Saint Vincent Archabbey

Christmas Eve Broadcast

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 SVA PR572

Our Christmas Eve Broadcast of Mass will begin at 4:45 p.m. December 24, 2020 with Rev. Thomas Curry, O.S.B., pastor of Saint Vincent Basilica Parish as celebrant.

Midnight Mass Broadcast

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 SVA PR605

Our Midnight Mass Broadcast of Mass from Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica will begin at 11:30 p.m. on December 24, 2020, with Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., as celebrant.

Saint Vincent Archabbey Congratulates Bishop-Elect Larry J. Kulick, J.C.L.

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 SVA PR801

Saint Vincent Seminary and College alumnus Larry J. Kulick, J.C.L., has been named Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Greensburg by Pope Francis. “The entire Benedictine Community at Saint Vincent and beyond extends heartfelt congratulations to Bishop-elect Larry J. Kulick as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg,” said Rt. Rev. Martin de Porres Bartel, […]

Father Noel H. Rothrauff, O.S.B.

December 15, 2020December 17, 2020 SVA PR2520

Father Noel H. Rothrauff, O.S.B., a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey for 73 years, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, just two weeks shy of his 95th birthday. A native of Wilkinsburg, he was born on December 31, 1925 to the late Harry W. Rothrauff, Jr., and the late Mary Jane (Reagan) Rothrauff. Father Noel […]

2020 Christmas Ornament

November 30, 2020March 19, 2021 SVA PR23

The 2020 Saint Vincent Archabbey Christmas Ornament was designed by Father Vincent de Paul Crosby, O.S.B. The imposing front doors of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica bring to mind the words of Saint Benedict (RB 53:1): “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a […]

Father Jonathan J. Murrman, O.S.B.

November 3, 2020November 4, 2020 SVA PR1775

Father Jonathan J. Murrman, O.S.B., 94, a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, died on Monday, November 2, 2020. He was a son of the late Edward and Pauline (Monahan) Murrman. Father Jonathan was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania on May 12, 1926. Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Marguerite Altman of New Castle, Pennsylvania; and his brother, […]

Father Bede Hasso, O.S.B.

November 3, 2020November 4, 2020 SVA PR1813

Father Bede Joseph Hasso, O.S.B., 91, a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, died Monday, November 2, 2020. He was born March 26, 1929 in Port Vue, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Michael and Elizabeth (Yencho) Hasso. He was one of eight children, the late Helen Brady, Ann Hoffman, Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Miney, William, Andrew, […]

Heart to Heart Receives Second Place National Award

July 19, 2020March 19, 2021 SVA PR16

Heart to Heart (now Saint Vincent Monks), the magazine of Saint Vincent Archabbey, won a second place Catholic Press Association Award in 2020 for Magazine/Newsletter of the Year: Religious Order Magazines and Print Newsletters for the year 2019. This is the sixth consecutive year in which the magazine has received CPA honors. Heart to Heart […]

Blessing of Archabbot Martin To Be Broadcast Live On Friday, July 10

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 SVA PR3270

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 […]

Brother Placid Sellers, O.S.B., To Make Final Vows

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 SVA PR2202

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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