May 2010
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Fr. Nickolas in Japan…
It is not unusual for the monastery to send Junior monks off to one of our dependant priories simply to broaden their appreciation one of our most foreign apostolates. In this case Fr. Nickolas Becker, OSB who has just been accepted for final vows is visiting our community in Fujimi, Japan. Here he is being greeted by [...]
Two old friends are leaving…
Tree experts have determined that the two large Silver Maple trees located between the Abbey Church and the Great Hall have deteriorated to the point of being dangerously weak. Should a strong wind come up they could easily come down. The monastic chapter voted to have them removed. The plaza between the Great Hall and the Church are being [...]
Welcome to Saint Andrew’s School from Elk River, MN!
Given the approaching end of the school year we have had a number of Abbey Church tour student groups. Today students and teachers from Saint Andrew’s School of Elk River, MN came to visit the campus and I had the pleasure of showing them the baptismal font, the nave, the monastic prayer stalls, the Mabon [...]
New Benedictine Volunteers!
With the University graduation yesterday came a new crop of Benedictine Volunteers. Below is a picture of the majority of this year’s group. All are from Saint John’s University and have just graduated in a variety of disciplines. The entire class will be divided into two groups that will each spend two weeks living, dining, [...]
“Transcendence” by Veronica Popescu
Not for three moths, let alone nine
could Mary conceal His presence-
Nor was Joseph kept in the dark
before His eruption like the morning star
at midnight breaking in winter-
He dazzled both shepherds and wise men:
We twelve were all blinded-three years-
till flesh failed to veil Him, even from us,
in a calm stilled sea, and on one mountain top.
How [...]
