Heart to Heart Spring/Summer 2001

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge visited the Saint Vincent campus in April to announce $500,000 in state funding for the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve. The funding will be used to develop the reserve, on land adjacent to Saint Vin-cent.

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., serves on the board of the non-profit reserve, which is named in honor of the late wife of golf-ing great Arnold Palmer. Mrs. Palmer served on the Board of Directors of Saint Vincent College, and had a vision to preserve this land and save the sweeping vista across the

Saint Vincent Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., provided the introduction to a Seton Hill College Lynch Lecture on April 26 featuring Lech Walesa, former Pres-ident of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Walesa’s name is listed alongside Pope John Paul II and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as a key leader in ending Communism and, ultimately, the Cold War.

Walesa burst into the world spotlight in 1980 during the Lenin Shipyard strike in Gdansk, Poland. Workers, exasperated by an increase in prices set by the Communist government, were demanding the right to organize free and

independent trade unions.On August 14 of that year,

Walesa, an electrician who had long been active in the underground labor movement, arrived at the barricaded ship-yard just as the dispirited workers were on the verge of abandoning their strike. Climbing the shipyard walls, he delivered a stirring speech from atop a bulldozer. Revi-talized by Walesa’s passion, the strike spread to factories across the nation. Christened “Solidarity,” the labor move-ment became a social rev-olution. Walesa entered into negotiations with the govern-ment, convincing it to grant

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., introduced the former President of Poland, Lech Walesa, at an April 26 Lynch Lecture on the campus of Seton Hill College, Greensburg. Above, Archabbot Douglas, President Walesa and Seton Hill College President Dr. JoAnne W. Boyle pause for a photo prior to the lecture.

Archabbot Douglas ProvidesIntroduction for Lech Walesa

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., welcomed Arnold Palmer, Governor Tom Ridge and John Oliver, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to the Saint Vincent campus in April. Governor Ridge announced funding for the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, adjacent to the campus. Archabbot Douglas serves on the board for the reserve.

Governor Ridge AnnouncesFunding for Winnie Palmer Reserve

valley from the campus that she loved.

The reserve’s mission will be to engage in educational activities intended to increase awareness and understand-ing of ecological concerns and challenges facing our natural environment. The reserve will carry out the mis-sion by providing and improv-ing land and facilities that will be open for hiking and rec-reation. The land will also be used by Saint Vincent College for conservation and environmental education.

“I’m especially glad to

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spend a year of contemplation and reflec-tion on the monastic way of life. Capping that busy week was the July 14 priesthood ordination of Edward Mazich, O.S.B., fol-lowing his return from graduate studies in Rome.

The Pittsburgh Steelers returned to our campus in July, and we welcomed mem-bers of the Rooney family, as well as National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and many other friends during their annual training camp. Also in July Saint Vincent College announced a $5 million grant from the Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation and the Philip M. McKenna Foundation of Latrobe which will enable us to create The Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Gov-ernment at Saint Vincent. Construction also began July 30 for a new freshman resi-dence hall on the college campus.

Looking ahead, the Jendruch Family of Slovakia will return to our campus on Sat-urday, December 22, for a Christmas Con-cert at 8 p.m. at the Archabbey Basilica.

Archabbot of Saint Vincent

Rev. William A. Beaver, O.S.B., pastor of Sacred Heart Church in J e a n n e t t e , recently received notification that his short story, “The Red Balloon,” will be included in an upcoming issue of “The Catholic Yearbook.”

* * * * *Br. David Carlson, O.S.B., Chair-

person of the Computing and Infor-mation Science Department, visited teacher Rick Hall’s Computer Club at Christ the Divine Teacher School in Latrobe. Br. David introduced the students to a computer simulation, Chip the Robot, created by Saint Vin-cent College alumnus Michael Clem-ens while he was a student at Saint Vincent.

Br. David also spoke to parents at Sacred Heart Ele-mentary School in Youngs-town on careers in comput-ing and the need to interest more young women in the field. Both pre-sentations were part of the Computing and Information Science Department’s Link-to-Learn grant project. The project web page can be found at http://cis.stvincent.edu/itwd.

* * * * *Rev. Chrysostom V. Schlimm, O.S.B.,

received the Boniface Wimmer Faculty Award at the spring honors convocation of Saint Vincent College.

In presenting the award, acting Aca-demic Dean Rev. Vernon A. Holtz, O.S.B., noted:

“Perseverance, dedication, commit-ment and an eye for details” describe Father Chrys, who served as a member of the Language Department for many years before joining the library staff in the early 1970s. When Father Fintan Shon-iker, O.S.B., retired, Father Chrys was appointed Director of Libraries on Janu-ary 1, 1984, and served in that capacity

for seventeen years. He is now Special Collections Librarian.

As Director of Libraries, Father Chrysostom oversaw the arduous responsibility of automating the library from 1992 to 1994. Just planning for the automation took a year and a half.

“While tech-nicians were installing the tech-nology,” Father Vernon said, “Father Chrysos-tom and his staff took on the almost seemingly impos-sible task of bar-coding the library holdings and then repeating the process by placing secu-rity tags on every book, video and cas-sette the library contained.”

In 1998 Father Chrysostom began working on the library renovation. “In the midst of window replacement, wall construction, plastic, tarps and clouds of dust, Father Chrys saw to it that the library continued to function and the needs of the patrons were met. Due to his efforts, the library is an inviting place for the Saint Vincent Community

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Archabbot’s Message


Dear Friends of Saint Vincent,The recent tragedy of the ter-

rorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., and the plane crash in western Penn-sylvania are a source of great sadness for our nation and the world. On September 11th at 8:00 p.m., a Mass was held in the Archabbey Basilica for the students in our college and sem-inary along with local parishio-ners to remember the victims of this terrible attack on our nation and their families who mourn their loss. We have received many requests for prayers for friends and loved ones whose lives have been affected by this tragedy. If you have family or friends whom you would like us to remember in our prayers, please drop us a note or send us an e-mail.

The last several months have been very busy months at Saint Vincent Archabbey. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, U.S. Congressman John Murtha, Arnold Palmer,

David Roderick, and others were on hand to announce grant funding for the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, to be located on the east side of our campus.

Lech Walesa, former Pres-ident of Poland, spoke in Greensburg, where I had the opportunity to introduce him. Following commencement ceremonies at Saint Vincent Seminary, when we hosted His Eminence Francis Car-dinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, our confrere Lee

Yoakam, O.S.B., was ordained to the priest-hood. In June we honored those who have faithfully served our community, on Jubi-larian Day. And in July we held our com-munity meetings; saw Br. Dominic Shipsky, O.S.B., and Br. Gregory Montagna, O.S.B., make their first vows; welcomed Br. Mark Floreanini, O.S.B., and Br. Brian Boosel, O.S.B., as full capitulars in our community following their solemn profession of vows; and welcomed seven novices who will


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Br. Brian D. Boosel, O.S.B.Br. Mark L. Floreanini, O.S.B.

Two Benedictines Make Solemn Profession of Vows

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., accepted the solemn vows of two Bene-dictines on Wednesday, July 11, during Mass at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica.

After spending one year as a novice and three years as a junior monk that serve as a period of reflection and monastic formation, the Benedictine brothers may petition for solemn vows, which are a commitment to monastic vows for life. Making their professions were Br. Mark L. Floreanini, O.S.B., and Br. Brian D. Boosel, O.S.B.

BROTHR MARK L. FLOREANINI, O.S.B.

Brother Mark L. Floreanini, O.S.B., was born June 15, 1956, in Alliance, Ohio.

He is a son of the late Bruno and Betty Floreanini. He has two sisters, Debbie Scott of Sebring, Ohio, and Faith Babbit of San Antonio, Texas; and two broth-ers, Tim Floreanini of Sebring, Ohio and Harry Floreanini of Lisbon, Ohio.

He attended St. Joseph’s Elementary School, Alliance, Ohio; and is a 1974 graduate of West Branch High School, Beloit, Ohio. He received an associate degree in fine art from Sinclair Commu-nity College in 1987.

He made his simple profession of vows on July 11, 1998.

He served as assistant guestmaster at Saint Vincent Archabbey, and he has


Heart to Heart,from the Latin

“Cor ad Cor Loquitur,” or “Heart Speaks to Heart,” is the motto of Archabbot

Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B. It refers to the Archabbot’s

prayer that giving and receiving authentic love may always be the chief charac-teristic of the Saint Vincent monastic community. This

was also the motto of Cardi-nal John Newman.

This newsletter is published by the Benedictines of Saint

Vincent Archabbey.

Publisher Archabbot Douglas R.

Nowicki, O.S.B.

Development DirectorWilliam P. Malloy

Writer/EditorKimberley A. Metzgar

Contributors to this issue:

Director of Public RelationsDonald A. Orlando

Public Relations AssociateTheresa Schwab

Alumni DirectorRev. Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B.

Rev. Omer U. Kline, O.S.B.

Rev. Cyprian G. Constantine, O.S.B.

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

Saint Vincent Archabbey300 Fraser Purchase

Road, Latrobe,Pennsylvania 15650-2690724-539-9761, Ext. 2601

[email protected]/archabbey/

Inside This Issue . . . Winnie Palmer................... 1, 12, 13Lech Walesa ............................ 1, 11Archabbot’s Message...................2Archabbey News....................2, 4-6Solemn Vows............................. 3, 5Museum, General Store ........ 7, 13New Cartoonist .............................8Ordinations ................................8-9Seminary Appointments ..............9Community Meetings ...................9Simple Vows................................10Fr. Meinrad ...................... 10, 13, 28Pastoral Appointments ..............14New Novices ......................... 14, 28Basilica Organ .......................15-18Marguerite Parish .......................19Monastic Journey .......................19Mission to Brazil ....................20-21College Appointments ...............22

Eucharistic Congress.................22Fr. Jerome Vows..........................23New Director ...............................23Vocation Booklet ........................23Fr. Gilbert Appointed..................24New Campus Minister ................24Acting Academic Dean ..............25Steelers Welcomed.....................25Alumnus of Distinction ..............26Monastic Appointments.............26Development Corner ..................27Jubilarian Day .............................28New Fire Chief.............................28Tribute Gifts ................................29Br. Nicholas Named....................30Ministry of Reader ......................30Fire School ..................................30Oblates ........................................30Obituaries....................................31Cardinal George..........................32



today,” Father Vernon said. He noted that Father Chrysostom also saw the library through another technology upgrade in the fall of 2000. “Father Chrys has always been an advocate for the library and he has always been supportive of his staff. He has taken care to ensure that the library contin-ues to remain ‘the heart of this liberal arts college.’”

* * * * *Very Rev. Earl J. Henry, O.S.B.,

Prior of the Archabbey and former Dean of Admis-sion and Finan-cial Aid, as well as former Dean of Students at Saint Vincent College, was the speaker at the Alumni Tri-angle Luncheon in Pittsburgh in April. He spoke of Boni-face Wimmer and

told stories of this feisty man of vision who founded Saint Vincent in 1846. He also told the alums that the spirit of this Bavarian monk was one that he hoped they would possess.

* * * * *Br. Mark L. Floreanini, O.S.B., was

among six studio arts students featured in a senior exhibition at Saint Vincent College. It was the first senior exhibition since the Department of Fine Arts was reestablished in 1998.

Br. Nathan M. C o c h r a n ,

O.S.B., Gallery Director, noted “this is a diverse exhibition with subjects of interest to each student, which makes manifest the individual’s personality.”

* * * * *Rev. Mark F. Gruber, O.S.B., wrote

the lead article, “Who Saw The Risen Lord First? And Why it Mat-ters” for the April issue of New Cove-nant magazine. Fr. Mark also presented a lec-ture to the Parent Teacher Associa-tion of Christ the Divine Teacher School, Latrobe. His topic, “Character Counterformation” concerned the effects of the contemporary media and its market orientation on the emer-gent mentality of the child. Fr. Mark con-sidered that enculturation through the media is at least as powerful a force in the development of a human character as the psychological processes of family dynamics.

* * * * *Rev. Cyprian G. Constantine, O.S.B.,

Assistant Profes-sor of Fine Arts at Saint Vincent College, directed the Saint Vincent Archabbey Schola Cantorum in an evening concert of Gregorian Chant at Duquesne Univer-sity. The concert,

Gregorian Chant: The Sacred Message in Music, was part of the 28th annual Western Pennsylvania Symposium on World Literature, which focused upon the topic, St. Augustine: Mysticism and Spiri-tuality. Members of the Archabbey Schola include Rev. Gilbert Burke, O.S.B., Rev. Wulfstan Clough, O.S.B., Rev. Paul-Alexander Shutt, O.S.B., Br. Mark Flo-reanini, O.S.B., Br. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., and Br. Cajetan Homick, O.S.B.

