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Eulogy: Father Kenneth Geyer, O.S.B.
We are here today to give thanks and praise to God, and to celebrate the completion of the monastic life of our confrere, Father Kenneth Geyer. Last evening as we received Father Kenneth’s body for the final time into this basilica, where he was ordained to the priesthood, where he offered the divine praises every… Read More ›
Longtime Belmont Abbey monk dies
At the age of 18, Kenneth Geyer vowed to live by the Rule of St. Benedict, who long ago instructed a community of monks to “run on the path of God’s commandments … never swerving from his instructions, then, but faithfully observing his teaching in the monastery until death.” It was that call in 1946… Read More ›
Passing of Fr. Kenneth Geyer, OSB
BELMONT – Father Kenneth Geyer, O.S.B., a monk and priest of Belmont Abbey, died Wednesday, February 8. He was born in Lancaster, NY, on April 1, 1927, the son of the late Joseph A. and Kathryn Nuwer Geyer. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Robert Geyer and Father Raymond Geyer, O.S.B., and his… Read More ›
Two Lives: Fr. Raymond and Betty
Over the summer I was privileged to attend two funerals, Fr. Raymond and my mother-in-law, Betty Ray Canipe. Why would I connect the two? It is quite simple. Betty passed away on Saturday and Fr. Raymond passed away on Sunday. So close together I could not help reflect on parallels between the two of them… Read More ›
Abbot Placid’s Homily at Fr. Raymond’s Mass of Christian Burial
Mass of Christian Burial for Father Raymond Geyer, O.S.B. July 29, 2009 We have come together today to give praise and thanks to God for our dear brother, Father Raymond, who served God faithfully as a professed monk of this abbey for sixty-six years, and served the church tirelessly in his priestly ministry for over… Read More ›
+ Father Raymond Geyer, OSB
Father Raymond Geyer, a monk and priest of Belmont Abbey for more than sixty years, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon, July 26. The son of Joseph A. Geyer and Kathryn Nuwer Geyer, Father Raymond was born on September 24, 1922, in Lancaster, New York. He attended Saint Mary’s Elementary School and High School in Lancaster,… Read More ›
Belmont Abbey Monk Dies at Age 86
Nick Tabor, Gaston Gazette. July 28, 2009 Placid Solari, abbot of Belmont Abbey Monastery, glanced at his watch as he stepped into the parking lot of Gaston Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon. It was 3:45. He was visiting his friend Raymond Geyer, an 86-year-old monk of Belmont Abbey. Solari gave Geyer communion and they spoke… Read More ›