop Bradley High School, Manchester, New Hampshire.
  		Photo - Father Placid McSweeney at St. Joseph's Abbey From an article in The Boston Globe on March 24, 1999.
  		Photo - Father Placid McSweeney

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1940 US Census - Manchester, New Hampshire
  		Document - Father Placid McSweeney Excerpt from National Association for Pastoral Musicians, August-September 1979 edition. Page 9. Father McSweeney is pictured with a large group from the June 1979 meeting of the Benedictine Musicians of the Americas.
  		Newspaper Article - Father Placid McSweeney Article published in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald on May 4, 1984, regarding a break from a 986-year tradition of meeting in Europe, with quotes from Father McSweeney.
  		Newspaper Article - Father Placid McSweeney Article published in The Boston Globe on June 22, 1988, which includes quotes from Father Placid McSweeney.
  		Newspaper Article - Father Placid McSweeney Part 1 of article published in The Boston Globe on March 24, 1999, where Father Placid McSweeney is interviewed regarding the use computers at the monastery.
  		Newspaper Article - Father Placid McSweeney Part 2 of article published in The Boston Globe on March 24, 1999, where Father Placid McSweeney is interviewed regarding the use computers at the monastery.
  		Document - Father Placid McSweeney Documented history of Father Placid McSweeney, as shared at his funeral.
  		Document - Father Placid McSweeney Poem written by Brother Barnabas Brownsey on the occasion of the death of Father Placid McSweeney.
  		Document - Saint Joseph's Abbey History of Saint Joseph's Abbey from 1950 to present (2020). Father Placid McSweeney served at the abbey.