Heart to Heart Summer 2011

Summer 2011Saint Vincent Archabbey

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Dear Friends, In December of 1875 just a few

years before he died, our founder Archabbot Boniface Wimmer wrote in a letter to Utto Lang, president of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation, “I build only when necessary and only when I have the money, people, and means to do so. I build for necessity first and for comfort afterwards.”

Wimmer wrote of troubling eco-nomic times, but stated “nonetheless, we proceed tranquilly, finish the work on our buildings, improve our farms in order to secure our sustenance, properly educate our young people, and take in as many as we can, giving them lodging and food...”

Wimmer never slowed, constantlly expanding the Saint Vincent campus and sending support to his monks in the field, continually working to fulfill the mission and vision he had when he came to America.

That expansion and growth contin-ues today, with the recent dedication of the Sis and Herman Dupré Sci-ence Pavilion. The science pavilion is a major development on our College campus, spearheaded by President Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B., who shepherded the $39 million project, the largest in the history of Saint Vincent College. This state-of-the-art facility for science education, dedi-cated on June 25, is an inviting place that provides the latest in technology for our students, and allows them to interact and collaborate across disci-plines.

The Duprés have been long-time friends of Saint Vincent, stemming from Herman’s days as a student here. They have supported educa-tion through the establishment of the Great Teacher Recognition Program, and now, with a $7.6 million gift for the Science Pavilion. Sis and Herman recognize, as Boniface Wimmer did, the necessity of a proper education, and what is possible when a student is given the opportunity to fulfill a dream.

Expansion and Growth Continues

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.

It is interesting to reflect on what Boniface Wimmer might think of our campus today, with the newly-dedi-cated Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion, the Fred Rogers Center, the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, and the continued expansion and growth that has taken place here in the 130-plus years since his death.

His own words, written in the year prior to his coming to America, provide an answer as to what he might have thought: “The Benedictine Order by its Rule is so constituted that it can readily adapt itself to all times and circumstances. The contemplative and practical are harmoniously blended: agriculture, manual labor, literature, missionary work, education were drawn into the circle of activity which Saint Benedict placed before his dis-ciples. Hence, they soon felt at home in all parts of Europe and the same could be done in America.”

In other news from the Archabbey, three of our Benedictine confreres—Father Rene Kollar, Father Donald Raila, and Brother Nathan Cochran have had books published since the latest edition of Heart to Heart was produced.

Two confreres—Father Jean Luc Zadroga and Father Vincent Zidek continued their service trips through Saint Vincent Campus Ministry, taking

students on spring break to work with the poor in Vinhedo, Brazil, in affilia-tion with our mission there. A trip to our mission in Taiwan is planned this summer.

The Benedictine sisters of Saint Emma’s monastery joined us for Saint Benedict’s Day in March, a day that marked the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the founding sisters of Saint Emma’s in the United States.

Also on Saint Benedict’s Day, Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B. officially transferred his vows to Saint Vincent Archabbey.

Three confreres—Brother Norman, Father Gilbert Burke, and Father Chrysostom Schlimm—were honored at the annual reunion of alumni of Saint Vincent Preparatory School in June.

In early July three of our junior monks will profess solemn vows. Four men will have completed their novitiate and will profess simple vows. Nine junior monks—men in various phases of formation—will renew their vows. We will welcome four novices and two postulants as they discern a vocation to monastic life.

We also mourn the loss of two mem-bers of our monastic community—Father Omer U. Kline, and Brother Fredric Supek.

On May 1, members of the monastic and parish communities came together to celebrate a Mass commemorating the Beatification of Pope John Paul II, the same day he was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.

Blessed John Paul II reached out to many people during his papacy, but especially to young people. Thou-sands of young people held vigil through the night as the Holy Father lay dying. He expressed gratitude and said, “I sought you out and now you come to me. Thank you.”

Let us pray together in joy.Sincerely,

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.

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This newsletter is published by the Benedictines of

Saint Vincent Archabbey.

Publisher Archabbot Douglas R.

Nowicki, O.S.B.

Executive Director,Archabbey Apostolates

and EndowmentsPaul R. Taylor

Development DirectorPaul R. Whiteside

Director of Archabbey Public Relations/EditorKimberley A. Metzgar

Assistant Director of Archabbey Public Relations

Liz Cousins

Cover photo by Jim Schaeffer

Contributors to this issue:Liz Cousins

Annette D. HartSaint Vincent College Public

RelatonsJim Schaeffer

Father Vincent Zidek, O.S.B.

Saint Vincent Archabbey300 Fraser Purchase Rd., Latrobe, PA 15650-2690

[email protected] www.saintvincentarchabbey.org

from the Latin “Cor ad Cor Loquitur,” or “Heart Speaks to Heart,” is the motto of Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B. It refers to the Archabbot’s prayer that giving and receiving authentic love may always be the chief characteristic of the Saint Vincent monastic community. This was also the motto of John Henry Cardinal Newman.

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The Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion was dedicated on Saturday, June 25. The Science Pavilion is the largest building project in College his-tory—a major expansion of its science buildings named after the Duprés, in recognition of a generous gift from the family and friends of Sis and Herman.

Herman Dupré graduated from Saint Vincent College in 1953 and was hon-ored by the College in 1998 with an honorary Doctor of Science Degree. An inventor and entrepreneur, he holds 34 U.S. patents and developed one of the largest snowmaking systems in the world at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. He served as chief executive officer of Seven Springs for 40 years prior to his retirement in 1992. The former Mary “Sis” McSwigan was originally from Pittsburgh and enjoyed a career as a teacher of English and Physical Edu-cation in the Pittsburgh City School System. The couple has nine daugh-ters—Denise, Laura, Rosi, Anni, Janeen, Heidi, Gretl, Michele and Reneé.

The Duprés have always recognized the importance of education, and the role played by high school teachers, and have supported Saint Vincent College in this common goal. They established

the College’s Great Teacher Recognition Program that recognizes the influential secondary school teachers of Saint Vin-cent freshmen.

A curved, three-story glass atrium serves as a window to the natural world

and a welcoming gateway into the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion, reflecting the Benedictine tradition of hospitality to people, to the mystery of God, and to all creation. The philosopher

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Karl Jaspers expresses something essential about the “Vision of Hos-pitality” when he writes that the search for the truth of reality ought not to be separated from love. “Love reaches out beyond beings to Being itself. It works from deep within us and fills us with yearning and hope. We trust that it will speak to us whenever we need it, and put us in contact with Being that already was before Creation, the fathomless Transcendence.”

For the construction project, Saint Vincent retained MacLachlan Cornelius and Filoni, Inc. and Research Facilities Design to create an architectural struc-ture that incorporates sustainable design and is environmentally responsible in its construction and operation.

The architects chose to re-use as much of the existing structures as pos-sible to create as small an environmen-

tal footprint as possible, and to help the project achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification.

The science pavilion houses a cus-tom-designed geothermal heating and cooling system that uses an extensive system of 227 wells in a field 100 yards behind the pavilion to provide natural heating and cooling. The geothermal system can pump 1,800 gallons per minute and recover approximately nine million BTU per hour.

Other aspects of the system add to energy savings, such as pumps and fans that run at variable speeds, depend-ing on need, and an energy recovery system that captures heat from the air

that is exhausted from the building. The building employs other energy-saving devices, such as occupancy sensors that automatically turn lights on and off, water con-serving plumbing fixtures in the restrooms, and

supplemental solar power panels that generate electricity from sunshine. The extensive use of glass in the atrium pro-vides energy savings by utilizing the sun to provide heat and natural light.