* * * * *Rev. Nathan J. Munsch, O.S.B., of the

Religious Studies Department, gave a talk at the annual meeting of The Western Pennsyl-vania Symposium on World Liter-atures, held at Duquesne Uni-versity. The topic of the conference was St. Augustine: Mysticism and Spirituality. The

title of Fr. Nathan’s talk was “The Prob-lem with St. Monica: The Role of Neo-platonism in Confessions Books 7 & 9.”

The conference also included speak-ers from Pittsburgh Theological Sem-inary, Carnegie Mellon, New York University and Duq-uesne University. The symposium concluded in the eve-ning with a performance of Gregorian chant by the Saint Vincent Archabbey schola led by Rev. Cyprian Constan-tine, O.S.B.

* * * * *Rev. Rene M. Kollar, O.S.B., was

among three faculty members at Saint Vincent College awarded a prestigious Freedom Project Grant. The others were Dr. Brad Watson and Dr. Andrew Herr.

The $31,000 grant is funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The award was for a course, “The Idea of Freedom: Politics, Philosophy, Eco-nomics, and Theology,” that will be offered in the Spring of 2002. The award also includes special lectures by four external scholars.

* * * * * Rev. Chrysostom V. Schlimm,

O.S.B., Special Collections Librarian, gave a talk on “Monographs, Manu-scripts, Incunabula: A Peek into the Saint Vincent Special Collections” as part of a workshop by the Southwest Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association. Between 50 and 70 people attended the workshop sponsored by the chapter, which includes represen-tatives from 11 counties and is one of eight chapters in the state.

* * * * *Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki,

O.S.B., was the presider and homilist for a liturgy held for the Religious Stud-ies Department in the Saint Gregory Chapel. He addressed the faculty and students of the department about the significance of Holy Week.

* * * * * Br. Patrick

R. Lacey, O.S.B., of the Saint Vincent Fire Depart-ment, spoke about the 1963 Saint Vincent fire at a meet-

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ing of the Silver Threads of Holy Family Church, Latrobe, in March.

* * * * *Rev. Thomas M. Hart, O.S.B., Reli-

gious Studies Department, was invited to speak at Indiana University of Penn-sylvania in March. IUP’s Committee on Culture and Religion asked to hear about “Saint Benedict, His Monastic Rule and Western Culture.”

* * * * *Rev. Wulfstan F. Clough, O.S.B.,

was featured in the February 24, 2001, edition of The Latrobe Bulletin. The assistant professor of English at Saint Vincent College has always had a lit-erary bent. Before joining the mon-astery, he received an undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware and spent seven years at Notre Dame University working on his doctorate in medieval literature with minor concen-trations in Renaissance poetry and historical linguistics. While at Notre Dame, his faith deepened through

meeting many people who were very serious about their Catholicism in a good way.

After completing his studies he returned to the University of Delaware where he joined the faculty and reaf-firmed his love of teaching. While teach-ing a course on the “Bible as Literature,” two students had an impact on him. One student who had rejected his faith was inspired to start going to church again, and another told him that although Father Wulfstan was not consciously promoting his faith “the words and phrases you use are very Catholic.”

Father Wulfstan was startled by this observation. “I had absorbed so much of my faith that I wasn’t aware of it.” He began thinking about pursuing a religious vocation. When he told several friends what he was considering they told him he’d make a good priest.

“On my vocation visit to Saint Vincent, I found my stereotypes about monaster-ies were falling by the boards right and left,” he said, “and when I was sharing my vocation quest, something started happening to me during that talk. I think Thomas Merton expressed it best when

he said, ‘the Lord set fire to my soul.’ I suddenly started feeling ... agitated is not the right word ... but there was a burning inside. I felt that this (Saint Vincent) was where I was going to end up.”

Eventually, he visited several other monasteries in different parts of the country, “but none of them attracted me the way Saint Vincent did. I really believed the Lord was leading me to Saint Vincent for whatever reason. I continued my vocation quest, but I believed that Saint Vincent was where I belonged.”

He joined the community and began his novitiate on July 1, 1990. He took the religious name Wulfstan after the 11th-century Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop, Saint Wulfstan of Worcester. The year of the novitiate proved to be a challenging time since his mother was ill and eventually died. He went

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worked on stained glass ornaments for the Archabbey Studios. In 1999 he was named assistant manager of the Basil-ica Gift Shop. In 2000 he was named an assistant in the Vocations Office.

BROTHER BRIAN D. BOOSEL, O.S.B.

Brother Brian D. Boosel, O.S.B., was born in Butler, on December 16, 1973. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Boosel of Butler. His brothers are Jason A. Boosel of Indiana, and Adam C. Boosel of Butler.

He attended Butler Catholic Elemen-tary School and Butler Area Senior High School, where he graduated in 1992. He received a bachelor of arts degree in his-tory from Saint Vincent College in 1996 and was a graduate student in history at Slippery Rock University from 1996 to 1997.

As a college student he was named to “Who’s Who Among American Col-leges and Universities” and received the Student Government Service Award in 1996. He was a four-year member of the Saint Vincent College Student Govern-

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Profession

ment Association and was president of the Saint Vincent College Student Gov-ernment from 1995 to 1996.

He made his simple profession of monastic vows on July 11, 1998.

In 1998 he was named assistant archi-

vist of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Archives, assistant master of ceremo-nies and sacristan. In 1999 he was named socius of novices in the Archab-bey Formation Program. In 2000 he was appointed Director of Sacristies.

Making their solemn profession of vows on July 11 before Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., were Br. Mark L. Floreanini, O.S.B., and Br. Brian D. Boosel, O.S.B.



includes the city’s North Shore and North Side Flats neighborhoods once served by St. Mary, St. Cyprian and St. Mary Immaculate churches. The parish has about 2,200 members.

St. Peter Church was originally con-structed in 1850, but was rebuilt in 1888 following a fire. It is a registered historic structure, having served as the cathe-dral for the Diocese of Allegheny before Allegheny City merged with the city of Pittsburgh.

* * * * *Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki,

O.S.B., was among those participating in the 100th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown on May 27. The event featured a diocesan Centennial Mass with The Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, who was the principal celebrant and homilist. Also participating were current Bishop Joseph V. Adamec, Anthony Cardinal Bevilac-qua, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Met-ropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Pennsylvania, and James Cardinal Hickey, retired Archbishop of Washing-ton D.C., and over a dozen bishops.

* * * * *Rev. Thomas M. Hart, O.S.B.,

attended the inaugural conference of the newly-established Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at Catholic Theologi-cal Union’s Bernardin Center in Chicago on May 15 and 16. It was titled “That You May Come to Know One Another (Qur’an 49:13): Directions for Muslim-Catholic

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home after his mother’s death but was able to return to take vows with his novitiate class. During the crisis of his mother’s illness “the support from the monastic community was unbeliev-able,” he recalls. “Archabbot Douglas was tremendously empathetic. It was a rough time, but it showed me what life in the Saint Vincent community was all about. There was a tremendous close-ness.”

In the fall of 1991 he started his studies in the seminary. He served his diaconate at Sacred Heart Parish in Jeannette in 1995, and in June of 1996 he was ordained a priest. “It was the end of a very long journey, but it was a very happy occasion. I’ve never regret-ted that I came here,” he said.

He began teaching at Saint Vincent part-time during the fall of 1992. After ordination he began teaching full-time in the English department. He enjoys the interaction with students and the exchange of ideas. Through his enthu-siasm he hopes that he can inspire students to enjoy literature as much as he does. Part of that enjoyment is understanding the broad issues spot-lighted by great literature — whether it is the ancient classic Beowulf, and the way the work looks at human nature, or Shakespeare, and the way he probes the character of powerful leaders — something as timely as today’s head-lines.

“There is a tremendous amount of relevance in our literature,” Father Wulfstan says. “It makes us who we are.”

* * * * *Rev. Benjamin R. Walker, O.S.B.,

pastor of St. Peter Parish on P i t t s b u r g h ’ s North Side, talked about the history of St. Peter Church in a June 1 Pitts-burgh Catholic article about a fund raising cam-paign to help

restore it. Saint Peter Parish was reorganized in 1993 and includes Our Lady Queen of Peace and St. Peter churches. Its geographical area

Dialogue in the 21st Century (Christian calendar)/15th Century (Muslim cal-

endar).” The pro-gram is the only one of its kind in the United States and seeks to build bridges of mutual unde rs tand ing between Muslims and Christians.

* * * * *November is

the release date for the forthcoming book by Rev. Demetrius R. Dumm, O.S.B., A Mystical Portrait of Jesus — New Perspec-tives on John’s Gospel. Published by The Liturgical Press, this 200-page paper-back book will be available in November for $16.95. More information on the publication is available at the publisher’s website: ht tp: / /www.catalog. l i tpress.org/detail.cfm?ID=2188.

* * * * *Rev. Mark Gruber, O.S.B., will

give a talk on “Faith and Evolution” on Friday, October 12 at St. Cecilia Church Hall, Grindstone. Admission is free and open to the public. For infor-mation call 724-677-2110.

Mr. Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” was a visitor to the Saint Vincent campus this spring. He and Archabbot Douglas were taking a walk with College President Mr. James Will when Don Orlando, public relations director, snapped this photograph.



Gristmill Museum,

General Store Is Open

Since 1854, Benedictines from Saint Vincent Archabbey have operated a Gristmill, grinding grains for the suste-nance of the monks at the Archabbey, for students at Saint Vincent College and Seminary, and even for local farm-ers. They have always sold flour there, and at one time Saint Vincent Bread was famous throughout the region. Now the monks have expanded their efforts with the grand opening of the Gristmill Museum and General Store.

The Gristmill is located on the north-ern end of the Saint Vincent campus, along Beatty Road.

The Gristmill Museum will feature a viewing area where visitors can some-times observe the monks operating the grindstones to make flour, and view various exhibits involving the mill and some of the early agricultural history of Saint Vincent.

The General Store features Gristmill products, including flour and bran, and specialty gourmet items, including Saint Vincent Bread Mix, coffees, teas and

chocolates. There are also candy, canis-ters, scented soaps and candles, greet-ing cards, basketry, honey and syrup products, stoneware and hand-woven items such as placemats. Videotapes and cookbooks from the popular cable television cooking show, “Breaking Bread with Fr. Dominic,” are available at the store.

Also available is a 100-page history book on the Gristmill and Brewery by Rev. Omer U. Kline, O.S.B., published in 2000. The book includes a 16-page color section inside with photos of the historic milling equipment, and a fold-

out color schematic illustration showing how the mill works.

“The Gristmill was part of the vision of Saint Vincent founder, Father Bon-iface Wimmer, who laid the ground-work for its construction shortly after his arrival at Saint Vincent in 1846,” said Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B. “It played an important role in Saint Vin-cent’s history and it was also an integral part of the local agricultural commu-nity.”

“Boniface Wimmer’s plan to build Saint Vincent involved self-sufficiency,” said Father Omer. “His objective was to set in operation a Benedictine mon-astery that would be modeled very closely upon the monasteries of his native Bavaria. But, in order to estab-lish such a foundation, Wimmer knew that he would have to have a school, primarily for educating candidates to the priesthood. He also knew that he would be expected, not only to minis-ter to the parishioners of Saint Vincent Parish, but also to expand missionary evangelization to an ever growing area and population. But, first and fore-most, Wimmer realized that he must build on ‘Mount Saint Vincent’ a sturdy physical plant which would serve as the headquarters for the life of prayer and work that he envisioned for his monas-tic foundation.”

The Gristmill’s future was in doubt in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when repairs to the structure were badly needed, but no funding was available. The Gristmill Committee was able to secure a number of grants and private donations towards the installation of a new roof, new windows and new siding. More recently, restroom facili-ties were installed to enable the mill to be open for tourism, and a ramp was constructed to provide access to the physically challenged. Funding has been provided by The Allegheny Foundation of Pittsburgh, The Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation of Latrobe, The Pennsylvania Heritage Parks Pro-gram under the Department of Conser-vation and Natural Resources and the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. A jump-start to the second phase of this restoration was given in 1998-1999 by a grant of HUD through the Indepen-dent Agencies Appropriations Act of the U.S. Congress with the assistance of U.S. Congressman John Murtha.

The Gristmill also houses an Environ-

The Gristmill Museum and General Store was a stop on the national tour of Bridgewater Candle Company and a benefit for Habitat for Humanity. The candle company, headquartered in South Carolina, developed a special bus for its “Bridge Across America” tour. In the photo above, Bridgewater representatives, including “Sparky” the candle, and store director Rev. Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B., look at the company’s “Habitat for Humanity” candle, being sold in the store. Net proceeds from the candle benefit the organization which provides affordable housing to low-income families. A luncheon for regional stores that use Bridgewater products was hosted in the Gristmill Museum, followed by a sales meeting in the mill’s Environmental Educa-tion Center. (Continued on Page 13)

A new sign directs visitors to the Gristmill Museum and General Store on Beatty Road, north of the main campus.



