most holy family monastery was founded in 1967, in berlin, new jersey, by a self-proclaimed benedictine monk named joseph natale (1933-1995), originally as a community for handicapped men. natale entered the saint vincent archabbey in latrobe, pennsylvania, in 1960 as a lay postulant, but left less than a year later to start his own holy family monastery. according to an archivist of the saint vincent archabbey in latrobe, natale left before taking vows; he never actually became a benedictine monk.