Saint Martin's Abbey is a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine monks who follow the Rule of St Benedict in Lacey, Washington, United States.
[2] In 1891, monks from Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, first began pastoral ministry at "Holy Rosary Catholic Church" in Tacoma, Washington.
In 1894, additional monks would be sent and the Abbot of Saint John's Abbey would purchase land at a public auction for the new priory about 50 miles south of Seattle, Washington, in Thurston County.
[3] Following the monastic tradition of their mother abbey, the monks began work in parishes and immediately founded an educational institution named in honor of Saint Martin of Tours.
It features an octagonal shape worship space and is constructed mostly of brick and western red cedar.