Two Saint Vincent Benedictines were ordained to the priesthood this year. Lee R. Yoakam, O.S.B., was ordained on Sat-urday, May 19, while Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B., was ordained on July 14, both by Most Rev. Anthony G. Bosco, Bishop of Greensburg, in the Archabbey Basilica.

Father Lee is a 1973 graduate of Grant High School, Portland, Oregon. He attended Old Dominion University where he received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1979 and a bachelor of sci-ence degree in nursing in 1986. He holds a master of science degree in adminis-tration from Central Michigan University (1993). He earned a master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 2000.

He made simple profession of monas-

Posing for a photo following the May 19 ordination Mass were newly-ordained Father Lee R. Yoakam, O.S.B., left, Most Rev. Anthony G. Bosco, Bishop of Greensburg, who ordained Father Lee; and Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.

Fr. Lee Yoakam, Fr. Edward Mazich Ordained

Following the laying on of hands, (from left,) Father William A. Beaver, O.S.B., Father Benjamin R. Walker, O.S.B., retired Archabbot Paul R. Maher, O.S.B., and Archabbot Douglas, watch as Bishop Anthony G. Bosco says the consecratory prayer. Father Lee R. Yoakam, O.S.B., kneels.

tic vows on July 10, 1981 and solemn profession of vows on July 10, 1999. He was ordained to the diaconate April 10, 2000 by Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah in the Archabbey Basilica. He served his diaconate internship at Saint Peter Parish, North Side, Pittsburgh, in 2000-2001.

At Saint Vincent he has served as an adjunct nurse at Saint Vincent Col-lege and Seminary, and is director of the Monastic Infirmary. He was a dorm mod-erator at Saint Vincent College through 2000.

In 1984 he joined the Navy Reserves for two and a half years. He served in the

U.S. Army from 1986 to 1994 and holds the rank of Major, active in the Chaplains Corps of the Army Reserves.

Father Lee is a son of Ted G. Yoakam and Doloros (Ahrens) Yoakam of Arma, Kansas. He is one of six children, includ-ing Terry G. Yoakam of Leavenworth, Kansas; Paul C. Yoakam, Chesapeake, Virginia; Gail M. Mattivi, Pittsburg, Kansas; Ted G. Yoakam, Virginia Beach, Va., and the late Julie A. Metzger.

Father Edward Mazich attended St. Joseph in Danville, and is a 1990 grad-uate of Danville Area High School. He received a bachelor of science degree

Posing for a photo following the July 14 ordination Mass were from left, retired Saint Vincent Archabbot Paul R. Maher, O.S.B.; newly-ordained Father Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B.; Most Rev. Anthony G. Bosco, Bishop of Greensburg; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.; and Very Rev. Edmund Power, O.S.B., Prior of Sant’ Anselmo, the Benedictine International School in Rome.

New Cartoonist forAbbey Web Page

Patrick J. Costello of Nashville, Geor-gia, is the new cartoonist for the Archabbey Web Page’s “Archabbot and Costello,” which can be seen at http://benedictine.stvincent.edu/archabbey/,

He is a Consulting Fellow and Certi-fied Professional Property Manager. He has been a consultant for the last three years since retiring from United Technol-ogy Corp., Westinghouse, and Northrop-Grumman. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel, with 31 years in logistics. Pat received an associate degree in management from State Uni-versity of New York. He and his wife admire their pastor, Father Christian G. LeFrois, O.S.B., a Saint Vincent Bene-dictine currently serving in Georgia.




Father Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B., sits at the right hand of Bishop Anthony G. Bosco following ordination on July 14.

in mathematics from Penn State Univer-sity in 1994. He earned a master of arts degree in theology from Saint Vin-cent Seminary in May of 1998. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Honor Soci-ety and Phi Beta Kappa. In 2000 he began graduate studies at the Biblicum in Rome.

Father Edward made his simple pro-fession of vows July 10, 1995, at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica, and his solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1998, at the Basilica. He was ordained to the diaconate on April 10, 2000, in the Archabbey Basilica by Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah.

At Saint Vincent, he has served as an assistant to the sacristan (1994-1998), assistant to the master of ceremonies (1995-1998), computer lab tutor in the Computing and Information Science Department of Saint Vincent College (1995-1997) and instructor in the Math-ematics Department (1997).

The son of Alice (Connolley) Mazich of Danville and the late John Mazich, he was born February 10, 1972. He is one of six children. His sister is Theresa Mazich of Palo Alto, California; and his brothers are Paul Mazich of Yorktown, Virginia; Richard Mazich of Fleetwood; John Mazich of Potter’s Mills; and James Mazich of Hellertown.

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Monastic Community MeetingsThe Saint Vincent Monastic Community Meetings were held in July and several guests addressed the Benedictine community

members who attended, including Dr. Barbara Loe (left,) with Archabbot Douglas and Br. Nicholas Koss, O.S.B., who is prior of the Archabbey’s mission in Taiwan and acting Dean of the Foreign Language School at Fu Jen Catholic University College of Foreign Languages. Dr. Loe is the daughter of James I. Loe and Margaret T. Tseng Loe of Jiangxi, Nanchang, China. Dr. Loe and her sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Loe Tai, Ms. Hsiao-Bin Loe, Mrs. Agnes P. Loe Li, and Mrs. Mary Jean Loe Wong, were baptized by Benedictine Father Gregory Schramm in 1933 in China. Their father, Professor James Ignatius Loe, taught at Fu Jen University at that time. They met Father Damian J. Warnock, O.S.B., while on a pilgrimage to Rome and Lourdes. In the photo at right, Archab-bot Douglas listens to a talk by Very Rev. Edmund Power, O.S.B., who is prior of Sant’ Anselmo, the international Benedictine headquarters in Rome. He was visiting Saint Vincent for the July 14 ordination of Father Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B.

Seminary AppointmentsArchabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.,

has announced the following monastic appointments at Saint Vincent Seminary:

Administrators include: Fr. Kurt Bel-sole, Rector; Fr. Cyprian Constantine, Acting Academic Dean; Fr. Thomas More Sikora, Director of Spiritual Formation; Fr. Richard Michel, Director of Field Edu-cation; Br. David Kelly, Director of Librar-ies; Fr. Gilbert Burke, Director of Alumni; Fr. Damian Warnock, Manager of the Post Office; Br. Fredric Supek, Associ-ate Director of Facilities Management; Fr. Anthony Grossi, Manager of the Book Center; Br. Hugh Lester, Financial Con-sultant; Fr. Patrick Cronauer, Director of Solemnly Professed Benedictines and Other Religious Seminarians.

Faculty members include Fr. Thomas Acklin, Fr. Kurt Belsole, Fr. Patrick Cro-nauer, Fr. Demetrius Dumm, Br. Benedict Janecko, Br. David Kelly, Br. Elliott Malo-ney, Fr. Stanley Markiewicz, Fr. Justin Matro, Fr. Richard Michel, Fr. Warren Murrman and Fr. Chrysostom Schlimm. Adjunct faculty members include Fr. Jacques Daley, Fr. James Podlesny, Fr. Sebastian Samay and Fr. Ralph Tajak. College faculty members assisting the Seminary include Fr. Andrew Campbell, Br. Nathan Cochran, Fr. Cyprian Con-stantine, Fr. Nathan Munsch, Fr. Justin Nolan, Fr. Rene Kollar, Fr. Paul-Alexan-der Shutt and Fr. Mark Wenzinger. Fac-ulty emeriti include Fr. Alphonse Meier, Fr. Germain Lieb, Fr. Omer Kline and Fr. Paulinus Selle.



Two novices at Saint Vincent Arch-abbey made their simple profession or first vows as Benedictines on July 10. Br. Dominic J. Shipsky, O.S.B., and Br. Gregory D. Montagna, O.S.B., completed the novitiate, a year of prayer and study designed to assist them in discerning their vocation as Benedictine monks. Renewing his vows the same day was Br. Boniface P. Hicks, O.S.B. Br. Cajetan P. Homick, O.S.B., began studies in Rome and renewed his vows before his depar-ture.

BROTHER DOMINIC J. SHIPSKY, O.S.B.

Brother Dominic J. Shipsky, O.S.B., was born July 26, 1965. He is the son of Ruth Jane Shipsky of Poland, Ohio, and the late John C. Shipsky. He is one of seven children, including Jack, Paul and Bob Shipsky of Poland; Marilyn Jones

of Jax, Florida; Bill Shipsky of Struthers, Ohio; and Sue Shipsky of Atlanta, Geor-gia.

A 1984 graduate of Poland High School, he attended Poland Union Grade School. His hobbies are hiking and bird watching.

BR. GREGORY D.MONTAGNA, O.S.B.

Br. Gregory D. Montagna, O.S.B., is the son of Dr. David and Mrs. Grace Montagna of Cardale, Pennsylvania.

He is a 1987 graduate of Brownsville Area High School. In 1991 he earned a bachelor of arts degree in politics and philosophy from the University of Pitts-burgh. He attended Saint Vincent Semi-nary from 1993 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2000. He earned a master of divinity degree with high honor from Saint Vin-cent Seminary in 2000.

Novices Make Simple Profession; Vows Renewed

Br. Dominic J. Shipsky, O.S.B. Br. Gregory D. Montagna, O.S.B.

Making simple profession of vows on July 10 were, from left, Br. Dominic J. Shipsky, O.S.B. and Br. Gregory D. Montagna, O.S.B.

Rev. Meinrad Lawson, O.S.B.

Father Meinrad Lawson NamedAssistant to the

ArchabbotFather Meinrad J. Lawson, O.S.B.,

has been named Assistant to Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., and Master of Ceremonies for the Archabbey. He returns to the Archabbey after serving in a number of positions at the Archabbey’s apostolate in Savannah, Georgia, during the past 23 years.

In 1978, Father Meinrad was assigned to Benedictine Priory and Military School in Savannah, Georgia, where he served as Prior of the Monastery from 1987 to 1999. He was chair of the religious stud-ies department from 1979 to 1992, and chair of the Priory Liturgy Committee from 1979 to 1987. Father Meinrad was junior class advisor from 1979 to 1980, senior class advisor from 1980 to 1994. He has also served on the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Savannah (1984–87); was director of retreats at St. Vincent Academy (1980-1986); spiritual director for SEARCH in the Savannah Deanery (1980-1984); confessor, Sisters of St. Francis (1980-1986); procurator of Benedictine Priory (1983-1987); chair of Campus Ministry (1985-1990); Sub-prior of Benedictine Priory (1986-1987); business manager of Benedictine Mili-tary School (1987-1994); assistant head-




legal recognition to Solidarity. The work-ers gained the right to form independent unions and strike. This became the Gdansk Agreement, which Walesa signed on August 31, 1980. For his efforts Walesa was named “Man of the Year” by Time magazine, The Financial Times, The London Observer, Die Welt, Die Zeit, L’Express, and Le Soir.

Over the next 18 months, however, rela-tions between Solidarity and the govern-ment became progressively worse until the Polish government declared martial law on December 31, 1981. The govern-ment suspended all union activities and arrested thousands of Solidarity mem-bers, including Walesa. In the fall of 1982 the government officially outlawed Soli-darity.

Walesa’s release from prison came that same fall. Solidarity continued to exist as an underground organization under his leadership. Celebrated worldwide as a symbol of the hope for freedom, Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. The Polish government again legal-ized Solidarity and invited it to join the Communist Party in forming a coalition government. In the resulting election, Sol-idarity won almost every contest.

On December 9, 1990 Walesa became Poland’s first democratically elected Pres-ident, winning more than 74 percent of the votes cast. Walesa’s leadership earned Poland the honor of receiving one of the first invitations to join the expanded NATO.

Oxford historian, Timothy Garton Ash,

author of “The Polish Revolution: Soli-darity,” in Time magazine’s “100 Leaders and Revolutionaries of the 20th Century” writes, “Without Walesa, the occupation strike in the Lenin Shipyard might never have taken off. Without him, Solidarity might never have been born. Without him, it might not have survived martial law and come back triumphantly to negotiate the transition from Communism to democ-racy. And without the Polish ice-breaking, Eastern Europe might still be frozen in a Soviet sphere of influence and the world would be a very different place.”

Walesa now heads the Lech Walesa Institute whose aim is to advance the ideals of democracy and free market reform throughout Eastern Europe and

the rest of the world.In his talk, Walesa credited the Roman

Catholic Church with helping the Polish people persevere through the decades of oppression following the Second World War.

