The Minnesotan Benedictines first called the place designated for the future monastery “St. Ludwig on the Lake.” However, since they had already received a title to the so-called “Rothkopf Addition” near the little town of St. Cloud on March 6, 1857, where they had initially planned to settle, calling it, Read more…
Abbot Wimmer introduced hospitality in his monastery, according to the Rule of St. Benedict, and he took care of even the poorest travelers, the so-called tramps. The abbot of St. Vincent had made it his mission to establish a Benedictine monastery modeled on the monasteries of the Middle Ages. All Read more…
“It was exactly twelve years since I, with four students and fifteen farmers and tradesmen, destined to become lay brothers, left New York (having arrived there on September 16, 1846), and set out for the interior of Pennsylvania in order to look for a suitable site for a monastery. Divine Read more…
“The question of whether we should think about founding new monasteries in the West now or only later is a vital concern to us. There are reasons for it and against it. I would not be in America if I had not been firmly convinced that there was a need Read more…