“The Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion is more than just a building. It’s a symbol of the school’s commitment to science education,” said Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an Astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. “I am particularly impressed by the facility’s innovative design element—inspired by science and math themes—alongside its multi-

College Dedicates Dupré Science Pavilion

Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., and members of the Dupré family who attended the groundbreaking of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion at Saint Vincent College on April 22. Pictured above are, front, from left, Heidi Dupré Hannah, Herman Dupré, Sis Dupré, Renee Dupré. In the second row, from left, are Archabbot Douglas, Gretl Dupré Galgon, Michele Dupré Kocher, Sabina Rizzo, Denise Dupré, Anni Dupré, Rosi Dupré Littlefield, and Laura Dupré.

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use labs where different sciences can cross-pollinate their methods, tools, and ideas toward a greater understanding of the physical world.”

The Dupré Science Pavilion, fits “into the style of architecture of the rest of the campus,” said Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B., “but, at the same time, the building will provide the spaces and resources needed to enhance learning and research opportunities.

“To allow for expanded hands-on learning opportunities, more than 60 percent of the building’s space is dedi-cated to labs and lab support,” he said. “The new space also helps meet the needs of an increasing number of stu-dents enrolling in the sciences at Saint Vincent.” That number, he added, has grown by 30 percent since 2002.

Throughout the building, the emphasis is on creating inviting, open spaces and providing opportunities for interaction and collaboration across disciplines.

“This parallels the way profession-als work in the real world, where more and more, the most innovative solutions are being created by cross-disciplinary teams,” Brother Norman said. “All the disciplines—natural sciences, math-ematics, and computing sciences—will share classrooms, computer labs, con-ference rooms, lounges and other space. The natural sciences—biology, chemis-try, physics—will also share lab space and resources. This not only makes things more efficient, it also fosters the kind of impromptu interactions that can lead to collaborative research projects and innovative teaching approaches—and can expose students to new career possibilities.”

Brother Norman noted that the flex-ible design of the structure is well posi-


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tioned for the future. “The architects and planners have carefully thought ahead so that the building not only meets the needs of Saint Vincent for the next few years but for the next 20 years or more,” he said. “A modular design that is easily reconfigured will allow for flexibility throughout the building and growth of 15 percent.”

The Herbert W. Boyer School The science pavilion houses The Her-

bert W. Boyer School of Natural Sci-ences, Mathematics, and Computing. The school is named in honor of Dr. Her-

bert Boyer, who is among Saint Vincent College’s most notable alumni. Dr. Boyer has received international recognition for the role he played in creation of the biotechnology industry and the found-ing of the industry-leading pharmaceuti-cal firm Genentech that utilized his DNA splitting technology to pioneer numer-ous lifesaving drugs. He is professor emeritus of biochemistry and biophys-ics at the University of California at San Francisco and co-founder of Genen-tech, Inc., the San Francisco-based bio-technology company he started with the late venture capitalist Robert Swanson

in 1976.Born in nearby Derry, Dr. Boyer earned

his bachelor of science degree in biology and chemistry in 1958 from Saint Vincent College. He credits the late Father Joel Lieb, O.S.B., for inspiring his interest in genetics research. Dr. Boyer later earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He has received numerous prestigious awards for his work including the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1980, the National Medal of Science presented at the White House by Presi-

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The Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion houses a custom-designed geothermal heating and cooling system that uses an extensive system of 227 wells in a field 100 yards behind the pavilion to provide natural heating and cooling. Other aspects of the system add to energy savings, such as pumps and fans that run at variable speeds, depending on need, and an energy recovery system that captures heat from the air that is exhausted from the building. The building employs other energy-saving devices, such as occupancy sensors that automatically turn lights on and off, water conserving plumbing fixtures in the rest-rooms, and supplemental solar power panels that generate electricity from sunshine. The extensive use of glass in the atrium provides energy savings by utilizing the sun to provide heat and natural light. The Science Pavilion is a symbol of the school’s commitment to science education. (Photo by Jim Shaeffer)




College Dedicates Dupré Science Paviliondent George H.W. Bush in 1990, the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 1996, the Albany Medical Prize in 2004, the Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine in 2004 for discoveries related to DNA research and the Medal of Technology. Dr. Boyer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2004, Business Week magazine named him one of the “Great-est Innovators of the Past 75 Years” and Parade Magazine named him one of the “Ten Most Important Innovators Who Transformed the World.” He was fea-tured on the cover of Time magazine in 1981 with a story entitled, “Shaping Life in the Lab: The Boom in Genetic Engi-neering, Genentech’s Herb Boyer.”

Luparello Lecture HallOne of the giants in medical educa-

tion, the late Dr. Frank Luparello, C’49,

was responsible for the training and development of thousands of doctors during an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years. Dr. Luparello’s work is known all over the United States as the director of medical education at Mercy Hospital and one of the first directors of medical education in the United States. Dr. Luparello had lifelong admiration for the Benedictine teachers he had as an undergraduate pre-med student at Saint Vincent. According to Thomas W. Nasca, M.D., former dean of Jef-ferson Medical College, “Dr. Luparello influenced the care of literally millions… through education of medical students, residents and ongoing education of practicing physicians.” The Dr. Frank Luparello Lecture Hall pays tribute to an outstanding teacher and physician.

The centerpiece of the glass-walled atrium is a state-of-the art planetarium —the Angelo J. Taiani Planetarium and Astronaut Exhibit—made possible by a gift from the 1948 graduate, who enjoyed a successful career as an aerospace engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Mr. Taiani wanted the new planetarium and exhibit to bring recognition to the nation’s space program. Mr. Taiani worked on numerous projects at NASA as a general space engineer, in test support at Cape Canaveral and later the Kennedy Space Center on the Juno project. He also worked in support of the Space Shuttle program. The planetarium features the latest digital technology that can proj-ect the nighttime sky and can also take viewers on a tour of the solar system.

The Angelo J. Taiani Planetarium in the Science Center features the latest digital technology that can project the nighttime sky and can also take viewers on a tour of the solar system. (Photo by Jim Shaeffer)


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music in the Department of Fine Arts of the Saint Vincent College School of Humani-ties and Fine Arts, also recently presented a lecture at the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Chicago. He spoke about cur-rent research on the performance prac-tice of Gregorian Chant in a talk entitled, “Word, Melody and Neum in the Commu-nion Antiphons of the Primitive Sources: An Analytical Model.” The ACDA is the largest organization of its kind in the United States with more than 18,000 members represent-ing professional, community, university, high school and worship choirs.

Father Stephen also conducted a Gre-gorian Chant workshop at Saint Vincent this spring. In the past 60 years Gregorian Chant research on the ancient manuscript notation and on the evolution of the Grego-rian modal system has brought about major changes worldwide in its performance practice. These include the recovery of ancient modes, a more accurate notation used in the new printed editions of chant, and a greatly augmented knowledge base for a reading of the earliest manuscript sources. This intensive five-day workshop was an introduction to these changes and developments.

* * * * *Father Matthias

Martinez, O.S.B., has been accepted for studies in library science at Clarion University. He began studies in January, working toward a master of science degree in library sci-ence.

* * * * *Father Thomas Hart, O.S.B., spoke

on “Praying for the Dead,” in a presen-tation for Campus Ministry’s Late Night Catechism program. He is an instruc-tor in the Theology Department at Saint Vincent College. Father Thomas,

assistant to the President for Mission at

Archabbey News Father Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., execu-

tive director of the Saint Vincent Archab-bey Apostolates and Endowments, was named to Pennsyl-vania Governor-elect Tom Corbett’s tran-sition team. Father Paul served on the Education Commit-tee co-chaired by Joel Greenberg of the Susquehanna International Group and Mark Nordenberg, chancellor of the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh.

The members of each committee were tasked with reviewing the operations of the state government departments and agen-cies under the Governor’s jurisdiction and preparing a transition report.

* * * * *Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B.,

gave a guest lecture at Penn State Univer-sity recently. It was sponsored by the Penn State School of Music and consisted of a workshop presentation on Gregorian Chant Performance Prac-tice with the Penn State University Chamber Singers. Father Stephen was invited by Dr. Chris-topher Kiver of the Penn State Music faculty to con-duct the workshop with the Chamber Singers, an ensemble directed by Dr. Kiver. The presentation was an introduction to recent scholarship on historically informed performance practice of Gregorian Chant, including the reading of the Medieval manuscript sources.