“When the Polish people did not have the authority to speak for themselves, the church spoke for them. The Catholic Church preserved the Polish people, and the Polish people are grateful for this,” he said. He noted the country’s freedom came about in part because of the elec-tion of John Paul II as Pope in 1978. Walesa said that before the Pope’s elec-tion, the underground labor movement had about “20 supporters. A year later, I ended up with 10 million supporters.”

Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa, former President of Poland, was introduced by Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., during a Seton Hill College Lynch Lecture.

Lech Walesa received an honorary doctorate following his lecture. A large crowd filled Sullivan Hall to hear him speak (below).




announce this one grant in particular,” Governor Ridge said, as he viewed the reserve site. “Winnie had a vision that was as clear as the view from this hill. She wanted to make this an environ-mental, recreational and educational area for all time.”

David M. Roderick of Ligonier, retired USX Chairman, who serves on the Saint Vincent College Board of Direc-tors, and on the board of the reserve project, announced a $6 million fund raising goal for land acquisition and development of the reserve. He noted the project, while still in the early stages, is about 25 percent funded. Improvements are expected to begin in 2002 and completion is anticipated the following year.

John Oliver, Secretary of the State Department of Conservation and Nat-ural Resources, noted that the day “is a very exciting and very emotional day for conservation. Demand for assis-tance in these projects is overwhelm-ing. They are no longer ‘nice to have,’ but rather are essential to our quality of life and our economic well-being.”

The grant was part of Governor Ridge’s five-year, $650 million “Grow-ing Greener” Program.

Ridge noted that “if you talked to

Winnie Palmer, Earth Day was every day. She also reminded us that the earth is everybody’s hometown.”

“Winnie wanted this and she wanted it badly,” said Arnold Palmer, whose wife died in November 1999.

“We’re making a major step in that direction, and Winnie’s dream will come true,” said Palmer, a Youngstown, Pa.,

native. “We think what will eventually happen here is something this commu-nity and the state of Pennsylvania can be very proud of.”

U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha was also on hand, announcing $188 million has been put into cleaning up streams throughout the state.

Winnie Palmer Reserve Well on its Way to Fruition

In the photo at left, listening to Governor Ridge’s announcement for funding for the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve are, from left, David M. Roderick, board member of Saint Vincent College and the Nature Reserve; U.S. Congressman John P. Murtha, who announced funding for stream cleanups in the region in order to help boost tourism; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.; and Cynthia Carrow, Executive Vice President of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which assisted the Reserve board in obtaining the Growing Greener grant. At top, right, Arnold Palmer listens to Governor Tom Ridge’s announcement along with John Oliver, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).

Saint Vincent College President James Will, left, paused for a photo while discuss-ing the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve with Arnold Palmer, David M. Roderick and Archabbot Douglas.




In the photo at left, Arnold Palmer and his daughter, Mrs. Amy Saunders, unveil a photograph of Mr. Palmer’s late wife, Winnie, on a backdrop with a photo of the land and viewshed to Saint Vincent she wanted to preserve. At top, right, Mr. Palmer and Governor Tom Ridge answer questions from the media regarding the project. Local and regional media coverage of the announcement was widespread.

mental Education Center, tied into the Monastery Run wetlands project and aimed at hosting local, regional and national audiences, including ele-mentary, secondary and college stu-dents, civic organizations, and private groups.

The Education Center and the Museum/Visitor Center educate the public about milling, mining, monks, wetlands, environmental issues, indus-trial heritage, and local history.

The Museum and General Store are open Mondays through Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more informa-tion call 724-537-0304. Updated infor-mation on the Gristmill will be available on the Saint Vincent Archabbey web-site: http://benedictine.stvincent.edu/archabbey/.

The store has already been featured prominently in many local newspapers, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh Business Times.

Business Times staff writer Jason Gallinger noted:

“Here’s grist for the mill: While high-tech agribusiness giants like Archer Daniels Midland Co. mill millions of bushels of grain each day, the monks at Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe still grind flour with stone quarried in

the 19th century.”“We didn’t do a business study, and

we didn’t do a market analysis,” said Father Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., chair-man of the Gristmill Committee. He added that the monks have no specific sales targets. “This was something we wanted to do.”

Father Paul told writer Gallinger that the idea for the store came from people in the community who would call or stop in search of Saint Vincent flour and bread.

The idea for the museum “was to create a place where people could learn about millers, monks and the region’s history.”

The mill still grinds about 25 tons of grain every year. The museum is a work in progress, with old tools from Saint Vincent’s farming days, as well as some old milling equipment.

Brother Dominic J. Shipsky, miller, noted “I come here planning to leave covered in flour.”

Referring to the Gristmill as a living piece of history, Father Paul said that in addition to learning about milling, he hopes visitors also learn about the monks. “It really is for visitors to come and learn. We’re regular guys who fol-lowed a call to pray and work.”

Millers, Monks, History Part of Gristmill Museum’s Educational Goal

(Continued from Page 7) master, Benedictine Military School (1992-1994); and first president of Bene-dictine Military School (1994-1996).

He was born in Erie, where his brother Thomas still resides.

He attended Saint Mary Parochial School in Erie, and is a 1958 graduate of Erie Technical High School. He attended Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary, and received a master of arts in religious education in 1982 from Prov-idence College in Rhode Island, and a master of divinity degree from Saint Vin-cent Seminary in 1992. He received an L.H.D. from Belmont Abbey College in 1993. He has also done graduate stud-ies at Notre Dame University.

He entered the Benedictine Monastic Community of Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1960. He made simple profession of vows on July 2, 1961, and solemn pro-fession of vows on July 11, 1964. He was ordained a deacon in May of 1966 by the late Bishop William G. Connare and ordained a priest by Bishop Con-nare on May 20, 1967.

At Saint Vincent Archabbey, Father Meinrad has been assistant master of ceremonies (1961–67), director of Saint Vincent Cemetery (1965–66), and


Assistant to the Archabbot




Seven novices were welcomed to the Archabbey in July, including Br. Daniel Heisey, Br. Maurus Mount, Br. Cassian Evans, Br. Benoit Allogia, Br. Barnabas Anderson, Br. Michael Miller and Br. Stephen Patrizio. Pausing for a photograph in Sebastian’s Garden with the novices are members of the monastic formation staff. Pictured are, first row, from left, Br. Anthony Kirsch, O.S.B., Assistant Novice Master; Br. Daniel Heisey; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.; Father Sebastian Samay, O.S.B., Novice Master and Coordinator of Formation Programs; second row, from left, Father Justin Matro, O.S.B., Socius of Novices; Br. Benoit Allogia; Br. Cassian Evans; Br. Stephen Patrizio; third row, from left, Br. Michael Miller, Br. Barnabas Anderson and Br. Maurus Mount; back row, Br. Brian Boosel, O.S.B., Socius of Novices.

Pastoral Appointments

AnnouncedIn August Archabbot Douglas R.

Nowicki, O.S.B., announced the following pastoral appoinments in the Dioceses of Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, and Wheel-ing-Charleston.

Having been duly recommended and nominated, the following Saint Vincent Benedictines have been appointed to ministry within the Dio-cese of Altoona-Johnstown by Bishop Joseph V. Adamec:

Father Stephen Honeygosky, O.S.B., Director of Campus Ministry at Penn State Catholic Center and Rector of the Benedictine Community at State College; Father David R. Griffin, O.S.B., Campus Ministry at the Penn State Catholic Center.

Having been duly recommended and nominated, the following Saint Vincent Benedictines have been appointed to ministry within the Diocese of Greensburg by Bishop Anthony G. Bosco:

Father Martin R. Bartel, O.S.B., Pastor, Saint Martin Parish, New Derry; Father John F. Murtha, O.S.B., Pastor, Saint Benedict Parish, Mar-guerite; Father Jeremy J. Bolha, O.S.B., Parochial Vicar, Saint Cecilia Parish, Whitney, and Sacred Heart Parish, Youngstown.

Having been duly recommended and nominated, the following Saint Vin-cent Benedictine has been appointed to ministry within the Diocese of Pitts-burgh by Bishop Donald W. Wuerl:

Father Ralph M. Tajak, O.S.B., Parochial Vicar, Saint Peter Parish, North Side, Pittsburgh.

Having been duly recommended and nominated, the following Saint Vincent Benedictines have been appointed to ministry within the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston by Bishop Bernard W. Schmitt:

Father Michael McKay, O.S.B., Chaplain, Wheeling Hospital, Wheel-ing, West Virginia, and Father Rich-ard Chirichiello, O.S.B., Pastor, St. Edmund Parish, Man, West Virginia, and Saint Barbara Mission, Chapman-ville, West Virginia.

Father Arthur J. Holtz, O.S.B., has been named an Assistant to the Prior at Saint Vincent Archabbey, where he

Archabbey Welcomes Seven Novices

In July, seven novices made the com-mitment to a year of contemplation and study to discern their vocation as Bene-dictine monks.

Br. Daniel Heisey is the son of Jacob L. and Ina H. Heisey of Mechanicsburg. He is a 1984 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School and earned a bach-elor of arts degree in Latin and history from Dickinson College in 1988. He has a brother, Bradford, of Carlisle.

Br. Maurus Mount is the son of Frank E. and Alina M. Mount of Indialantic, Flor-ida. He is a 1996 graduate of Melbourne High School and earned a bachelor of arts degree in classical languages from Marquette University in 2000. His brother is Michael C. Mount of Indialantic.

Br. Cassian Evans is the son of Dick and Kathy Evans of Tampa, Florida. He is a 1987 graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School, Johnstown. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Penn State University in 1991, a master of arts degree in patristics from Catholic

University of America in 1998 and a master of arts degree in philosophy from Duquesne University in 2001. He is the brother of Peter Evans of Pittsburgh and Anne Evans of Tampa.

Br. Benoit Allogia is the son of Dante Allogia and Margueritte Rabette of Noi-seau, France. He is a 1986 graduate of St. Jean Baptiste de le Salle high school in France. He earned a degree in philos-ophy from St. Thomas Pontifical Univer-sity in Rome in 1991 and a degree in nursing in 1995 from the school of nurs-ing in Rieti, Italy. His siblings are Pierre of Paris, France; Samuel of Jamaique; Sebastien of Paris; Jean Baptiste of Noi-seau, France, and Claire of Paris.

Br. Barnabas Anderson is the son of James C. and Colleen L. Anderson of Clearfield. He is a 1987 graduate of Clearfield Area High School. He received a bachelor of science degree in phar-macy from Duquesne University in 1992


New Organ

Key Finaleto BasilicaRestoration

When one thinks of the Saint

Vincent Archabbey Basilica, many festive occasions may come to mind, from concerts by the Saint Vincent Camerata or the Jendruch Family of Slovakia, to a family wedding, baptism, conrmation or ordination. Whether it be midnight Mass at Christmas, or an Easter Vigil Service, the sounds of J.S. Bach’s “Jesu,

Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Jeremiah Clarke’s “Trumpet Voluntary,” or “Chorales Nos. 1-3” by Cesar Franck may come to mind. Musical accompaniment in worship, prayer and performance accentuates the grandeur of the recent restoration work in the Basilica.

Begun in 1996, the rst phase of the restoration coincided with Saint Vincent’s Sesquicentennial, which celebrated the vision of founder Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. to move “forward, always forward, everywhere forward.” From exterior renova-tions including cleaning and a new roof, to interior renovations, such as artwork and window restoration, painting, plastering, and new lighting, the Basilica’s beauty was rediscovered after decades of heavy use and normal wear and tear.

In 1999, two 55-foot tall spires were added to the front of the Basilica and three large bells were installed in the north front tower, bringing back the sounds of bells for the rst time since re destroyed much of the Saint Vincent campus in 1963, including the bell tower.

Now, in the third phase of the ongoing refurbishment of the Basilica, Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., has announced a $1.4 million three-year campaign which will include the pur-chase of a new organ, structural preparation of the choir loft to house a new organ, and the necessary upgrades which will allow parishioners and visitors the opportunity to experience the auditory as well as visual grandeur the early builders of Saint Vincent envisioned.

Replacing the 1950s-era Möller organ

may seem like a simple task, but there is a lot more to a church organ than meets the eye. On a recent “tour” of the organ given by Father Cyprian G. Constantine, O.S.B., Basilica organist, he provided a number of interesting facts on the organ, parts of which are underneath the main altar, in little closet-like spaces in the sacristy, and even in the belltower.

There are really two pipe organs, one in the apse of the church (behind the main altar) and the other in the gallery (the choir loft above the doors of the church). The apse organ and its console is the “control center.” It has three keyboards (called “manuals”) and a set of pedal controls which allow the organist to play both the apse organ and the gallery organ, which has two manuals.

In the 1950s, when the organ was installed, the style of the day dictated that exposed organ pipes were unattractive and the

Rev. Cyprian Constantine, O.S.B., glues some pieces of the Basilica organ together prior to a rehearsal.

