Most Rev. Edward C. Malesic, Bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg, will preside at the Mass for Blessing of the Twelfth Archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., on Friday, July 10, 2020. The event will be broadcast live at 10 a.m. at this link: https://vimeo.com/436169336. Archabbot Martin, a monk of […]
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Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., will receive the solemn vows of Brother Placid Sellers, O.S.B., or vows for life, on the Feast of Saint Benedict, July 11 at 10 a.m. Brother Placid, of Penn Hills, is the son of the late Philip L. and Emmeline M. Sellers. Born on September 18, 1957, he has […]
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The Saint Vincent monastic community will receive the simple vows of one monk at 5 p.m. Friday, July 10 in the Archabbey Basilica. Brother Francisco Whittaker, O.S.B., will profess simple vows on July 10 at Vespers, while eight junior monks will renew their temporary vows for another year. Brother Francisco (Samuel James) is the son […]
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Two Saint Vincent College graduates will officially enter the monastery at Saint Vincent Archabbey as novices at morning prayer on Friday, July 10. They will spend a year in prayer and discernment as they determine their vocations as Benedictine monks. Alex “Jimmy” Rosa, of Odenton, Maryland, a 2016 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph High School, […]
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LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA—Father Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey for 40 years, who served as the 14th president of Saint Vincent College (1995-2000), has been elected as the twelfth archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey. Archabbot Martin has been serving as the administrator of the MACH1 (Monaca, Aliquippa, Center and Hopewell) Parish […]
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On the evening of June 22, 2020, the Benedictine monastic community of Saint Vincent Archabbey gathered at Saint Vincent to elect a new major superior, the twelfth archabbot of Saint Vincent. The new archabbot will succeed the Rt. Rev. Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., who, on May 8, 2020, at the mandatory retirement age of 75, […]
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Mass from the Mary Mother of Mercy Mausoleum Chapel.
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Most Rev. Edward C. Malesic, bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg, ordained one Benedictine monk a priest and one a deacon on Saturday, May 23, at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ordination Mass was not open to the public. Father Ignatius Camello, O.S.B., has been serving in the Diocese […]
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Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., will celebrate an online Memorial Day Service at 9 a.m. Monday, May 25, from the Mary Mother of Mercy Mausoleum Chapel on the Saint Vincent campus. The service will honor those who have died while serving our country. The service can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/user109924459, on the Archabbey and Seminary […]
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4 p.m. Talk by Father Canice McMullen, O.S.B., assistant director of the vocation office, on prayer and lectio divina. 6 p.m. Monks Live: Vocation Chat with Father Maximilian, Father Canice, Brother Albert Gahr, O.S.B., Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., and Father Edward. 7 p.m. Holy hour and talk by Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B 8 p.m. Compline […]
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