Tag: Belmont Abbey
Art and Architecture in the Early Church
Belmont Abbey College is delighted to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Lev, featured speaker at the Eucharistic Congress on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. will also be speaking at Belmont Abbey at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 21, in Grace Auditorium on “Art and Architecture in the Early Church”. Dr. Lev makes her home in Rome where… Read More ›
Two Belmont Abbey Monks To Take Solemn Vows
The Profession Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on July 11th in the Abbey Basilica. Brother Tobiah Abbott, O.S.B., and Brother Elias Correa-Torres, O.S.B., will take their solemn vows as monks of Belmont Abbey on July 11, the Feast of St. Benedict. The Profession Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Abbey Basilica. By taking… Read More ›
Belmont Abbey’s oldest monk, Father Matthew McSorley, passes away
BELMONT—As the monks of Belmont Abbey Monastery finished Lauds on the morning of Thursday, May 24, Benedictine Father Matthew McSorley passed away peacefully. Father McSorley, was the oldest monk of the community, and had been a monk of Belmont Abbey for 68 years and a priest for 62 years. He was 91. The day he… Read More ›
Twelve Reasons To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
Oblates will often ask what “work” they could do around the monastery. There is an important “work” that needs to be done, particularly in the summer months while the students are away. This would be to volunteer to spend an hour a week at the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel hosted by Belmont Abbey. Volunteers give an… Read More ›
Passing of Father Matthew McSorley, O.S.B.
Father Matthew McSorley, O.S.B., the senior professed monk of our community, died peacefully at the abbey on Thursday, May 24, our patronal feast of Mary Help of Christians. The son of the late John and Mary McSorley, he was born on April 10, 1921 in Richmond, Virginia, and given the name Thomas. Family circumstances brought… Read More ›
Belmont Abbey president slams contraception rule
By Franco Ordoñez Washington Correspondent Posted: Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 WASHINGTON The president of Belmont Abbey College joined religious leaders of different faiths who converged Thursday on Capitol Hill and charged the Obama administration with trying to violate their religious freedoms. William Thierfelder told a congressional oversight committee that his Catholic liberal arts college in… Read More ›
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 ›
Oblate Commitments
At the last meeting a description of how Benedictine Oblates might best serve in the light of Vatican II was submitted for discussion. Using the Constitution and Guidelines for the spiritual life of Oblates, as approved by American Cassinese Federation, the following outline was developed. Oblates are reminded that these are goals they should strive… Read More ›