Three keyboards or “manuals” are part of the control center of the apse organ.

Basilica interior during the renovation (above), and (preceding page) after restoration.

The Archabbey Basilica at the start of (above) and end (below) of exterior renovations.

some of the pipes won’t sound, or a crucial note will be dead or sticking. Or an unwanted rank of pipes will sound because of damaged wiring. Playing the Basilica organ gives improvisation a whole new connotation.

The organ, which cost $40,000 in 1956, is far exceeding its value in repair costs. Typically, Father Cyprian said, an organ should be serviced four times a year. Pulling out a card documenting service in the past year, he read off monthly calls in September, October, November, two in December, two in January, one in February and March -- nine calls in seven months.

The continued deterioration of the organ consoles, pallet boxes and leather pneumatics impacts more each day the selection of music for church services, noted Father Donald S. Raila, O.S.B., who also plays the organ.

This three-year campaign will help bring out the full splendor of the Basilica, adding the auditory renovation to the

visual restoration which has already been completed,” Archabbot Douglas said. “It will allow parishioners and guests to fully experience what its builders could only envision when they rst saw the architectural drawings for the Basilica in 1891.”

Donors will be afforded the opportunity to pay their pledges over a three-year period, and to determine whether their pledges will be paid annually, semi-annually, quarterly or monthly, or by making one gift of money, stocks or bonds. The opportunity

also exists to honor or memorialize a loved one by sponsorship of one of the two new organ consoles, or the many ranks, pedals and keys which will comprise the new Basilica organ. To discuss naming opportunities, contact Director of Development William Malloy, 724-532-6740, e-mail wmalloy@ stvincent.edu.

pipes for the apse organ were tucked away in two closet-like “chambers” in the sacristy. Shutters resembling vertical Venetian blinds, called “swell shutters,” behind the large screens on each side of the apse of the church, allow the sound to emanate into the Basilica.

The gallery organ pipes are set in the choir loft at the back of the church. Swell

shutters enclosing two sections (“divisions”) of this organ also control the volume of sound. There is one section in the center that is not enclosed and is the strongest- sounding division of the organ. The pipes in the portion not encased may be strong, but they can also be quite delicate, Father Cyprian said, noting that “if even a ladybug gets inside a pipe, it may not sound.”

The four sets of shutters -- the two in the sacristy/apse and two in the choir loft, are controlled by foot pedals, which regulates the volume of sound entering the church. The apse organ and the gallery organ each have individual motors and “blowers,” one in the bell tower, and the other in the basement below the choir stalls. The blowers drive the ow of air into the bellows of the organ. Air ow to the pipes is controlled from the keyboard, which directs an electric impulse to an electromagnet in the “pallet box” below the pipes. The impulse of electricity opens small leather pouches, or pallets, admitting air from the bellows to ow through the pipes, creating musical sound. The pallets control the airway to each pipe. This kind of mechanism also controls the vertical shutters.

Just as the Basilica’s bricks became dark over time, the paint aky and the gold-leaf accents dull, the well-used organ consoles and their respective

parts are nearing the time for replacement. Elmer’s glue has become a routine part of playing the organ for Father Cyprian. Some days it’s used to glue the ivories back on the keyboard, other days one of the stop draw-knobs might come off in his hand.

But the glue won’t repair everything. At certain points

View of the center unenclosed division and one of the enclosed divisions of the gallery organ.

View into one of the small pipe chambers in the apse organ.

Mass with his Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze.

Ordination at the Archabbey Basilica.

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Keys to a New OrganA goal of $1.4 million has been set to replace the Basilica organ. This will include:

xxx Purchase of a new organ.xxx Site preparation for the organ.xxx Proper humidity and climate controls for the crucial parts of the new organ.

Donors above the $500 level may have a part of the organ named after themselves or a loved one. A certicate of recognition will identify the adopted part of the organ. All names will be inscribed in a book of donors.

Adopt an Organ, Pipe or Key!

Apse organ — $250,000Gallery organ — $250,000Rank of Pipes — $100,000Pedal — $50,000Single Pipe — $25,000Manual of Keys — $10,000Single Key — $500

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Monastic Journey 2001Mary Ann Reidhead, an Oblate of Saint Vincent Archabbey from Missouri,

brought a group of students and chaperones to Saint Vincent in June to experience monastic life. She wrote: “I started thinking about a trip like this fourteen years ago when my husband and I began bringing our own children for a yearly visit to the monastery. With the help of a few (monk) friends, the children were exposed to monastic life and a way of integrating their religious traditions and personal spirituality into the everyday routine of life. What we wanted to teach them was that our faith and religious beliefs cannot stop at the church doors. If it is to really mean anything, it must be a part of every aspect of our daily life. This is not an easy thing to teach adults or children when we have the help of community and almost impos-sible when we don’t. I took this past year off from my research to teach the seventh and eighth grade class of St. Ignatius of Loyola, a small school in a rural parish. From the beginning of the school year, I wanted to bring the children to Saint Vincent, and through the grace of God and the generosity of Father Justin and the vocation office, a dream became a reality.

“I know it is sometimes hard to believe — but it is true — that small acts of kindness can change peoples’ lives. These young people, who had never experienced anything remotely like Saint Vincent, came away with a new way of looking at life. When we reached home after thirteen hours on the road, they piled out of the vans, not tired and crabby but smiling and aglow with the joy of their experience. To those who took care of the logis-tics, gave a talk and/or tour, sat and ate a meal with the young people, showed them the place in the books during prayer, gave them directions as they explored campus, played volleyball with them, helped them to climb a waterfall, smiled at them as they passed in a hall or prayed for the success of their ‘Monastic Journey,’ I thank you with all my heart.”

Saint Benedict Parish in Marguerite is marking its 100th anniversary this year. A number of events have been planned throughout the year to mark the occa-sion. A bit of the parish’s history is taken from an anniversary booklet:

“The first Catholics in Marguerite typi-cally worshiped at Saint Vincent Arch-abbey or Saint Cecilia’s in Whitney. The number of Catholics in the area increased due to the mining and agri-cultural interests in the area and they became anxious to hav their own place to worship and a priest of their own to attend to their spiritual needs. A delegation from Marguerite traveled to Saint Vincent to petition the Right Rev-erend Archabbot Leander Schnerr for a priest. Archabbot Schnerr approved their request.

“An application was sent to the Bishop of Pittsburgh for permission to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass in Marguerite. Permission was granted within a few days. From this point on, a priest from Saint Vincent was dispatched to Mar-guerite on Sundays and Holy Days to offer the Mass.

“The officials from the Continental Coal Company granted permission for Mass to be offered in the Company Store. Pastor Wenceslaus Sholar of Saint Cecilia’s received assistance from Saint Vincent and was able to devote more of his time to serving the Catholic community in Marguerite.

“In early 1901, the Continental Coal Company granted property to Saint Vin-cent for the purpose of constructing a Catholic church and school. The fami-lies in the town began to collect money to build a church. The men in the town also conducted the first census of Cath-olics in the area.

“Father Wenceslaus arranged for the construction of a church which would seat 350 people. Many of the men in the congregation contributed time and labor and a number of farmers hauled building materials from Latrobe to Mar-guerite.

“By the fall of 1901, the basement was finished and the cornerstone was laid. It was blessed by Father Louis Haas of Saint Vincent.

“Father Wenceslaus suggested that the church be named Saint Benedict, as it would be served by the Benedic-tine Monks from Saint Vincent Archab-

Marguerite Parish Marks 100th Anniversarybey. The building was completed and dedicated in the fall of 1902.”

Centennial events included a Saint Benedict School Alumni Reunion in

August, and a finale Mass to conclude the year with Bishop Anthony Bosco serving as principal celebrant and hom-ilist. A dinner will follow the Mass.



Mission to Brazil

Very Rev. Lucas Torrell de Almeida Costa, O.S.B., Prior of São Bento Monastery in Brazil; Archabbot Douglas; Dom Frei Cláudio Cardinal Hummes of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; and Rev. Thomas P. Acklin, O.S.B.

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., with the Vice Presi-dent of Brazil, Dr. Marco Maciel, at the National Eucharistic Congress in Campinas, Brazil.

Archabbot Douglas meets Br. Martinho Ramos de Sousa, novice, and the postulants Tiago Rizzo, 19, assistant sacristan; Walber Mourão Silva, 21, candle shop assistant, at São Bento Monastery in Brazil.

Father Thomas Acklin, left, Archabbot Douglas; Abbot D. Luiz César de Proença, O.S.B., newly-elected Abbot of São Bento Monastery in São Paulo; and Very Rev. Lucas Torrell de Almeida Costa, O.S.B., Prior of São Bento Monastery in Vinhedo.

Archabbot Douglas visits the recently renovated entrance to the São Jose Operario Chapel in Vinhedo. The chapel at São Jose Operario Chapel in Vinhedo, which

was recently renovated.



Mr. Juan Carlos Cruz Sanchez is pictured with the dedication plaque of the new dining room at the Siloé Retreat Center. The dining room was ded-icated in memory of his father, Juan Manuel Cruz Montenegro.

The Benedictines of São Bento Monastery in Vinhedo, oper-ate Siloé Retreat Center. Pictured above is the new addition to the dining room.

Very Rev. Lucas Torrell de Almeida Costa, O.S.B., Prior of São Bento Monastery Mr. Juan Carlos Cruz Sanchez and Father Mauro de Souza Fernandes.

The Colégio São Bento is a school operated in collaboration with the Benedictines in Brazil.

The administration and staff of Colégio São Bento talk with Archabbot Douglas and Prior Lucas on a visit to the school.

Archabbot Douglas and Prior Lucas meet Mayor of Vinhedo Milton Serafim.

Archabbot Douglas with the 2001 confirmation class at Colégio São Bento in Vinhedo.

Mission to Brazil



During his visit to Brazil, Archabbot Douglas attended the 14th Eucharistic Congress in Campinas. Speaking, above, is José Cardeal Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. The photos above that one and to the left are of the opening Mass of the Congress. There were seven cardinals present, and 300 archbishops, bishops and priests.

In the bottom right photo, Archabbot Douglas talks with Antônio da Costa Santos, the mayor of Campinas, Brazil, who attended the Eucharistic Congress, and two members of the mayor’s staff. The mayor was assassinated on September 10, 2001.

Archabbey Appointmentsin the College Apostolate

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., announced a number of appointments in the Saint Vincent College apostolate in August.

Benedictines serving in the College apostolate include faculty members Fr. Thomas Acklin; Fr. Joseph Bronder, Acting Chair, Fine Arts; Fr. Andrew S. Campbell, Chair, Communications; Br. David Carlson, Chair, Computing and Information Science; Fr. Wulfstan F. Clough; Br. Nathan Cochran; Fr. Cyprian Constantine; Fr. Patrick Cronauer; Fr. Campion P. Gavaler; Fr. Mark Gruber; Fr. Thomas Hart, Chair, Religious Studies; Br. Boniface Hicks; Br. Norman W. Hipps; Fr. Vernon A. Holtz, (sabbatical, fall 2001); Fr. Cuthbert A. Jack; Br. Benedict Janecko; Fr. Philip Kanfush; Br. David Kelly, Director, Libraries; Fr. Myron M. Kirsch; Fr. Rene M. Kollar, Chair, History Department; Br. Elliott C. Maloney; Fr. Nathan Munsch; Fr. Justin Nolan; Fr. Chrysostom V. Schlimm; Fr. Paul-Alexander Shutt; Fr. Paul R. Taylor; Fr. Simon J. Toth; Fr. Mark Wenzinger. Faculty emeriti include Fr. Godfrey F. Burkhardt, Fr. John R. Erickson, Fr. Clement J. Heid, Fr. Roland L. Heid and Fr. John F. Murtha.

Benedictines serving in the College administration include Fr. Joseph Bronder, Camerata Director; Fr. Fred Byrne, Director of Campus Ministry; Fr. Gilbert Burke, Assistant to the President; Fr. Andrew Campbell, Campus Minister; Br. Nathan Cochran, Director, Saint Vincent Gallery, Study Abroad Advisor, Moderator, Review and Yearbook; Br. Thomas Curry, Residence Hall Director; Fr. Anthony Grossi, Manager of the Book Center, Benedictine Resident in Rooney Hall; Fr. Mark Gruber, Student Retreat Master; Br. Norman W. Hipps, Provost; Br. David Kelly, Director of Libraries; Fr. Myron M. Kirsch, Director of Athletics; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, Chancellor; Fr. Jerome Purta, Librarian’s Assistant; Fr. Sebastian Samay, Librarian’s Assistant; Fr. Chrysostom Schlimm, Special Collections Librarian; Br. Fredric Supek, Associate Director of Facilities Management; Fr. Paul R. Taylor, Dean, Admission and Financial Aid; Br. Timothy E. Waid, Librarian’s Assistant; Fr. Damian J. Warnock, Manager of the Post Office; Fr. Lee Yoakam, Adjunct Nurse.



