October 2009
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Just to let you know that a Benedictine monk “wanders” once in a while!
Above is a picture of yours truly on the capitol mall in Washington, D.C. I had a few days of vacation staying with one of our monks who is studying at Catholic University and enjoying visiting a number of destinations in the city. The building that I am standing before is the “castle building” of [...]
A group shot of the men in formation here at Saint John’s…
Front row: L to R
Andrew Frederick and Daryl Jackson, Monastic Associates
Second row: L to R
Junior Fr. John Meoska, novices Nick Kleespie, Lew Grobe, Stephen Warzecha and Michael Leonard Hahn
Third row: L to R
Juniors Aelred Senna, Peter Sullivan, DanMorgan and Fr. Nickolas Becker
Thanks be to God!
We also have six additional men in formation in our dependent [...]
Today is the Feast of the Anniversary of the Blessing of the Abbey Church…
Some 48 years ago today the Abbey Church was dedicated and blessed. “How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord God of hosts!”
New Benedictine Volunteer Site is Launched!
Ben DeMarais, a former Bendictine Volunteer just completed the new and improved Benedictine Volunteer website. I think he did a great job! You can visit it at www.sjbvc.org
One of the best features of the site is being able to access all the blogs that the volunteers are writing from around the world. Great pictures and [...]
More from the National Benedictine Vocation Director’s Conference…
The new vocation ministers began a couple of days before the larger part of the conference and met to discuss all the topics that someone who is “new to the business” would want to know. Below is pictured your’s truly meeting with a wonderful group of spirited new vocation directors!
We opened the major portion of [...]
Blessing of new solar farm at Saint John’s!
The following is an exerpt from the speech made by Mr. Mario Monasterio, Westwood Renewables Founder and President at the dedication of the solar farm which took place last week on campus.
Solar technology has had a long and rich history in our state. In the late 60’s Honeywell started research on thermal solar panels using [...]
2009 National Benedictine Vocation Directors Conference is now history.
Dear viewers,
You might have wondered why the updating of this blog had been dropped for the last week. Well, beginning last Tuesday about 40 Benedictine vocation directors from 17 states arrived at Saint John’s to meet, share ideas, be inspired and simply enjoy each other’s company. Sister Vicki Ix from the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia [...]
SJU Has a great Homecoming Celebration…
In spite of cooler temperatures the University’s annual homecoming celebration was a huge success in many ways. As Fr. Bob Koopmann O.S.B. enjoyed his first Homecoming celebration welcoming all alumni back to Saint John’s and also cheering on the Johnnie football team to win in the last 5 seconds over Bethel University with over 10,000 [...]
