Two novices will make their first profession of monastic vows on Friday, July 9 in the Saint Vincent Basilica. Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., of Saint Vincent Archabbey, will receive the first vows of Brother Linus T. Klucsarits and Brother Matthias Martinez. The two men have spent a year learning about the Benedictine order as […]
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Brother Boniface (Patrick) Hicks, O.S.B., a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, May 15, at the Archabbey Basilica, by Most Rev. Lawrence Brandt, Bishop of Greensburg. He is the son of William and Mary Hicks of Burke, Virginia and the brother of Michael Hicks of Philadelphia. He attended […]
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In October 2003, Penn State Catholic Campus Ministry, staffed by St. Vincent Benedictine Monks, held a symposium on a currently very popular, pressing topic: the relationship between religion and spirituality. Fr. Stephen Honeygosky, Ph.D. Director of Catholic Campus Ministry at Penn State, organized the conference under the title “Religion and Spirituality: Bridge-Building in the […]
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Mrs. Phyllis Thompson, an Oblate of Saint Benedict affiliated with Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, North Dakota, will be a guest speaker at Saint Vincent on Sunday, May 16, at 6:45 P.M. in the Foundations Room in Placid Hall. Her talk, entitled “The Cellarer in Each of Us: Some reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict […]
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The statue of Saint Vincent founder Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., was one of the crowning achievements in the career of Austrian sculptor Ferdinand Seeboeck. In a new book just released by Archabbey Publications, the long lost story of the memorial statue is told in words and photos. In the spring of 2003, while working with […]
Continue ReadingFifteen Benedictines of Saint Vincent Archabbey will celebrate anniversaries of their professions or ordinations in 2004, marking a combined 660 years of service. They are Father Paulinus J. Selle, O.S.B., of St. Marys, who is celebrating 70 years of vows on July 2; Father Clement Heid, O.S.B., of Erie, and Father Louis Sedlacko, O.S.B., of […]
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Saint Vincent Archabbey will again offer a series of six retreats this spring and summer for men, women, married couples and Benedictine Oblates. The Retreat on Benedictine Spirituality for Oblates of Saint Benedict will be held from May 14-16. Entitled “Living in the Truth: Saint Benedict’s Teaching on Humility,” the retreat will be conducted by […]
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