Conception Abbey
 Conception Abbey is a monastery of the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The monastery founded by the Swiss Engelberg Abbey in 1873 in northwest Missouri's Nodaway County was raised to a conventual priory in 1876 and elevated to an abbey in 1881. At present the community numbers sixty-five monks who celebrate the Eucharist and Liturgy of the Hours daily and who staff and administer Conception Seminary College the Printery House and the Abbey Guest Center.