Muenster sits about 9 kilometres east of Humboldt on Highway 5, and its story is closely tied to St. Peter's Abbey. The abbey began in 1903 with the arrival of seven Benedictine monks. Most of the early settlers in the region were German-speaking Roman Catholics who had come from the United States. The community incorporated as a town on August 18, 1908.
In 1921 the abbey became the Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster, with an abbot whose duties were similar to those of a diocesan bishop. Its historic territory, also called St. Peter's Colony, took in a long list of villages and parishes, among them Humboldt, Englefeld, Annaheim, Bruno, Lake Lenore, Watson, Cudworth, Naicam and Pilger. The Territorial Abbey was suppressed in 1998 and became part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. In 1938 St. Peter's Bode, a German-language newspaper published in Muenster, was banned from Germany by order of Heinrich Himmler.
The Benedictines also founded St. Peter's College in 1921. Today it is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan, and its library is the third largest book repository in the province. The steeples of the college and abbey define the village skyline, and St. Peter's Cathedral features paintings and murals by Berthold Imhoff. Muenster is also known for its baseball, including the Red Sox, who won a provincial title and a national bronze medal in 2016.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Muenster, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.