Father Stephen received his Diploma in Gregorian Chant from the Pontifical Insti-tute of Sacred Music in Rome.

Father Stephen, assistant professor of


Four student artists in the fiber arts course of Brother Mark Floreanini, O.S.B., at Saint Vincent College created hand-crafted puppets that were part of the Saint Vincent College Players’ student production of “Carnival.” Brother Mark, assistant professor of fine arts, left, and Colleen Reilly, assistant professor of theatre and director of the production, right, are pictured with student artists, from left, Colleen Hanlon, a sophomore art education major from Hollidaysburg, and her puppet, Carrot Top; Stacey Pydynkowski, a sophomore art education major from Mount Pleasant, and her puppet, Marguerite (with assistance from Alex Policicchio, a sophomore studio arts major from Johnstown); Sarah Hunter, a junior studio arts major from Wampum, and her puppet, Horrible Henry; and Marisa Sberna, a senior studio arts major from Ellwood City, and her puppet, Renardo.

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tute of Sacred Music, Rome, receiving the Licentiate and Magistero in organ in 2000 and in Gregorian chant in 2004.

He is a graduate of the Pontifical Ath-eneum of Sant’ Anselmo, Rome, where he earned a baccalaureate in philoso-phy (1993) and a baccalaureate in theol-ogy (1996).

He made simple profession of monas-tic vows in 1991 at Montecassino, Italy, and solemn profession there in 1994. He was ordained a deacon at Montecassino by Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo on July 11, 1995 and a priest at Montecassino by Archbishop Loris F. Capovilla on Sept. 17, 1995.

Since coming to Saint Vincent, he has served as choirmaster, director of scholas, assistant director of monas-tery music and assistant organist at the Archabbey, and assistant professor of music at Saint Vincent College, director of the Saint Vincent Camerata and the Saint Vincent College Choir.

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Father Stephen Peter Concordia, O.S.B., came to Saint Vincent in 2008 from Montecassino Archabbey in Italy. On Saint Benedict’s Day 2011, he offi-cially transferred his stability to Saint Vincent Archabbey.

The son of John J. Concordia of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and the late Joan B. Concordia, he has six siblings: George of Chicago; John of Westwood, Mass.; Patricia Concordia Lloyd of Hyde Park, Mass.; Ann Concordia O’Connor of Mashpee, Mass.; Mary Concordia Quinn of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Joan Concordia O’Brien of Worcester, Mass.

He is a 1974 graduate of Saint John’s High School, Shrewsbury. He has a bachelor of music degree in piano per-formance from New England Conser-vatory, Boston (1980), where he also earned a master of music in theoretical studies (1984). He studied organ and Gregorian chant at the Pontifical Insti-

The feast day of Saint Benedict, patriarch of western Monasticism and co-patron of Europe, is celebrated each year on July 11. Focused around that feast day are other events within the monastic community that hold special significance for those in formation.

At the beginning of that month those men who are accepted as novices into the monastic community arrive at the monastery to begin a year of contem-plation and study designed to discern their vocations as Benedictine monks.

On the eve of that feast day the fol-lowing year, the novices who have com-pleted their year of study make their first profession of vows, also known as simple vows, before the Archabbot and the monastic community. They renew those simple vows each year for three years prior to professing solemn vows, or vows for life. Profession of solemn vows occurs on July 11 on the feast day of Saint Benedict.

This year’s novices each provided some brief reflections on the year just completed:

Father Killian Loch“I arrived at Saint Vincent last July,

two months shy of my 31st anniversary of ordination to the priesthood,” said Father Killian, of Wilkes-Barre, who was a priest in the Diocese of Scran-ton prior to coming to the Archab-bey to discern a monastic vocation. “I arrived with expectations that the novitiate year would be a combinaiton sabbatical and intense retreat. What I experienced met and surpassed these expectations. This has been a year of spiritual renewal, especially in appre-ciating the gift of priesthood. It was a time to learn monastic history and the various aspects of monastic life at Saint Vincent. Most importantly, it was living monastic life.

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Saint Vincent College, and an instructor of theology, also spoke at the Latrobe Min-isterial Association’s Prayer for Christian Unity Service held recently at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. “One in the Apostles’ Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread and Prayer” (Acts 2:42) was his topic.

* * * * *Brother Isidore

M. Minerd, O.S.B., presented a paper at Duquesne Uni-versity’s Graduate Conference in phi-losophy, entitled “Mythopoesis, the Objectivity of the Particular Sciences,

and the Call to Return to Experience.”* * * * *

The Saint Vincent Camerata, together with the Masterworks Concert Chorale, per-formed the Magnificat of J.S.Bach, at the Beulah Presbyterian Church in Churchill.

The concert was conducted by Milutin Lazich, director of the Masterworks Con-cert Chorale. The combined choirs also performed the Magnificat, this time with the Academy Chamber Orchestra in Saint Vincent Basilica, conducted by Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B., director of the Camerata.

* * * * *Benedictines who spoke to the Oblates

of Saint Benedict during a series of monthly Spiritual-ity classes have recently included:

Father Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B., master of novices for the Archabbey. His presentation was entitled “Saint Benedict and His Rule.”

Father Jean-Luc Zadroga, O.S.B., spoke to the group on “Prayer in Bene-dictine Spiritual-ity.” He is associate

director of Campus Ministry and man-ager of the Basilica Gift Shop.

Brother Jer-emiah Lange, O.S.B., assistant director of Oblates, gave a presentation on “Lectio Divina (Holy Reading).”

Father Thomas More Sikora, O.S.B., spoke on “The Liturgy of the Hours.” He is a weaver and a miller at the Gristmill.

The topic of “Hos-pitality in Benedictine Spirituality,” was pre-sented by Father Chad Ficorilli, O.S.B., chaplain of Saint Emma Monastery.

Father Chad also offered two days of recollection at Saint Emma Monastery and Retreat House. The first was held on Saturday, April 16 for religious. It was enti-tled “The Glory of These Forty Days.” The second was held on Wednesday, May 18 for various parish groups. It was entitled “Spiritual Growth is a Life-Long Process.”

Father Chad is presently the commuting chaplain to the Benedictine Nuns at Saint Emma Monastery.

Father Chad also gave a retreat to the the residents of the James Wall Home, located on the Northside of Pittsburgh. The home is under the supervision of the Little Sisters

Academic Conference HeldSaint Vincent College’s eighth annual Academic Conference was held April 13 in the Sis

and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion. Father Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B., Assistant Profes-sor in the Education Department of Saint Vincent College is pictured with student Marcus Croley discussing one of the posters in the exhibit. The graduate students in Special Edu-cation, under the guidance of Father Philip and Dr. Kristin Harty, presented a total of 18 research projects in the conference, and Father Philip worked with the students to design their posters. Topics were diverse, including “Improving Phoneme Awareness in a Strug-gling Adolescent Reader with Behavior Disorders,” “Increasing Compliance Using Token Economy and Response Cost Procedures,” and “The Impact of Highlighting to Decrease Off-Task Behaviors in a Child with Emotional Disturbances.” This was the first year that graduate students were invited to participate in the Conference. Eight of the posters received ribbons.


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“It was the call to community life that brought me to Saint Vincent,” he continued. “As the year progressed I was struck with the realization that our coming together each day to pray is essential to our monastic life. Each time we gather we reaffirm our faith in God and recommit ourselves to the impor-tance of living in community. Regard-less of rank, education or assignment, when we gather for prayer we pray as one. We are all in this together and our prayer unites us together as we praise and converse with God. This experi-ence of community extends itself from choir to refectory to recreation and to all aspects of our lives. More and more I am being drawn into this and wonder how I could go back to living other-wise.”