Rev. Jerome J. Purta, O.S.B.

Father Jerome J. Purta, O.S.B., made his solemn profession of monastic vows on the Feast of Saint Scholastica, Febru-ary 10.

Father Jerome became a Benedictine of Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1955, and was ordained a priest in 1961 by the late Bishop William G. Connare in the Archabbey Basilica. He later was incar-dinated into the Diocese of Scranton in 1980, but recently returned to Saint Vin-cent Archabbey, where he made simple profession of vows on February 2, 1998, before Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.

A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl-vania, he is the son of the late Paul Philip Purta, Sr., and Katherine Dorothy (Krishock) Purta. He has one brother,

pastor at Sacred Heart Church, Luzerne; pastor at St. John Nepomucene Church, Luzerne; and pastor at St. John the Bap-tist Church, Exeter.

At Saint Vincent, he was managing editor of Sacred Music Magazine for two years, under Archabbot Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. He served as archab-bey organist from 1954 to 1969. He was a performing member of the Mozart Club, Wilkes-Barre (1980-1987), and studied organ with Donald Beikman, Wilkinsburg. He also attended courses in music at Carnegie-Mellon University and taught private lessons in piano there in the Sat-urday school by invitation. Father Jerome taught elementary Greek and a course in contemporary music at Saint Vincent College and performed with chamber music groups during his teaching career in the Music Department. In 1998 he was named a librarian’s assistant at Saint Vincent College and assistant organist at the Archabbey.

Father Jerome Purta MakesSolemn Profession of Vows

Paul P. Purta, of Laurel, Maryland.He attended Marymount grade and

high schools, graduating from high school in 1949. He received a bachelor of arts degree in classics from Saint Vincent College in 1961, a master of arts degree in music from the University of Scranton in 1980, and a master of arts degree in theology from the University of Scran-ton in 1997. He also received the Alumni Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vin-cent Seminary in 1999.

He was appointed a teacher in the Music Department of Saint Vincent Col-lege in 1961. He served as chaplain for Mount Saint Mary Convent (now St. Benedict Monastery), Pittsburgh, in 1967, and in 1970 was named assistant pastor at St. Benedict Church, Coving-ton, Kentucky.

While active with the Diocese of Scran-ton, Father Jerome was an assistant at St. Ignatius Church, Kingston; chap-lain at Mercy Center, Dallas; assistant

Rev. Thomas More Sikora, O.S.B.

Father Thomas More Sikora, O.S.B., has been named Director of Spiritual Formation at Saint Vincent Seminary. He most recently directed the Opportunity SVC/Act 101 program at Saint Vincent College. He has been an academic advi-sor and tutor in the program, which was established at the college in 1975 under state legislation designed to assist eco-nomically disadvantaged students.

Fr. Thomas More received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from the Pontifical College Josephinum, and both a master of arts degree and a master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Semi-nary. He has also studied at St. Hyacinth College in Granby, Massachusetts, and the University of Pittsburgh.

He entered the Saint Vincent Bene-dictine community in 1988 and made simple profession of monastic vows on July 10, 1989, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1993. Ordained a deacon on May 14, 1996, by Bishop Anthony G. Bosco at the Archabbey Basilica, he was ordained a priest the following year on May 31.

Fr. Thomas More has served the monastic community as a sacristan, administrative secretary to the Archab-

bot, and as an assistant in the Archabbey Vocation Office and the Development Office. In addition, he has been vocation director and socius of novices and cur-rently is director of the Benedictine Annual Appeal. For the college, he has been a part-time faculty member since 1993 and a former director of interna-tional studies. He was parochial vicar at Saint Benedict Parish, Carrolltown, from 1999 to 2000. He is the son of Adam and Grace Sikora of Avonmore.

Father Thomas M. Sikora, O.S.B., Named Director of Spiritual Formation at Seminary

Vocation Booklet“Listen carefully, my son, to

the master’s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart.” — If you or someone you know is contem-plating the monastic life, con-tact the Archabbey Vocation Ofce at 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pa., 15650-2690, 724-539-9761, ext. 6655, for a free booklet about life as a Saint Vincent Benedictine.



Rev. Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B.

Rev. Frederick C. Byrne, O.S.B.

Father Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B., has been named Assistant to the President of Saint Vincent College.

Most recently serving as Director of Alumni at Saint Vincent College and Seminary, a position he has held since 1996, Father Gilbert will continue to serve as Director of Alumni for Saint Vincent Seminary.

Father Gilbert attended St. John the Baptist Parochial School, Central City, and graduated from Saint Vincent Scho-lasticate in 1953. He received a bach-elor of arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1958, and a master of divinity degree from Saint Vin-cent Seminary in 1962.

He entered the Saint Vincent monas-tic community in 1955 from Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Parish in Greens-burg. He made his simple profession of vows on July 2, 1956, and his solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1959, at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. He was ordained a priest at Saint Vin-cent Basilica by the late Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg on June 2, 1962.

He has served in the Saint Vincent Public Relations Office (1960-1966), as guest master of the Archabbey (1963-1966), college moderator (1964-1965), and chaplain of Carmel

Father Gilbert Burke Appointed President’s Assistant at SVC

of the Assumption Monastery, Latrobe (1965-1966). Between 1962 and 1966, he served as temporary assistant at Sacred Heart and Ascension Parishes, Jeannette, and Saint Benedict Parish, Covington, Kentucky. He was assistant pastor at Saint Vincent Parish (1966-1969), director of public relations for Saint Vincent Archabbey, College

and Seminary (1969-1974), director of public relations and publicity for Saint Vincent Archabbey (1974-1982), Archabbey foreign mission procurator (1974-1982) and moderator for the Saint Vincent Women’s Auxiliary (1974-1982). Father Gilbert was associate pastor at St. Bruno Parish, South Greensburg (1976-1982), pastor of St. Bruno (1982-1987), and concurrent with his pastorate there, planned construction of the Gilbert Straub Plaza, a high-rise residence for the elderly, adjacent to the church. He served as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Jeannette (1987-1991), and of Saint Vincent Parish (1991-1996).

He was a member of the Kiwanis Clubs of Latrobe and Jeannette, the South Greensburg, Jeannette and Latrobe Ministerial Associations and of the board of directors of the Westmo-reland County Choral Society. He is a member and president of the board of directors of the Gilbert Straub Plaza (1984-1987, 1997- present), the Council of Seniors at Saint Vincent Archabbey (1992-1998), and the board of directors of the Saint Vincent College Corpora-tion (1993-present).

He has two brothers, Thomas and Mark Burke, and a sister, Mary Barbara D’Alessandro, all of California.

Father Frederick C. Byrne, O.S.B., has been named Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Vincent College. He returns to Saint Vincent from Penn State University, where he served as Director of the Catholic Community since 1992. He will also be an Assistant Director of Vocations in the Archabbey Vocation Office.

Father Frederick attended Sacred Heart Grade School, West Reading, and graduated in 1969 from Holy Name High School, Reading. He received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Penn State in 1973 and a master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent in 1981.

He made simple profession of vows July 10, 1978, and solemn profession of vows July 11, 1981, at Saint Vincent Archabbey. He was ordained a priest by

Father Frederick Byrne to Direct Saint Vincent Campus Ministry Program

the late Bishop William G. Connare May 22, 1982, at the Archabbey Basilica.

Father Frederick has served St. Bene-dict Parish, Baltimore (1982-1984); Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Pittsburgh (1984-1986) and Saint Vincent Basilica Parish (1986-1991).

He has led youth pilgrimages to Med-jugorje, World Youth Day, (Denver and Paris) and mission trips to Haiti.

He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and is the son of Frederick P. and Anna Byrne of Wyomissing Hills, Pennsylva-nia.

His brothers are Steve Byrne, Read-ing; Patrick Byrne, Harmans, Maryland; Mike Byrne, Dallastown; and Anthony Byrne, Sinking Spring. His sisters are Sharon Byrne Stump, Sinking Spring; Judy Byrne Hanna, Plano, Texas, and Eileen Byrne, Reading.



Archabbot Welcomes Steelers, CommissionerNational Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, second from left, visited

Saint Vincent during the annual training camp of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which ran from mid-July to mid-August. During his visit he met with Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., and members of the Rooney family, who own the football fran-chise in Pittsburgh, left, Arthur Rooney, II, and right, Dan Rooney. The Steelers are preparing for the new season in a new football stadium, Heinz Field. Commis-sioner Tagliabue spoke with Steeler players and staff about the forthcoming regular season.

Rev. Cyprian G. Constantine, O.S.B.

Father Cyprian G. Constantine, O.S.B., has been named Acting Aca-demic Dean of Saint Vincent Seminary during the sabbatical of Sr. Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M.

Father Cyprian is also on the faculty at Saint Vincent College and assists the faculty of Saint Vincent Seminary.

He is a native of Boulder, Colorado, where he began the study of piano and violin at an early age. He has served as principal organist for Saint Vincent Archabbey, assistant professor of music at Saint Vincent College and Saint Vin-cent Seminary and as personal secre-tary to the archabbot.

Father Cyprian earned the bachelor of music education degree in 1971 at the University of Colorado, where he studied violin with Oswald Lehnert and organ with Don Vollstedt. He then entered Saint Vincent Archabbey, where he professed his final vows as a Bene-dictine in 1975. He earned the master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1976 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. Father Cyprian received the master of music degree from Northwestern University in 1979, where he studied organ with Wolfgang Rübsam. Later, he returned to the Uni-versity of Colorado at Boulder, where he received the doctor of musical arts degree in organ in 1992. While a doc-toral student at Colorado University, Father Cyprian was organist/director of music at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Denver and served as organist/choirmaster for Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Boulder.

Father Cyprian is past director of music for the Blessed Sacrament Cathe-dral in Greensburg, and past director of the Saint Vincent Camerata, a group specializing in the performance of Medi-eval and Renaissance vocal and instru-mental music. In 1982 he was chosen by the Benedictine Musicians of the Americas to participate in a study-tour of current liturgical music practices in European Benedictine houses. In 1985 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani-ties for summer research in Gregorian Chant at Catholic University in Wash-ington, D.C. The result of his study was Matins at Cluny for the Feast of Saint Peter in Chains, a reconstruction of the service from an 11th century

Father Cyprian Constantine Acting Academic Dean at Seminary

Cluniac manuscript. This reconstruction was published by the Plainsong and Medieval Society of London. In 1990 Father Cyprian was invited to serve as Secretary to the Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Order, headquartered

at the Colegio di Sant’ Anselmo, Rome, Italy.

He has appeared as an organ recitalist in the Saint Vincent College Gold Series Concerts; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh; Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Harrisburg; the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. In Denver he performed in the series at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immac-ulate Conception, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Trinity Methodist Church and First Baptist Church series in Denver; he served as dedication recitalist for new instruments in Baltimore and Cov-ington, Kentucky.

Father Cyprian was on loan to the Archdiocese of Denver from 1993 to 1998. There he was principal organist and associate director of music of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, chaplain of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Walburg, and director of liturgy for the Archdiocese of Denver. In 1998 he was named principal organ-ist at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basil-ica, monastery choirmaster and schola director.



Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., has announced a number of new monastic appointments. They include: Fr. Reginald Bender, Director of Archabbey Finances and Investments; Fr. Meinrad Lawson, Assistant to the Arch-abbot; Br. Anthony Kirsch, Assistant Novice Master; Fr. Justin Matro, Socius of Novices; Fr. Lee Yoakam, Director of the Infirmary; Br. Gregory Montagna, Assistant Guest-master; Br. Timothy Waid, Assistant Guestmaster, Archab-bey Funerals.

Fr. Justin Matro, Food Service Liaison; Fr. Cuthbert Jack, Baker, Saint Vincent Bread; Fr. Meinrad Lawson, Master of Ceremonies; Br. Dominic Shipsky, Assistant Master of Ceremonies/Sacristan; Fr. Justin Matro, Director of Voca-tions; Fr. Fred Byrne, Assistant Director of Vocations; Br. Joseph Adams, Assistant Director of Vocations; Br. Mark Floreanini, Assistant Director of Vocations; Br. Gregory Montagna, Assistant Director of Vocations; Br. Dominic Shipsky, Assistant Director of Vocations. Br. Gregory Mon-tagna, Assistant, Summer Retreat Program; Br. Hugh Lester, Director, Basilica Gift Shop; Br. Mark Floreanini, Manager, Basilica Gift Shop; Br. Joseph Adams, Building Manager, Saint Vincent Gristmill; Br. Dominic Shipsky, Miller; Br. Joseph Adams, Fire Chief; Br. Stephen Nazaruk, Monitor for Fire Alarms; Br. Anthony Kirsch, Engineer; Br. Patrick Lacey, Chaplain, Fire Department.

