It took Benedictine Father Boniface Wimmer three years and four attempts to gain permission from his superiors to sail from Bavaria to the United States, where he envisioned spreading the Order of St. Benedict and evangelizing immigrants, especially ones from Read more…
In the 1860s, St. Vincent Archabbot Boniface Wimmer faced crisis after crisis. Internal disputes over the expansion of the archabbey he founded in 1846 near Latrobe were rampant. A barn burned. Crops failed. And Wimmer was desperately trying to provide Read more…
From the road, Saint Vincent looks enormous and remote. But once we set foot within its community, we quickly discover how close it really is, and the only thing that’s enormous about it is its heart. Saint Vincent was part Read more…
We arrive with the long snow on foot, our eyes the only light, tracks of the last sled, our path back to the road. Ahead the lake where we strike the match. The wind stales the cold rush of smoke. Read more…
For a quarter century, Saint Vincent has been an experience of defining importance to me as a person, a lecturer in religious studies, and a rabbi. There are the unforgettable events: when one of the nuns (pre-food service days) prepared Read more…
On March 18, 1847, Bishop Michael O’Connor of Pittsburgh ordained Father Charles Geyerstanger, the first priest-graduate of Saint Vincent Seminary. Since that day nearly 2,300 diocesan and religious priests, including 28 bishops and archbishops, have been ordained from Saint Vincent. Read more…
While Saint Vincent founder Boniface Wimmer eventually settled in Latrobe, where he found the fields and farmland to be more conducive to the community he wanted to establish, his first stop on his mission to America was a little log Read more…
It is wonderful to be at Saint Vincent once again, in this community that nourished me when I was young. And it is truly an honor to have been invited to speak to you this evening. I am particularly delighted Read more…
TO BENEDICTINE ABBOTS Right Reverend Abbots and Prelates of the Order of Our Holy Father St. Benedict: Greetings in the Lord! What a happy and joyful occasion it will be for the international family of St. Benedict when in four Read more…
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