Brother Canice McMullen“On July 1, 2010, two months after

graduating from Penn State, I arrived at Saint Vincent eager to begin monastic life,” said Brother Canice, of State Col-lege, who has a bachelor of science degree in accounting. “I began my reli-gious transformation by being invested with the monastic habit, receiving tonsure and taking the religious name Canice in honor of Father Canice Welsh, O.S.B., a close friend of my family and a monk of Saint Vincent who passed away in October 1999.

“Since that day,” he said, “the novi-tiate has been unlike anything I have ever experienced or expected. It has been a time of spiritual renewal nour-ished through praying, working, social-izing, and studying with my brother novices. Although we came to the monastery with diverse backgrounds, the desire to seek God has brought us together to share a common life. Now that the end of our novice formation approaches, the time to make vows and give ourselves to God in a radical way has come. I am looking forward to the day when I will stand next to my broth-ers, raise my hands and pray ‘Sustain me, O Lord, as You have promised that

I may live; and disappoint me not in my hope’ (Ps. 119:116). The novitiate has been a wonderful blessing and this experience will continue to be a foun-dation for the rest of my life.”

Brother Joachim Morgan“The novitiate is the monastery on a

smaller scale,” said Brother Joachim, of White Lake, Michigan, who has a bachelor of science degree in French from Central Michigan University. “Four people have followed different paths with family, friends, educations and other life experiences. Our paths are different and unique, but they have all led us with the desire to love and know God. We all have come here, the work-shop or school as Saint Benedict calls the monastery, to learn to pray, work, study and live together in fraternal char-ity. As cenobites, we acknowledge that we are not going to get to God on our own. A story that best demonstrates this is Saint Gregory the Great’s account of Saint Benedict’s death. At the end of his life, Saint Benedict was too weak to stand, so he called his brothers to lift him up so he could praise his Lord one last time and then he died.

“With the help of many brothers, we will get to God,” Brother Joachim said. “I have already personally seen this with my classmates; from bringing a

nine foot bookcase from the sixth floor of the monastery to the basement to praying together to sharing distressing and joyful moments. So, as my class-mates and I enter the community more fully and we no longer have the same classes and work assignments, I have no doubt that there will always be three people that I will share all moments, thick and thin with.”

Brother Gregory ZimmermanBrother Gregory of Elm Grove, Wis-

consin, is a 1999 graduate of Brook-field East High School and studied history, philosophy and religion at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, graduating in 2010.

“The novitiate has been a wonderful opportunity for prayer and contempla-tion and strengthening my relationship with God,” said Brother Gregory. “In doing so, I realized how great of a bless-ing my vocation is, and also how much help I have received from so many family members and friends. I would like to express special gratitude to my parents, my godparents, my confreres and all of the many people who have been praying for me, and last but not least, my classmates. We have grown together in ways that I could not pos-sibly have imagined. “

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Vincent College. The formal event, which has revived the tradition of the spring ball that raised scholarship funds from the late 1940s and into the 1960s, is sponsored by the Saint Vin-cent College Alumni Council in conjunc-tion with the Alumni Office. Proceeds benefit the Alumni Council Endowed Scholarship Fund which was established in 2001 to provide scholarship support to full-time students with academic merit and financial need. More than $50,000 has been raised for stu-dent scholarships in the past decade. The dance is named in honor of Father Gilbert, a former alumni director and now director of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Develop-ment Club.

* * * * *Father Earl

Henry, O.S.B., gave a talk on the 1963 fire at Saint Vincent to Campus Ministry and Campus Life recently. Father Earl is prior of the Arch-abbey.



of the Poor. The retreat, which was held on March 14, 15 & 16, was entitled “Take the Hand of Jesus.”

* * * * *Father Wulfstan Clough, O.S.B., served

as chaplain and gave a presentation on Catholic art and literature at a new summer program instituted by Saint Vincent College this summer.

A new residential summer program for young men and women who are

interested in exploring the Catholic, liberal arts approach to education was offered by Saint Vincent College in June. The one-week introduction to the Catholic, liberal arts tradition was directed by Dr. Michael Krom, assistant professor of philosophy at Saint Vincent.

“The Saint Vincent College Faith and Reason Summer Program will introduce the rich intellectual tradition of the Roman Catholic faith,” Dr. Krom said. “Designed to prompt students to address the questions and concepts most fundamental to human-ity in the context of Catholic thought, the program offers participants an opportunity to examine these topics through seminal works that are an integral part of any Cath-olic, liberal arts program.”

The program was specifically designed for advanced high school and first-year college students.

* * * * *Father Brian Boosel, O.S.B., was one of

fifteen people in North America selected as a Mellon Fellow of the Andrew Mellon Institute in French Paleography, Center for Renaissance Studies at the New-berry Library of Chicago, Illinois, during the summer of 2010.

As a fellow at the Newberry Library, Father Brian studied 11th through 18th century French Paleography with Professor Marc

Smith of the faculty of the École Nationale des Chartes, Sorbonne, University of Paris. While at the Newberry, Father Brian also conducted research on the French revolu-tionary Pierre Antonelle (1747-1817) and his pamphlets, written in 1790 and 1791, for a seminar paper entitled, “Pierre Antonelle and the Annexation of Avignon.” The paper explored the politics of Pierre Antonelle, which led to the annexation of the city of Avignon during the French Revolution.

Father Brian, as part of a class project for a graduate history course at The Catholic University of America, “The French Revo-lution,” under the instruction of Professor Caroline Sherman, served as a contributor to the first annotated edition of Thomas Carlyle’s 1832 historical study entitled “The French Revolution.”

Father Brian annotated and wrote the introductions to three chapters of the book, which will appear as both an online resource for students and scholars of the French Revolution as well as an Amazon.com Kindle edition in late summer 2011.

Father Brian has also been appointed to the Saint Vincent College Board of Directors.

* * * * *The Father Gilbert J. Burke O.S.B.

Easter Ball for alumni, guests and friends of Saint Vincent College, Preparatory School and Seminary was held recently at the Fred M. Rogers Center on the campus of Saint

Brother Mark Floreanini, O.S.B., assistant professor of fine arts at Saint Vincent Col-lege, and members of the Loyalhanna Spinners recently prepared for their fourth year of participation in the Annual Sheep to Shawl Competition at the 32nd Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on January 12. Pictured in the Robert S. Carey Student Center with Brother Mark, from left, are Susan Rex, Deborah Hart and Sandy Truckner. The group had a sheep which was sheared. Then they carded the wool, spun and wove it into a shawl that was sold at auction.

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BRIDGES, a college-school-business partnership to improve mathematics and science education.

Brother Norman served as the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Mon-astery Run Improvement Project, and on the Steering Committee for the Loyal-hanna Mine Drainage Coalition. In addi-tion, he serves as the Higher Education Team Leader of the Math Science Part-nership of Southwest Pennsylvania, a 7-year (2003-2010), $18 million program funded by the National Science Foun-dation that focuses on improvement of student (K-16) achievement in math-ematics and science.

Brother Norman is a 1961 graduate of Saint Vincent Preparatory School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent Col-lege in 1966. He did graduate studies in theology at Saint Vincent Seminary from 1966 to 1969, and earned a Master of Arts degree and a Doctoral degree in mathematics from Northwestern Uni-versity in 1972 and 1976, respectively.

Father GilbertFather Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B., a 1953

graduate of Saint Vincent Preparatory School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1958, and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1962.

He has served in the Saint Vincent Public Relations Office (1960-1966), as guest master of the Archab-bey (1963-1966), college moderator (1964-1965), and chaplain of Carmel

of the Assumption Monastery, Latrobe (1965-1966). He served as temporary assistant at Sacred Heart and Ascension Parishes, Jeannette, and Saint Benedict Parish, Covington, Kentucky. He was assistant pastor at Saint Vincent Parish (1966-1969), director of public relations for Saint Vincent Archabbey, College and Seminary (1969-1974), director of public relations and publicity for the Archabbey (1974-1982), Archabbey foreign mission procurator (1974-1982) and associate pastor at Saint Bruno Parish, South Greensburg (1976-1982), and pastor of Saint Bruno (1982-1987). He was pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Jeannette (1987-1991), and of Saint Vin-cent Parish (1991-1996). He is a week-end assistant at Our Lady of Joy Parish, Holiday Park.