New Monastic AppointmentsAre Announced

Father Chrysostom V. Schlimm, O.S.B., was one of four people honored as an Alumnus of Distinction at the Saint Vin-cent College Alumni Reunion Weekend August 3-5.

A native of Saint Marys, Father Chrys-ostom is an associate professor and the special collections librarian for the Saint Vincent Libraries. He was director of librar-ies from 1984 to 2001, during which time he oversaw the automation, upgrading of technology and a major renovation of the library. He began his service in the library as an assistant cataloger in 1970.

He is a 1952 graduate of Saint Vincent Preparatory School. He received a bach-elor of arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1957. He earned a master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1961. He earned a master of arts degree in classical lan-guages from the Catholic University of America in 1964. Father Chrysostom was a participant in the New England Latin Workshop at Tuft’s University (1968), par-ticipant in the Vergilian Society Summer School in Italy (1969), and in the summer study in Greece with Seton Hill College (1969). He received a master’s degree in library science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973.

Father Chrysostom made simple pro-fession of monastic vows on July 2, 1955, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1958. He was ordained a priest on June 3, 1961, by the late Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg at the Archab-bey Basilica. Since ordination, he has reg-ularly served as a weekend assistant in many parishes in the Dioceses of Greens-burg, Pittsburgh, Erie, Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania; Youngstown, Ohio, and the Archdioceses of Washington and Bal-timore. He was an Associate Pastor at Saint Bruno Parish, South Greensburg from 1969 to 1970. In the summer of 1979 he was assigned to the Penn State Cath-olic Center where he served as a chaplain and also evaluated the book collection in the center’s library. He also served as a chaplain for 17 years for pilgrimages sponsored by Saint Gertrude Church, Vandergrift (1972-1989) and assisted as a director for a few of these.

He served on the faculty of Saint Vincent College Department of Foreign Languages (1961-1969 and 1970-pres-ent); Saint Vincent Preparatory School (1964-1965); Saint Vincent Seminary (1964-1969, 1984-present). His member-ships include the Catholic Library Asso-ciation (1970-1997). He served as an

executive board member, vice president and president during his tenure with the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Catholic Library Association. He was a member of the Classical Association of Pittsburgh and Vicinity (1965 to 1997), Pennsylvania Classical Associa-tion (1964-1997), and has been a member of several other library associations.

Father Chrysostom’s sisters are Celine M. Schlimm of St. Marys and Helene (Mrs. J. Alan) Weis of St. Marys.

Rev. Chrysostom V. Schlimm, O.S.B.

Alumnus of Distinction Honor Goes To Father Chrysostom Schlimm

Slovak Christmas ConcertThe Jendruch Family of Slovakia will return to Saint Vincent

on Saturday, December 22, at 8 p.m. in the Archabbey Basilica for a Christmas Concert. This will be the third Christmas Concert the popular group has given at Saint Vincent.

Red Mass Held on September 28Charles J. Queenan, Jr., Esq., gave the address at the 34th

Annual Red Mass in honor of the Bench and Bar, at noon Friday, Sept. 28 at the Archabbey Basilica. A practicing attorney specializing in the areas of tax, corporate, international and transactional law, Mr. Queenan is currently Senior Counsel in the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is recipient of the Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award; listed in America’s Best Lawyers and Who’s Who in America and was named one of Pitts-burgh’s Top 50 Business Leaders — 2001 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He serves on the Saint Vincent College Board of Directors.



Development Corner: A Message from the Director

William MalloyDirector of Development

YEAR-END GIVINGAs you finalize your year-end tax plan-

ning, please consider making good use of the income tax charitable deduction. Your year-end gift can significantly reduce your income taxes, while providing meaningful support for the Benedictine Community at Saint Vincent Archabbey. Regardless of your income, if you itemize you can almost always lower the taxes you pay through charitable giving.

Here are some of the best year-end gift ideas. I would be pleased to provide you with further information. Also, I urge you to discuss your tax planning with your accountant or other professional advisor.

CASHIf you itemize, you can lower your income

taxes simply by writing us a check by December 31. There is no easier way to garner a year-end charitable deduction. Make sure your envelope is post-marked by December 31. If it is, your gift will qualify as a current year gift even if it is not received by us until the first week of next year.

Some employers will match your charitable gifts, mean-ing your gifts are worth even more. If your company or firm has a matching gift program, simply enclose the form along with your check. Gifts of cash are fully deductible — up to a maximum of 50% of your adjusted gross income.

Example:If your adjusted gross income is $50,000, up to $25,000

of charitable gifts may be deducted this year. Any excess can generally be carried forward and deducted over as many as five subsequent years.

STOCKIf you own stock, it is almost always more beneficial to

contribute stock than cash.This is because a gift of appreciated stock generally

offers a two-fold tax savings. First, you avoid paying any capital gains tax on the increase in value of the stock. Second, you receive an income tax charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the stock at the time of the gift.

Make sure you have owned the stock for more than one year to qualify for these significant tax advantages. Your gift of stock should be postmarked by December 31. Your stock broker can arrange for a year-end gift of stock from your account.

Gifts of appreciated stock are fully deductible — up to a maximum of 30% of your adjusted gross income.

Example:If your adjusted gross income is $50,000, up to $15,000

of long-term appreciated stock and other property gifts may generally be deducted this year. Any excess can generally be carried forward and deducted over as many as five sub-sequent years.

REAL ESTATEYour residence, vacation home, farm or acreage may

have appreciated in value through the years such that its

sale would mean a sizeable capital gains tax. By making a year-end gift of this prop-erty instead, you would avoid the capital gains tax, and, at the same time, receive a charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the property.

It is also possible to make a gift of your home, farm, or vacation home so that you and your spouse can continue to use it for your lifetime — while you receive a current year tax deduction. Please give me a call for details.

LIFE INCOME GIFTSIf you own stock which is paying you

little in dividends, a “life-income” gift may be an appropriate year-end gift.

You could transfer the stock to us and establish a ‘charitable remainder trust” or “charitable gift annuity” that would provide you with a 5% or greater annual return.

This income would be paid to you and/or a loved one for life, after which the assets would be distributed outright to us. Through such an arrangement, you may be able to increase your income and make a meaningful (and tax-deductible) contribution to us at the same time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONPlease call or write me if you have questions on how to

make your gift.You should contact your own professional tax advisor to

learn how this general information relates to your circum-stances. Giving, as you know, is about much more than tax savings.Your charitable gifts make an important difference in what we are able to accomplish. On behalf of the Benedictine Community of Saint Vincent Archabbey, thank you for your interest and support.

Mr. William P. MalloyDirector of DevelopmentSaint Vincent Archabbey

300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690, Phone: 724-532-6740

E-mail: wmalloy@ stvincent.edu.

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My company may match my gift. Enclosed is the form.

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Mass Highlights Jubilarian DayJubilarians celebrated their anniversaries of ordination to the priesthood or

monastic profession in June, with a Mass celebrated by Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B. In the photo at left, Archabbot Douglas gives the homily. At the photo on the right right are, from left, Father Thomas Acklin, O.S.B., 25 years, profession; Father Bede Hasso, O.S.B., 50 years, profession; Father Claude Pollak, O.S.B., 50 years, profession; Father John Murtha, O.S.B., 50 years, profession; Father Conan Feigh, O.S.B., 50 years, profession; Father Blane Resko, O.S.B., 50 years, profes-sion; Father Christian LeFrois, O.S.B., 60 years, profession; Father Kieran Rodg-ers, O.S.B., 60 years, profession. Not pictured but also marking jubilees were Rev. Roland Heid, O.S.B., 60 years, ordination; Rev. Clair Gannon, O.S.B., 60 years, ordi-nation; Rev. Joel Lieb, O.S.B., 60 years, profession; Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B. and Rev. Paschal Kneip, 50 years, ordination; Rev. James Podlesny, O.S.B., 25 years, profession; Rev. David Griffin, 25 years, ordination. and Br. Hilary Hanra-han, O.S.B., 25 years, profession.

and has studied philosophy at Francis-can University of Steubenville. His sister is Mary Anderson of Portland, Maine.

Br. Michael Miller is the son of Donald and Jo-Anne Miller of Allison Park. He is a 1979 graduate of Shaler Area High School, Glenshaw. He studied at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy in 1985 from Don Bosco Col-lege, Newton, New Jersey. He taught ele-mentary school at St. Joseph Regional School in Newton, before entering the monastery. His sisters are Jean Lowden of McKees Rocks and Nancy Miller of Allison Park. His brother is John Miller of Shepherdsville, Kentucky.

Br. Stephen J. Patrizio is the son of Pat and Roberta Patrizio of Pittsburgh. He is a 1994 graduate of Plum Senior High School. He earned a bachelor of science degree in human development and family studies from Penn State Uni-versity in 1999, and has done graduate work in theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His brother is Nicholas A. Patrizio of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

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New Chief for Saint Vincent Fire DepartmentBrother Joseph M. Adams, O.S.B., has been named Fire Chief of the Saint Vincent

Fire Department, replacing Br. Patrick R. Lacey, O.S.B., who has retired as fire chief after 38 years. Br. Joseph was previously a captain in the department, is assistant director in the Archabbey Vocations Office and is building manager at the Saint Vincent Gristmill. He is a 1982 graduate of Whea-ton High School. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Vincent College in 2001. Br. Joseph is the son of Paul V. and Rita A. Adams of Lusby, Maryland.

Br. Patrick served as fire chief since 1963, and has been active in a number of state, regional and local firemens’ associations. He served as a Pennsylvania state instruc-tor in firefighting from 1963 until 1998, when he was named emeritus state instruc-tor. He is past president and current chap-lain of the Westmoreland County Chiefs Association. He is a member of the Keystone Chiefs Association, the International Fire Chiefs Association, member and chaplain of the Westmoreland Firemans Association, member and director of the Westmoreland County Fire School, member of the Fire Prevention Committee of Southwestern Pennsylvania, member of the Firemens Association of Pennsylvania and member and chaplain of the Mohawk Association of Westmoreland County. Brother Pat received the American Legion Citizenship Award in 1981 and was the grand marshall of the Fourth of July Parade in Latrobe in 1996. In 1973 he was awarded the Second Annual Fire Service Award at the annual Westmore-land County Firemen’s Convention.

Br. Joseph M. Adams, O.S.B., is the new fire chief of Saint Vincent.

was assigned to the engineering office (1964–66).

Father Meinrad served as associate pastor at Queen of the World Church in St. Marys, (1967–78). He was a reli-gion teacher (1967–77) and department chair (1970–72) at Elk County Christian High School, confessor to the Sisters of Saint Joseph (1967–75), chaplain to the Knights of Columbus (1968–69), and chaplain to the Bucktail Council of the Boy Scouts of America (1973–78). Father Meinrad is a past member of the Board of Directors of Elk County Child Welfare (1970–74), the Elk County Community Action Board (1970–75), the Board of Directors of the St. Marys Child Day Care Center (1971–75), the Erie Dioce-san Priest Council (1972–74), the steer-ing committee for the Council of Aging, Diocese of Erie (1974), and the Board of Directors for the Council for Human Dig-nity, Diocese of Erie (1974). He served in a variety of other capacities while in St. Marys.


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Tribute,Memorial Gifts

To give a tribute or memorial gift, please make a donation to Saint Vin-cent Archabbey in honor of or in memory of a friend, colleague or family member. Donations should be mailed to Mr. Wil-liam Malloy in the Archabbey Devel-opment Office, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pa., 15650-2690, 724-532-6740. Donors from January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001 include:

IN HONOR OF:REV. DAVID R. GRIFFIN, O.S.B.

Bill and Mary Jane Collins and FamilyMR. AND MRS. RICHARD KARDOS

Miss Geraldine MichelaREV. OMER U. KLINE, O.S.B.

Ms. Mary WarzinskiREV. BRENDAN L. SMETANA, O.S.B.

Mr. James H. FreeMR. AND MRS. R. M. VON HOENE

Ms. M. Joan Von HoeneBROTHER TIMOTHY E. WAID, O.S.B.

Mr. William N. Hamilton, Jr.IN MEMORY OF

+BROTHER ANTHONY T. COSTELLO, O.S.B.

