On the occasion of the inauguration of the bicentennial celebration Of Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. “Forward, always forward… “, “We need to expand…” When you read or hear these words you think to be in front of a conqueror running on a horse on top of his army. This impression Read more
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 his native Germany. Finally, in 1846, he led a group 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 financial help to the other abbeys he founded throughout the Read more
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