From 1996 to 2001 Father Gilbert was Director of Alumni at Saint Vincent Col-lege, when he was named Assistant to the President. He has served as Direc-tor of Alumni for Saint Vincent Seminary from 1996 to 2008, and is now a con-sultant for alumni affairs. He served as pastor, pro tem, of Saint Vincent Basilica Parish (2003-2004), until being named senior priest in 2004. He was Assistant to the Archabbot (2004-2006), and has been director of the Saint Vincent Devel-opment Club since 2006.

Father ChrysostomFather Chrysostom V. Schlimm,

O.S.B., is a 1952 graduate of Saint Vin-cent Preparatory School. He received a

Three Monks Honored By Prep AlumniThree Benedictines were honored at

the annual reunion of alumni of the former Saint Vincent Preparatory School held in June. This year’s awardees included Prep Hall of Fame Recipients Thomas A. Bauer, P’63, of Lorain, Ohio; Father Gil-bert J. Burke, O.S.B., P’53, C’58, S’62; Brother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., P’61, C’66, S’69; Rev. Dr. William J. Hisker, P’65, C’69, S’05, of Greensburg; Martin G. Mullen, P’65, of Alexandria, Virginia; Ronald G. Rosemeier, Ph.D., P’70, C’74, of Monkton, Maryland; and Leo R. West, P’46, C’51, of Pittsburgh. Faculty Recipients were Father Chrys-ostom V. Schlimm, O.S.B., P’52, C’57, S’61, and Charles G. Manoli, P’45, C’51, D’05, of Latrobe.

Brother NormanBrother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., was

named the 17th president of Saint Vin-cent College in 2010. Prior to that time he served as Executive Vice President; Dean of The Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing; and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Saint Vincent College. A member of the faculty since 1972, he has also served in many adminis-trative roles at the College including Provost (1987-2002); Academic Dean (1980-1987); Director of the Opportunity Program (1978-1980); campus minis-ter (1976-1978); and director of Project Headway (1972-1974). He has been involved in a number of community outreach programs, including the Small Business Development Center, Drug and Alcohol Prevention Projects, and (Continued on Page 15)

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* * * * *Brother Maxi-

milian Maxwell, O.S.B., gave a talk on the “Rule” to a group of students. His topic was “Living a Life of Zeal.”

* * * * *Saint Vincent Col-

lege presented awards to faculty members and students at the annual Spring Honors Convocation held in the Saint Vincent Basilica.

President Brother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., presented senior Stephanie S. Fitzgerald of Lower Burrell with the Presi-dent’s Award. Honored faculty included: Dr. Christopher McMahon, assistant pro-fessor of theology, who was presented with the Quentin Schaut Faculty Award; and Dr. Mark Rivardo, associate professor

of psychology, who was presented the Boniface Wimmer Award. Father Vin-cent Zidek, O.S.B., director of Campus Ministry, received a Student Govern-ment Association Award.

* * * * *Father Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B.,

recently presented two workshops at the annual conference of the Ontario Asso-

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ciation for Applied Behavior Analysis. His presentations were titled, “Func-tional Behavioural Assessment for Effective Positive Behaviour Support Plans” and “Behav-ioural Contracting as a Tool for Positive

A ribbon cutting officially opened the newly-renovated Saint Vincent College Shack snack bar this spring following a blessing and rededication ceremony. Participating in the program were, from left, student Bridget Fitzpatrick, Father Vincent Zidek, O.S.B., director of campus ministry; students Stephanie Fitzgerald and Renold Sossong, Brother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., college president and students Taylor Guido, and Laura Wohar. For more than a century, the Shack has provided a place where students, faculty and staff members, as well as alumni and visitors can meet for coffee and a snack.

Snack Bar Rededicated

Behavioural Change in Children with ADHD and Other Disabilities.”

Father Philip also attended the annual conference of the Association of Teacher Educators in Orlando, Florida, co-present-ing with colleagues Dr. Kristin Harty and Dr. Dawn Turkovich on the topic, “Making Connections: Teaching to Teach Across Disciplines While Partnering with a Public School Classroom. ”

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Saint Benedict’s Day Celebrated With

Sisters From Saint Emma’s MonasteryThe Benedictine sisters from Saint

Emma’s Monastery in Greensburg attended the Saint Benedict’s Day Mass at Saint Vincent in March. The day also marked the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the founding sisters of Saint Emma’s in the United States. For many years the sisters operated the food service for stu-dents of Saint Vincent Preparatory School, College and Seminary. Pictured with Archabbot Douglas are front, from left, Sister Mary Therese Sass, Sister Gaudentia Kaem-merle, Mother Mary Anne Noll, Sister Franziska Mintus, Sister Walburga Fremming. In the back row, from left, are Sister Renata Augustine, Sister Mary Clare Amorino, Sister Miriam Walters, Sister Maria Johanna Uhlott, and Sister Petra Littlejohn. At right are Mother Mary Anne and Sister Gaudentia.


Three Monks Honored By Prep AlumniAt Saint Vincent College he served

on the faculty of Saint Vincent Col-lege Department of Foreign Languages (1961-1969 and 1970-present); Saint Vincent Preparatory School (1964-1965); Saint Vincent Seminary (1964-1969, 1984-present). He was a dormitory counselor at Saint Vincent College in 1962, and from 1964 to 1969 and 1974 to 1977. He became an assistant cata-loger at Saint Vincent Library from 1970 to 1983. In 1984 he was named Direc-tor of Libraries of Saint Vincent Archab-bey, Seminary and College, a position he held until 2001, when he was named Special Collections Librarian.

Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1957. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1961. He earned a Master of Arts degree in clas-sical languages from the Catholic Uni-versity of America in 1964. He received a master’s degree in library science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973.

Since ordination, he has regularly served as a weekend assistant in many parishes in the Dioceses of Greensburg, Pittsburgh, Erie, Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania; Youngstown, Ohio

and the Archdioceses of Washington and Baltimore. He was an Associate Pastor at Saint Bruno Parish, South Greensburg from 1969 to 1970. In the summer of 1979 he was assigned to the Penn State Catholic Center where he served as a chaplain and also evalu-ated the book collection in the center’s library. He also served as a chaplain for 17 years for pilgrimages sponsored by Saint Gertrude Church, Vandergrift (1972-1989) and assisted as a direc-tor for a few of these. He served as administrator of Saint Mary’s Parish, St. Marys, from October of 2005 to August of 2006.

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Saint Vincent College students involved with the Campus Ministry pro-gram spent parts of their school year planning for their service trips to two foriegn missions affiliated with Saint Vincent Archabbey, São Bento Priory in Vinhedo, Brazil, and Wimmer Priory in Taipei, Taiwan. They have provided and plan to provide outreach services to those in need.

In preparation for their trips, this winter the students collected small stuffed animals to distribute to disadvantaged children in both Brazil and Taiwan. Stu-dents collected 479 stuffed animals and shipped the toys to the sites where they planned to engage in service work this past spring and this coming summer. The spring break service trip to Brazil was in late February and early March. The Taiwan trip is in July.

While in Brazil, the students worked with the Missionary Sisters of Christ and the children in the Sisters’ schools: Casa de Criança and Aprenzizado do Dom José Gasper. The schools were founded to keep children who live in the favelas, or slums, off the street and to improve their quality of life and hope for the future.

The Missionary Sisters of Christ not only educate 300 three- to twelve-year-old students from the favelas but they also provide daily meals to the children. The meals that the Sisters serve are often the only food that the Brazilian students receive. While visiting these two schools, the Saint Vincent students helped to serve the food to the kids, as well as to engage them in various games and other recreational activities.