Mrs. Bambi L. PenaMr. Gary R. Watts

+NICHOLAS AND MARY DEMICHELEMrs. Angie A. Loperfito

+CARL DI DENTE AND FAMILY MEMBERS

Mrs. Betty Di DenteMr. Dennis Di Dente

+REV. JOHN A. DOMPKAMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Cirelli

+REV. CLAIR F. GANNON, O.S.B.Bernice R. AbramowitzBernice and Joe ChaseMr. and Mrs. John F. DonlonMr. William N. Hamilton, Jr.Milton and Miriam PerskeyMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. PesaventoRev. George A. Wilt

+FRANK N. HOUSERMr. and Mrs. Frank L. Jioio

+MRS. HELEN M. KELHARMrs. Agnes UrikMr. Brian D. Urik

+REV. JOEL R. LIEB, O.S.B.Adam Eidemiller, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Philip AmadeiBruce and Mary AndersonElizabeth AndersonAnonymousMr. Herman A. BertocchiAnne C. Bordas

A Life of Service

Mr. Timothy S. BurnsMr. and Mrs. Edward J. Davis, Jr.Charles, Cecelia and Janice DeckerMr. and Mrs. Joseph W. DriskelDenny and Mary Margaret DubetskyMr. and Mrs. Ronald DumanStanton and Lucille DumanDon and Hilda DummDr. and Mrs. Thomas DummMs. Jayne L. EidemillerMr. John EvanickMarcy and Jim FarabaughMr. George A. FirmentMr. Rich FoschiaMr. and Mrs. William C. FreemanMr. and Mrs. Gus J. FrerotteElder and Anna HallMrs. Mildred HarveyMrs. Blanche M. HippsRev. William J. HomolakJim and Olene JonesMrs. Clarissa M. KirschMary E. KlineMr. and Mrs. George H. KrumenackerMr. Thomas J. KussMr. and Mrs. Bede M. LantzyMr. and Mrs. Charles LiebDan and Pat LiebDavid and Sharon LiebDorothy L. LiebMary Jane and Earl John LiebHerman and Rose Marie LiebLetitia and Joel LiebMr. and Mrs. Mark J. LiebMr. and Mrs. Paul LiebMr. and Mrs. Ralph LiebDr. Ronald J. LiebTed and Charlotte LiebMiss Theresa LiebMrs. Geraldine LongMs. M. Elizabeth LudwigMary C. LukacsHarry and Shirley McGuire and FamilyJune and Frank MillerMrs. Mary Louise Parrish

Mr. and Mrs. Merle ParrishMr. and Mrs. Don PaulMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. PesaventoMrs. Edith SarnesoMr. Robert F. SeilerMr. and Mrs. Joe ShimkoMr. and Mrs. Malachy SpringerLou and Jean Tovey and FamilyVeronica and George TrachAndy, Marta, Andrew, and Alex UrbanRose WarnerMs. Janet E. YakubcoMr. and Mrs. Jerome Yandrick and FamilyMr. and Mrs. John B. Zappone

+RICHARD J. LOPERFITOMrs. Angie A. Loperfito

+STEVE MIKOSKYMr. James H. Free

+REV. METHOD J. MRAZ, O.S.B.Very Rev. Thomas J. Smith, V.F.

+REV. GILES L. NEALEN, O.S.B.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lantzy

+REV. ANSELM A. OBER, O.S.B.Miss Gloria Persis AlbrittonMr. and Mrs. John D. Peters

+SISTER MARY RAYMOND, S.C.Rev. Joachim R. Fatora, O.S.B.

+THE ROTOLO FAMILYMr. Salvatore Rotolo

+SISTER MARY BERNARD SCHLODERMs. Theresa D. Schloder

+REGIS F. SOHLMs. Regina Wendell

+REV. REMIGIUS BERNARD VEROSTKO, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Pawlak+REV. CANICE T. WELSH, O.S.B.

Very Rev. Thomas J. Smith, V.F.+VIRGINIA E. WORSTER

Ms. Regina Wendell+FRANK AND ANNA ZALICH

Mrs. Helen Foreman+PAUL T. ZUZACK

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The Benedictine Community of Saint Vin-cent has about 200 monks who devote their lives to serving the needs of people through a wide variety of pastoral, educational, and missionary works, both at Saint Vincent and throughout the world. While the older monks remain active well past retirement age, they face the same nancial hardships that other retirees do — rising health care costs and increasing living expenses. The monks have neither Social Security nor third-party health care benets. The Monastery Health Care and Retirement Fund provides older priests and brothers the care they so richly deserve for their many years of service to the people of God.

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Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650-2690.

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Brother Boniface Hicks Installed in Ministry of ReaderSixteen seminarians attending Saint Vincent Seminary were recently installed in

the Ministry of Reader by the Most Rev. Gilbert I. Sheldon, Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica, Latrobe. The seminarians, from nine dioceses and two abbeys, were installed on March 12. Among the group was Br. Boniface Patrick Hicks, O.S.B., Saint Vincent Archabbey, who is congratulated by Archabbot Douglas. Br. Boniface is the son of William and Mary Hicks of Burke, Virginia. He is a 1993 graduate of Lake Braddock Secondary School. He earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Penn State University in 1998 and a master of science degree in computer science from Penn State in 1998.

Oblates of Saint Benedict are Christian men and women who choose to associate themselves with a Benedictine religious community in order to strengthen their baptismal commitment and enrich their Christian way of life. “Oblation” means offering. Oblates seek to offer themselves more fully to Christ and to the Church by pondering the wisdom found in the Rule of Saint Benedict and by entering into fellowship with their community of affiliation, in our case Saint Vincent Archabbey. Oblates thus discover ever anew God’s call to holiness of life amid their particular states of life in the world. If you are interested in entering the Oblate Program and committing yourself to this way of life, you are welcome to contact:

Director of Oblates, Saint Vincent Archabbey300 Fraser Purchase Road

Latrobe, PA 15650-2690, 724-532-6600

Oblates EnrichTheir Way of Life

Br. Nicholas KossNamed Dean

at Fu Jen Br. Nicholas Koss, O.S.B., Prior of

Wimmer Priory in Taipei, Taiwan, was recently promoted to Acting Dean of the College of Foreign Languages at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei. It is one of nine colleges that compose Fu Jen Cath-olic University. He will be responsible for the six departments (English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Italian), and three independent graduate insti-tutes (Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation Studies, both Master of Arts programs; and Comparative litera-ture, a doctoral program. Each d e p a r t m e n t , except for Ital-ian, has a master of arts program.

Br. Nicholas has been teach-ing in the English Depart-ment of Fu Jen since 1981. He first arrived in Taiwan in 1966 as a young monk following his graduation from Saint Vincent College. After Chinese language studies at the Jesuit-run Chaba-nel Institute of Chinese, he entered Indi-ana University in Bloomington to study Comparative Literature and received both an MA and Ph.D. He also teaches in the Graduate Institute of Chinese Literature. He previously taught in the Graduate Insti-tute of Interpretation and Translation Stud-ies, which he helped establish at Fu Jen in the late 1980s. He was Director of the Graduate Institute of English Litera-ture from 1982 to 1988. In 2000 he was named a full professor at Fu Jen, based on his publication in 1999 of the book The Best and Fairest Land: Medieval Images of China. His next book will be on images of China in Sixteenth-century England. For many years he has been translating Chinese literature from Taiwan into Eng-lish, especially for the journal The Chinese Pen (Taipei). His translations have been frequently anthologized and one won an American award for translation in 1999.

Since 1994, Br. Nicholas has been involved with the Benedictine Commission on China, serving as Executive Secretary.

Fire School Dedicated to Br. Pat Lacey, O.S.B.Firefighters recently held the 48th

Annual Westmoreland County Firefight-ers Training School in tribute to Br. Patrick Lacey, O.S.B., who retired as Saint Vin-cent Fire Chief in May. The school, held on the Saint Vincent campus May 14-20, offered a variety of training courses and exercises. Br. Pat’s leadership and untiring efforts have helped the training school become one of the largest and most respected fire schools in Penn-

sylvania. In addition, his efforts with the Saint Vincent Fire Department have made it one of the most innovative fire service organizations in Western Penn-sylvania. He became Saint Vincent Fire Chief in 1963, following the multimillion dollar fire on January 28 of that year.

Br. Cajetan P. Homick, O.S.B., co-chaired the Fire School with Br. Pat and John Vucina of Waterford.

Br. Nicholas Koss, O.S.B.



Father Joel R. Lieb, O.S.B.

The Rev. Joel R. Lieb, O.S.B., 81, died Friday, June 8, 2001, after a long illness.

Father Joel was born June 2, 1920, in Spangler, a son of the late Reuben and Viola (Dumm) Lieb, and was one of eight children.

He attended Spangler High School in Spangler and graduated from Saint Vin-cent Preparatory School in 1938. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Vincent College in 1943 and a master of arts degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1946.

He also received a master of science degree in biology from Fordham Univer-sity in 1949 and a Ph.D. in biology from Saint Louis University in 1953. He did postdoctoral studies at the Marine Biol-ogy Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massa-chusetts, in 1950.

Father Joel entered Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1940, making simple pro-fession of vows July 2, 1941, and solemn profession of vows July 11, 1944. He was ordained a priest June 16, 1946.

Father Joel served the monastic com-munity primarily in its educational apos-tolates, teaching biology at Saint Vincent College for several decades. He was chair of the biology department from

1958 to 1963. He also taught botany in an extension program from Bristow, Vir-ginia, and physiology and anatomy at the Latrobe Hospital School of Nursing.

In 1989 he was named professor emeritus of Saint Vincent College.

Father Joel’s other ministries included many years as chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree, Saint Vincent Assembly, and director of the Right-to-Life Program of the Diocese of Greens-burg. He was a member of the advisory board of Pennsylvanians for Human Life and People Concerned for the Unborn, and he frequently spoke on right-to-life topics before area groups and on local radio and television.

Father Joel also served as pastor of Forty Martyrs Church in Trauger from 1971 until 2000.

He is survived by three sisters, Lucille Duman of Ebensburg, Julia Lantzy of Patton and Theresa Lieb of Nicktown; and by four brothers, Charles, Chester and Mark, all of Nicktown, and Dr. Ronald of Indiana, Pennsylvania.

A Mass of Christian Burial was cele-brated Monday, June 11, in Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Benedictine Health and Welfare Fund at Saint Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690.

Father Clair F. Gannon, O.S.B.

The Rev. Clair F. Gannon, O.S.B., 89, died Saturday, June 23, 2001, after a long illness.

Father Clair was born December 26, 1911, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late James and Margaret (Bell) Gannon, and was one of seven children.

He attended Schenley High School, Pittsburgh, and received a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Vincent College in 1941, making simple profession of vows on August 1, 1935, and solemn profes-sion of vows on August 1, 1938.

He was ordained a priest on June 15, 1941. Father Clair worked in the archab-bey’s pastoral apostolates from 1941 to 1950 in Erie, and Covington, Kentucky.

In 1950, he returned to the monas-tery. There he held numerous positions at Saint Vincent College and Archabbey over the next several years, including dean of men, director of the book store and post office, alumni secretary, arch-abbey public relations director, and direc-tor of lay retreats. He also served as chaplain of the Saint Vincent Preparatory School and as archabbey guest master.

From 1955 to 1959 he was spiritual guidance director of Saint Benedict Acad-emy in Erie. He returned to the pastoral apostolate in 1964, serving at parishes in the dioceses of Erie and Altoona-John-stown.

His final assignment was as parochial vicar and chaplain to the senior citizens of the Saint Vincent Basilica Parish.

Besides his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by four brothers, George, James, John and Henry; and by two sis-ters, Sister Mary Ida, S.C., and Anna Gannon.

A Mass of Christian Burial was cele-brated on Tuesday, June 26, in Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Benedictine Health and Welfare Fund at Saint Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690.

Rev. Joel R. Lieb, O.S.B. Rev. Clair F. Gannon, O.S.B.

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Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., received an honorary doctor of divinity degree and gave the commencement address at Saint Vincent Seminary’s 155th annual commencement on May 11. Cardinal George, the Archbishop of Chicago, is a member of the Con-gregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Con-gregation for the Evangelization of Peo-

Cardinal George Honored by Seminaryples, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, the Pontifical Commis-sion for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, and the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum.” He also serves as Chancellor of The Catholic Church Extension Society, Chicago, and the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Illinois. He was named a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II

on January 18, 1998, while serving as Archbishop of Chicago, where he was installed on May 7, 1997.

At the ceremony, Brother Hugh D. Lester, O.S.B., of Saint Vincent Arch-abbey, was awarded the master of arts degree, with honors. He is a 1974 gradu-ate of Fordham University and received a master of science degree in account-ing from Appalachian State University.

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., Chancellor of Saint Vincent Seminary, presented Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., with an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary on May 11. In the top right photo, Saint Vincent Benedictine Br. Hugh D. Lester, second from left, earned the master of arts degree from the Seminary. He was presented the degree by Archabbot Douglas, Sr. Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M., Academic Dean, and Very Rev. Kurt J. Belsole, O.S.B., Seminary Rector.

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