October 2011
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Family Weekend at Saint John’s…
Last weekend was Family Weekend at Saint John’s in addition to hosting a number of college and area high school choirs and of course a home football game. It really didn’t feel like we were “in the country”!
Literally thousands of people were on campus all day. I was giving tours of the abbey church and [...]
Happy 50th Anniversary!
In 1958 the monks of Saint John’s began construction of the new Abbey church, designed to accomodate the growing monastic community as well as the student body. It has since become one of architect Marcel Breuer’s iconic works and a singular piece of American church architecture.
Thanks be to God!
Peace, bpv
An Alum and his friends visit the church…
Gave a Johnnie Alum and his guests a tour of the Abbey Church today. A truly delightful group studying sacred spaces. We had a wonderful time.
Peace, bpv
Saint John’s Abbey set to celebrate 50 years
Pictured above speaking about the Abbey Church, Rev. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB, one of the original committee of 12 that planned the construction of the church.
Written by: Frank Lee and David Unze of the Saint Cloud Times
COLLEGEVILLE — It’s a house of worship that belongs to the ages.
The monks of St. John’s Abbey will celebrate on Sunday [...]
Pope Benedict’s thoughts on the need for a monastic way in today’s world…
Pope: Silence, solitude needed in ‘agitated, sometimes frantic’ world
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Endless news, noise and crowds have made people afraid of silence and solitude, which are essential for finding God’s love and love for others, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Progress in communications and transportation has made life more comfortable, as well [...]
Shots from Fujimi…
Br. John Chrysostom is with us for the fall semester visiting from our Priory in Fujimi, Japan. He brought some wonderful pictures to share and I thought that they might be appropriate for the blog – showing a bit of what life is like at Holy Trinity Monastery.
Pictured above is Prior Fr. Edward Vebelun, OSB [...]
Field Trip to Collegeville Artisan Bakery…
Last Friday a number of the junior monks, novices, a senior monk and I biked “out back” on the back entrance of Saint John’s to a phenomenal bakery nestled in the woods…just a couple of miles from the monastery. “Artisan Bakery” is a wonderful place which makes all of its breads, scones, cookies, etc. totally [...]
Weekend visit to Collegeville Orchards…
Wow, our weather has been beautiful! The below picture is of me, Br. Simon and Br. Novice David at Collegeville Apple Orchard. The orchard is located just a few miles from the monastery and so on Sunday afternoon of last week we hopped on our bicycles and did a “site visit”. We had just a [...]
Moving to the last color of autumn…
One of the “fans” of this blog asked me if I could post some pictures of our fall colors. Even though the trees didn’t deliver the show that they sometimes do we had a great season none-the-less. I took a bike ride today and took my camera along…
This is Simons Hall and a great example [...]
Still Blooming on October 5th!
Was talking to my mother the other night and she was amazed that our flowers here are still very much in bloom…in other words we haven’t had a killing frost as yet. (She lives in northern Wisconsin.) She asked me to send some pictures for one of her lady friends who just can’t believe it.
Here [...]
