Two men who have spent a year of discernment as novices at Saint Vincent Archabbey will make their first (or simple) profession of monastic vows at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 10 before Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., in the Archabbey Basilica. In order to become solemnly professed, they will spend three years discerning as junior monks before being considered for vows for life. The monks are from Naucalpan, Mexico, and Park Hills, Kentucky.

Salvador Isaac Garcia, now Brother Isaac, studied communication and journalism from the UNAM Acatlán Faculty of Higher Studies, graduating in 2011. He is a 2005 graduate of College of Sciences and Humanities, Naucalpan, Mexico. He is the son of Carmen Garcia Huitron of Naucalpan Centro, Mexico, and the late Salvador Garcia Sanchez. His siblings are Adriana Montserrat Garcia Garcia, and Pablo Jacob Garcia Garcia, both of Mexico City.

He was invested with the monastic habit on July 10, 2024 in the Archabbey Basilica by Archabbot Martin.

Abraham Reeder of Park Hills, who is now Brother Abraham, attended Thomas More College and Franciscan University, from which he graduated in 2024 with a degree in theology. His parents are Michael and Kelly Reeder.

He was invested with the monastic habit on July 10, 2024 in the Archabbey Basilica by Archabbot Martin.