Besides working at the schools, the service trip participants also assisted at Esperança e Vida, a clinic for individuals who are infected with HIV. At the clinic, the students prayed with the patients as well as helped with other tasks including doing laundry, serving meals, bathing the residents and distributing medicine.

Father Vincent Zidek, O.S.B., director of campus ministry, and Father Jean-Luc Zadroga, O.S.B., assistant director

of campus ministry, accompanied the group.

The participants were: Amiee Barnes, Hatfield; Sarah Eidemiller, Greensburg; Joelso Ferreira, São Paulo, Brazil; Hannah Hackman, Lititz; Brittany Hall, Seward; Caleb Karasack, Latrobe; Josh Kilmer, Mechanicsburg; Andrew Miller, Bolivar; Michelle Pruchnik, Wind-ber; Becca Raraigh, Fombell; Amanda Skwara, Latrobe; Allison Smith, Cen-treville, Virginia; Kerry Tittinger, Hun-tingtown, Maryland; and Michael Vitale, Greensburg.

Campus Ministry Group Does Spring Break Service Trip To BrazilThe service trip to Taiwan is sched-

uled for July. While in Taiwan, the stu-dents plan to work at Cathwel Service, an orphanage for 120 children who were born with disabilities or serious illness; as well as for those who are abandoned or parentless because their families are not able or interested in caring for them.

In addition to the orphanage, the stu-dents will also live and work in a remote mountain village where they plan to extend this same love and compassion to children and to the elderly.

Father Jean-Luc (back, left) and Father Vincent (back, right) and Saint Vincent Col-lege students who spent their spring break on a service trip to Jundiaî and Campinas.

Father Vincent Zidek and a group of Saint Vincent College students with patients and volunteers at Esperança e Vida Clinic.

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Saint Vincent College students and the monks of São Bento Priory in Vinhedo, Brazil.

Saint Vincent College students with one of the children at Casa da Criança

Father Noel H. Rothrauff, O.S.B., Director of Foreign Mis-sions at Saint Vincent Archabbey, with Father Paulo S. Panza, O.S.B., Prior of São Bento Monastery in Vinhedo, Brazil, and Father Bruno Silva, O.S.B., of São João Gualberto Mon-astery in Pirituba, Brazil, after Easter Sunday Mass at São Bento Priory in Vinhedo. Father Noel visited the Community in Brazil and had the opportunity to spend time with many of the friends and benefactors of the Priory, who were also longtime friends of his brother, Father Leo Rothrauff, O.S.B., who worked in Brazil for 36 years and passed away on Sep-tember 19, 2010.

Foreign Mission Director Visits Brazil

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Mass Commemorates the Beatification of Pope John Paul IIOn Sunday, May 1, in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass marking the beatification of Pope John Paul II. In Latrobe,

parishioners from Saint Vincent joined Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., and members of the monastic community with a special Mass in honor of the late pontiff. Held on Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday of Easter, the Archabbot paid tribute to “a man of faith, hope, and love,” in a prayer of gratitude for Blessed John Paul II.

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Father Rene Kollar Authors Book, Edits Two OthersFather Rene M. Kollar, O.S.B., pro-

fessor of history and dean of the Saint Vincent College School of Humanities and Fine Arts, has written one new book and edited two others, all published recently.

A Foreign and Wicked Institution?A Foreign and Wicked Institution? The

Campaign Against Convents in Victorian England, appears in the Princeton Theo-logical Monograph Series published by Pickwick Publications. This book is a collection of articles, previously pub-lished in America and abroad, which examines the deep suspicion of convent life in Victorian England. In addition to looking at anti-Catholicism and the fear of both Anglican and Catholic sister-hoods that were established during the nineteenth century, this book explores the prejudice which existed against women in Victorian England who joined sisterhoods and worked in orphanages, and in education and who were com-mitted to social work among the urban poor. Women, according to some of these critics, should remain passive in matters of religion. Nuns, however, did play an important role in many areas of life in nineteenth-century England and faced hostility from many who felt

Father Rene Kollar, O.S.B.

threatened and challenged by members of female religious orders.

The book, dedicated to the women students who pioneered coeducation at Saint Vincent College, details the accomplishments of these nuns and the opposition they overcame, serving as an example and encouragement to all those men and women who are com-mitted to the Gospel.

“This book is a must-read for a deeper understanding of the joys and pains of

institutions devoted to God’s work,” said Father Eugene Hemrick, director of the Institute for the Renewal of the Priesthood and director of Institutional Research at Washington Theological Union.

“Kollar considers the legends, the sto-ries, the lies and the works of Roman and Anglican sisterhoods,” commented reviewer T.M. McCoog, S.J., of Fordham University. “Neither blind to the faults nor ignorant of abuses, Kollar writes with an eye on the present in which a way of life is again judged by the faults of a few.”

A Commitment to TruthA Commitment to Truth was the 19th

lecture in the Wimmer Memorial Lecture Series (1947-1970) at Saint Vincent and delivered by noted Catholic historian, the late John Tracy Ellis (1905-1992).

Given in 1965, the lecture has been reprinted by Archabbey Publications in conjunction with Wipf and Stock Pub-lishers, Eugene, Oregon.

Monsignor Ellis was known as a lead-ing Roman Catholic historian whose criticism of the church’s colleges and universities in the United States moved them to achieve higher academic stan-


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dards. Author of more than a dozen books, he was a former managing editor of The Catholic Historical Review, a past president of the American Catholic His-torical Association, and the first Catholic to be president of the American Society of Church History.

Man’s Approach to GodMan’s Approach to God was the fifh

lecture in the Wimmer Memorial Lecture Series and was given in 1951 by Jacques Maritain. Maritain was one of the most influential figures in the Thomistic revival of the 20th century. Both in his personal life and in his prolific academic corpus, Maritain modeled the Church’s commit-ment to the interrelationship between faith and reason. So seriously did he take his intellectual commitments in his student years that, along with soon-to-be wife, Raïssa Oumansoff, he made a suicide pact that he would only break if he could find some meaning to life. This search ultimately led him to Catholicism.

Maritain’s works reveal an active mind capable of applying his speculative thought to virtually any subject. Every one of his works was an exploration of reason and its limits, and of how faith completes the natural desire to know.

His Wimmer lecture is a model speci-men of this approach. Maritain’s Man’s Approach to God is a three-part lec-ture. In it, he seeks to explain how man comes to know God existentially, as well as how faith responds to and completes this search for meaning. This lecture grew out of his desire to show that every human being, and not just philosophers, can penetrate into the depths of reality, for all bear within themselves the indel-ible image of God and are equally called to the communion of “love for God and love for our brothers [as] a single love of charity. “

The introduction to this lecture was written by Dr. Michael P. Krom, a member of the Saint Vincent College faculty. Editorial assistance was provided by Brother Isidore Matthew Minerd, O.S.B., of Saint Vincent Archabbey.

All of the books on these pages are available on the Archabbey Publications

webstore, www.stvincentstore.com, and will be featured in the fall, 2011, Archabbey Publications catalogue.

Father ReneFather Rene, a native of Hastings,

received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Vincent College in 1970, and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1973. His graduate studies were in history at the University of Maryland where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1981.

He entered the Benedictine Monastic Community of Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1967. He made simple profession of vows on July 11, 1968, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1971. He

was ordained a priest in Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica by the Most Rev. William Connare, Bishop of Greensburg, on May 11, 1974.

His first books were published in England, Westminster Cathedral: From Dream to Reality (1987) and The Return of the Benedictines to London, A His-tory of Ealing Abbey from 1896 to Inde-pendence (1990). In 1995, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., of New York, published a book based on Father Rene’s doc-toral dissertation, Abbot Aelred Carlyle, Caldey Island, and the Anglo-Catholic Revival in England, which was followed by A Universal Appeal. Aspects of the



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Sacred Winds Press of Augusta, Mis-souri, has released Lessons from Saint Benedict: Finding Joy in Daily Life, by Father Donald S. Raila, O.S.B. The book is part of a collection of letters written over a 23-year period by Father Donald, who has served as the Archabbey’s Director of Oblates since 1988.

