Wimmer Wednesday. Farming was the Abbey’s main source of support in 1852 and for many years. Boniface Wimmer wrote: I have used the money which I have received from the Mission Society, from his Majesty King Ludwig, and from other benefactors, to buy sufficient land to support a few hundred Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. There was, and is, always construction at Saint Vincent. Here is a description of the monastery less than a decade from the arrival of founder Boniface Wimmer: The construction of the monastery is still far from completed. The main building is now 136 ft. long and 3 stories Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. In 1852, as well as today, the monks were never wanting for work. Boniface Wimmer wrote: We are never wanting for work. For one, we have to put up new buildings every year, for which we make the bricks ourselves, break and burn the limestone, cut the boards. Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. Boniface Wimmer gives some insights into manual labor: By laboring, the brothers are to prove that they do not enter the monastery to devote themselves to a life of comfortable leisure, but rather that they are endeavoring to “enter through the narrow gate,” that they do not recoil Read more