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Author Archives: Abbey
…some Christmas Eve preparations…
Whew! Christmas Eve at the Abbey is anything but quiet! Here are some pictures I just took of some of the Juniors hanging banners and baldachin lights for tonight’s celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord. peace and love, bpv
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Happy Fourth Week of Advent!
And the angel said to Mary in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the pwer ofthe Most High will oversahdow you. Therefore the child to be vorn will be called holy, the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35) … Continue reading
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Promised skating pictures…
So a few days ago I posted a picture of the ice on Lake Sagatagan which is our largest lake. I promised to follow up with pictures of some of the Junior monks skating…here they are: Advent blessings, bpv
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FYS Class tours…
Each academic year a number of FYS classes tour the church. (FYS stands for First Year Symposium.) It is a pleasure to host these first year students from our colleges. Their professor has used Columba Stewart’s text, Prayer and Community … Continue reading
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About once every ten years…
About once in every ten years Lake Sagatagan freezes in such a way that the conditions create a quality of ice on which it makes it perfect to skate. I am sure that you will be seeing some pictures in … Continue reading
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New Prior in Fujimi
My classmate, Fr. Edward Vebelun, OSB was just appointed as Prior of Holy Trinity Monastery in Fujimi, Japan. Fr. Edward and I began as novices together here at Saint John’s some 17 plus years ago. Since that time he learned … Continue reading
New Sculpture of Saint Benedict
Br. David Paul Lange, OSB has been commissioned to create a life size sculpture of Saint Benedict which will eventually be placed on campus. This last Saturday he gave a glimpse of his work which at this writing in the … Continue reading
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Celebrating the Season!
Every year the choirs of Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict as well as musicians from Saint John’s Abbey and of course the Saint John’s Boy’s Choir put on one of the finest Christmas concerts that I … Continue reading
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Abbey Guesthouse Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary!
What was only a dream for many, many years became a reality five years ago when we finally built a free standing guesthouse. This past week we realized that over 19,000 visitors had enjoyed the hospitality that this wonderful building … Continue reading
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Three tours of International Students!
It is a pleasure to host almost 2500 students on our campus each school year. (This of course, does not include another 2000 from the College of Saint Benedict!) The student body is truly enhanced by the number of international … Continue reading