The letters were written to Oblates as part of the newsletter of the Oblate office. Oblates of Saint Benedict are Christian men and women who choose to associate themselves with a Bene-dictine religious community in order to strengthen their baptismal commitment and enrich their Christian way of life.

Using the 1,500-year-old Rule of Saint Benedict, and Benedictine spirituality as his foundation, Father Donald offers words of spiritual encouragement and guidance for persevering through the journey of daily life.

“As each newsletter came due, I would think of a topic based on a book that I had been reading or on a personal experience that had stirred my heart, and I would find a connection with that reading or event with a lesson from the Rule,” Father Donald said.

“With the Gospel and Rule of Bene-dict as guides,” said Father Donald, “we can learn to see God’s graces in every dimension of our lives, even the most seemingly mundane.”

He provides both serious and light-hearted examples from his own life to demonstrate how to renew, strengthen and grow spirituality through the daily grind, and find joy in the process.

The book is dedicated to the monks of the Archabbey, living and deceased, “who have been helping to form me for almost 34 years to live by the Gospel in a Benedictine, monastic way, and to find joy in humbly surrendering my life to Christ ever more fully,” he said.

His parents, the late Steve and Ade-line Raila, introduced him to the faith and set him on a path of zealous pursuit of learning, Father Donald said. His mother, a high school English teacher, taught him to write clearly from an early age.

He also acknowledged the Oblates

Oblate Director’s Letters Developed Into Book

and Oblate novices affiliated with the Archabbey, for “showing me in a multi-tude of ways how the Rule can be lived fruitfully and joyfully by lay people.”

Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. author, and host of the television talk program Sunday Night Live with Father Benedict Groeschel, which is broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network, in his foreword for the book, notes that Father Donald “presents the Rule in a way that is not only comprehensible to contemporary lay people but is manage-able by them, as well. His examples are relevant and helpful, and he is very adept at showing us how to examine our lives in terms of the Rule in a way that exposes our many foibles and failings—things that keep us separated from God but which we rarely even notice. He shows us again and again ways to recognize and eventually even overcome those things that impede our spiritual growth. This is a slender volume of meditations, but its size is deceptive. If properly used it can make a real difference in the lives of many people.”

A native of Amsterdam, New York, Father Donald is a graduate of Wilbur H. Lynch Senior High School there. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology in 1971, and a Master

of Science degree in mathematics from MIT in 1972. He received a doctorate in applied mathematics from Princeton University in 1975, a Master of Arts degree in Scriptural theology in 1982 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1983 from Saint Vincent Seminary.

He made simple profession of vows July 10, 1978, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1981. He was ordained a priest on May 14, 1983 by the late Bishop William G. Connare of Greens-burg at the Archabbey Basilica.

He has served as Director of the Oblates of Saint Benedict since 1988. He also serves as the assistant director of monastery music (2003-present) and assistant organist (1991-present). He has played keyboard, the viola and violin in the Archabbey Baroque Ensemble since 2006. He is historian of the ensemble.

“ I have been edified by the zeal shown by so many lay people (and secular clergy) who have made such a commit-ment and have lived in steadfast adher-ence to the values of the Rule, despite the fact that, when it was written about the year 530. A.D., it was intended only for a few communities of sixth century monks,” Father Donanld said.

“It is my hope and my prayer that Oblates and others who read this book will discover the joy hidden in daily life because Christ is there to set us free.”

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Brother Nathan Cochran Translates Book On Karl IBrother Nathan M. Cochran, O.S.B.,

chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Saint Vincent College, has translated Marcel Uderzo and Marc Bourgne’s book titled, Karl I: The Peace Emperor, for publication by Ignatius Press/Mag-nificat in France. Publication date was spring of 2011.

The book is a 54-page graphic biog-raphy about Blessed Emperor Karl of Austria and King of Hungary, the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who is being postulated for can-onization.

“It is beautifully drawn and illustrated from historic photographs by two of Europe’s most renowned graphic art-ists, Marcel Uderzo and Marc Bourgne. I translated it from German to English. The French and German editions have been best sellers,” Brother Nathan said.

“The genius of Uderzo and Bourgne is that they have managed to tell a very complex life-story in word and picture in a detailed way that could not be told in the same number of pages of simple narrative,” he added. “Despite the con-cise nature of graphic biographies, this book manages to impart a great wealth of information about Blessed Karl, and is quite detailed in facts about his life. It should not be confused with a children’s book.”

The book should be of interest to people interested in World War I, the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, central European history, saints and spirituality, and the canonization pro-cess of the Roman Catholic Church,” Brother Nathan said. “Besides being a detailed and accurate summary of Emperor Karl’s life and the end of World War I, it includes some anecdotal details from his family that have never before been published.”

“It was an honor for me when Archduke Rudolf of Austria asked me to translate this work into English. He said that he was impressed with all of my work with the Emperor Karl League of Prayers. The French and German editions have been best sellers for three reasons: the story of Blessed Emperor Karl itself, the

reputations of Marcel Uderzo and Marc Bourgne, and the outstanding artwork of the book.

“Knowing the life story of Emperor Karl I was impressed at how many histori-cally accurate images were incorporated in this book,” he added. “Too frequently graphic novels or books are considered children’s books. While the colorful pic-tures might appeal to children, this book will certainly satisfy sophisticated, adult readers who want to know about this important world figure.”

Brother Nathan, a native of Marion, Ohio, studied vocal music at Bowling Green State University from 1975-1977, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies from The Pontifical College Josephinum in 1980. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1985, and did grad-uate studies in art history at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh and earned a Master of Science in the theory, criticism and history of art architecture and design at the Pratt Institute.

He entered the novitiate at Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1982, made his simple profession of monastic vows July 10, 1983, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1986.

In 2004, he worked at Vatican City as

the special secretary for the Beatifica-tion of Emperor Karl I of Austria. His various responsibilities there included coordinating and organizing the vari-ous beatification celebrations in Rome; facilitating pilgrimage groups and their needs coming from multiple European countries and the United States; and writing, editing, overseeing the translat-ing, printing and distributing of various publications and press releases, as well as the official website, in eleven differ-ent languages. The principal ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square was attended by over 75,000 people, and was the last major public event celebrated by Pope John Paul II.

He has curated and designed over 55 exhibitions at Saint Vincent, includ-ing “Karl I: The Peace Emperor, The Last Habsburg Emperor of Austria-Hungary” (2002) and “…That Which is Beautiful”, which was the 150th anniversary exhibi-tion of the Saint Vincent Art Collections, founded by King Ludwig I and Archab-bot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. (2003).

Brother Nathan is the author of Gifts of a King: The Treasured Art of Saint Vincent Archabbey (Latrobe, Pa.: 1986), and served as editor of “The Benedic-tine Monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey Monastery Newsletter (1989-1997), of

the special secretary for the Beatifica


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which he was founding design editor. He has written and contributed to a number of exhibition catalogues at Saint Vincent and for the Cincinnati Art Museum’s An American Abroad: Frank Duveneck’s European Years (Cincinnati, Oh.: 1987).

Brother Nathan was a contribu-tor to Saint Vincent: A Benedictine Place (Latrobe, Pa.: 1995), and a co-author of The Saint Vincent Basilica, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, One Hundred Years (Latrobe, Pa.: 2005). He is also the author of a number of booklets and articles about Emperor Karl of Austria most of which have been published and translated into ten other languages, and has edited and translated a number of other articles and booklets. Some of the titles of these works include: Karl I: The


Brother Nathan Memoriae” Civilian Medal of Honor pre-sented by H.I.R.H. Archduke Otto of Austria in 2008.

