Tag: Wimmer
July/August Newsletter
The July-August issue of the Oblate Newsletter has been posted. So everyone can properly plan travel, all regular meetings are cancelled until further notice. The Novice Oblates will be meeting as this small group feels comfortable. The Novice Oblates will be notified by email and phone. The Feast Day of St. Benedict, Patriarch of Western… Read More ›
Saint Vincent Archabbey Broadcast
Liane Hansen of National Public Radio visited Saint Vincent Archabbey and broadcast a report on Sunday, 2 August 2009. The broadcast is available online. The grist mill, now on the National Historic Register, is her first stop. The NPR Weekend Edition blog, Soapbox, offers a slide-show of 23 photographs that supplements the broadcast. The archabbey… Read More ›
Bicentennial of Boniface Wimmer, OSB
14 January 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Archabbot Boniface Wimmer OSB, founder of the American-Cassinese Congregation. “Like St. Paul, Wimmer was a missionary who preached the Gospel over a wide geographic area. He was a community builder who traveled extensively and established Christian communities everywhere he went. He was a man… Read More ›