Our Wimmer Wednesday quotes of late have been taken from the book, Boniface Wimmer: Abbot of Saint Vincent in Pennsylvania, translated from the original German only recently.
This translates makes the first biographical portrait of this key figure in American Benedictine history more accessible to interested readers. .
Written by Father Oswald Moosmüller, O.S.B., the book has been translated by Dr. Maria Von Mickwitz and edited by Father Warren Murrman, O.S.B.
Wimmer Wednesday. A close encounter with a serpent: During my most recent stay at St. Mary’s I was almost bitten by a rattle snake; no one had ever seen one there before. I went with Read more…
Wimmer Wednesday. Boniface Wimmer described the establishment in St. Marys as follows: To the north of Carrolltown is our third place, at St. Maria, about 80 miles from the former. The parish there has about Read more…
Wimmer Wednesday. The outpost at Carrolltown is described by Boniface Wimmer as consisting of a wooden farm house and a chapel. The Sunday after the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1849, the corner stone was Read more…