He is a frequent lecturer and exhibi-tion juror taking him to various cities, parishes and monasteries in western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Canada.

His current and past memberships include the American Association of Museums, Carnegie Museums, College Art Association, Kaiser-Karl-Gebetsliga für den Völkerfreiden, (Emperor Karl League of Prayers for Peace Among the Nations), Constantian Society, Smith-sonian Associates and the Westmore-land Museum of American Art. He has also held memberships in the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers the Middle States Association of College Registrars and Officers of Admission, and the Pennsyl-vania Association of Notaries.

Peace Emperor (2002); The Venerable Karl of Austria: A Short Biography (2004); Death of an Emperor (2004); Novena for the Intercession and Beatification of Emperor Karl of Austria (2004), “Why an Austrian Emperor Should be Beatified: An American Perspective” (2004), and “The Religious Life of Emperor Karl: A Study of the Documents for the Beatifi-cation Process” (2004).

Brother Nathan served as a contribu-tor and on-camera expert for “Karl: The Last Habsburg Emperor,” a documentary produced by George Lucas to accom-pany the DVD release of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, 2007. He cur-rently serves as the American-Canadian delegate to the presidium of the Kaiser Karl-Gebetsliga für den Völkerfreiden, Vienna, Austria (1995-present), an orga-nization that gave him its Outstanding Service Award in 2007. In 2008 Brother Nathan was awarded the “Signum

Easter Vigil MassCandlelight is reflected in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica during the 2011 Easter Vigil Mass.

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Revival of Monasticism in the West in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries a year later. Searching for Raymond, Anglicanism, Spiritualism, and Bereavement between the Two World Wars, was published in 2000 by Lexington Books.

In 2006, Father Rene edited and wrote the introduction for Christopher


Father Rene

It was 2007. Brother Pio Adamonis, O.S.B., had not yet decided to pursue a religious vocation at Saint Vincent Arch-abbey and was still known as Peter. He was working at Immaculata University near Philadelphia, and his spiritual direc-tor, Monsignor Devlin, thought he should go to Rome before entering the monas-tery to help with his discernment. Monsi-gnor Devlin connected him with a group going to Rome for the Consistory of Car-dinals Thanksgiving week.

John Patrick Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, who had been serving the church for more than 20 years as a Bishop, was being elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI, along with Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who was from Pittsburgh, and 21 other bishops. Brother Pio traveled with a group of family and friends of Car-dinal Foley.

“During my stay, I was fortunate enough to get an aisle seat in Saint Peter’s Basil-ica for the Elevation Mass on Sunday, fhe Feast of Christ the King,” Brother Pio said. “As I sat there, I was thinking about Pope Benedict, and I remembered learn-ing about a curious fact that the Pope had a fond affection for cats, one in particu-lar that belonged to the Pope’s neighbor while he was an archbishop in Germany. Every time the Pope would visit his home in Bavaria, the cat would jump up on his lap while Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger) played the piano.

“On the procession out of the Basilica at the end of the Mass, as Pope Benedict made his way straight down the aisle, I was videotaping this on my portable

camera. when I suddenly remembered the cat’s name, ‘Chico,’ and impulsively called it out as the Pope passed by. Pope Benedict stopped dead in his tracks, turned toward me, and blessed me.

“When I went to my hotel room that night, I watched the video over and over,” Brother Pio said. “I couldn’t believe that the Pope actually stopped and turned. There were a few seminarians at my parish back home during Christmas break, and when they saw the video they were astounded. They happened to be studying in Rome at the time, so when they went back, they tried calling out

‘Chico” at one of the Wednesday papal audiences. They told me it didn’t work. It must have been a one-time deal, inspired by the Holy Spirit,” he concluded. “It was something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”

Brother Pio has posted the video on YouTube® at this link: http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=iQsaNy0n7qw. The blessing occurs about half-way through the two-minute video.

Brother Pio is currently a third-year junior monk at Saint Vincent Archabbey, who will move into his third year of theol-ogy studies this fall.

Knowing Pope’s Fondness For Felines Results In Blessing For Monk

Dawson’s Wimmer lecture, The Move-ment Toward Christian Unity in the Nine-teenth Century, published by Archabbey Publications.

Father Rene has received numer-ous awards, including the Saint Vincent Student Faculty Award (1982), the Saint Vincent College Faculty Development Grant (1984-1989, 1993, 1994, 1996), the Saint Vincent Student Government Association Award (1989), Saint Vincent College Faculty Award (1992).

He was named to Men of Distinction in 1989 and to Men of Achievement in 1990 by the International Biographi-cal Centre, Cambridge, England. He was Saint Vincent College’s nominee for CASE Professor of the Year in 1992 and was named to Who’s Who Among American Teachers in 1994 and 2000. In 2008, he received the Thoburn Excel-lence in Teaching Award from Saint Vin-cent College.

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New OrnamentArchabbey Publications has pro-

duced Christmas ornaments featur-ing aspects of the Archabbey Basilica for more than a decade. Continuing in the series for 2011 is a new orna-ment, Jesus Teaching in the Temple. That ornament, along with the thir-teenth and fourteenth ornaments in the series, Jesus Blessing the Chil-dren and The Resurrection windows, are available in the Basilica Gift Shop, the College Bookstore and online at www.stvincentstore.com.

Three July retreats will complete the Archabbey’s spring and summer retreat program.

Married Couples RetreatA retreat for married couples, sched-

uled for July 15-17, will focus on “Lectio Divina and Theology of the Body: Con-templating Jesus at the Center of Your Marriage.”

Retreat master is Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., who was ordained to the priesthood in 2004.

Father Boniface notes that “Lectio Divina is a prayerful way of reading Scripture and hearing God speak to us through His Word. We will learn about and practice this. The method of lectio divina also teaches us about how to see God “between the lines” of our own lives.”

While completing his doctorate in computer science at Penn State Univer-sity, Father Boniface served as campus minister there. Since returning to Saint Vincent he has served as an adjunct faculty member at Saint Vincent College and assists at WAOB Radio.

Men’s Four-Day Retreat“Prayer: A Communion Between

Heaven and Earth” is the theme of the men’s four day retreat, July 21-24. Retreatmaster is Father Bonaventure Curtis, O.S.B., who has been a monk of the Archabbey since 2004.

“Prayer,” according to Father Bonaventure, “is the raising of the mind

Ordained to the priesthood in 2010, Father Bonaventure received the Omer U. Kline Homiletics Award from Saint Vincent Seminary. He teaches market-ing at Saint Vincent College. Prior to his entry into the monastic community, he was an attorney in the entertainment industry.

Father-Son RetreatFather Boniface will also give the

father-son retreat July 29-31, on the topic: “Every Family Takes Its Name from the Father (Ephesians 3).”

“This revelation,” Father Boniface notes, “given to us through Saint Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, is that a family is what it is meant to be only when it is like the Heavenly Father’s family. We learn how to be what we are called to be by looking to God. Inspired by this truth, we will spend time during this weekend entering into the relationship between the Father and the Son.

“During the retreat,” Father Boniface said, “we will take time in the retreat talks to meditate on this relationship of God, the Father with the eternal Son. We will also seek to grow in our own roles by taking time to pray together, especially sharing prayer with Scripture called lectio divina.”

Registration is available online at http://www.stvincentstore.com.

Upcoming Summer Retreats

Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B. Father Bonaventure Curtis, O.S.B.

and heart to God in adoration, thanks-giving, reparation, petition or inter-cession; it may be vocal, meditative, private, communal, as well as personal or official. Its highest form is contempla-tion, a foretaste of the beatific vision, while the official prayer of the Church as a worshipping community is the Liturgy. Through prayer, we experience a com-munion with God through Christ in the Church, according to the Catechism. It is particularly in the activity of prayer through which we live out our inspiration for divine worship and our desire to give back something of what has been given to us: everything!”

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Development CornerThe Gift Of Music

In the Fall edition of Heart to Heart you read about the launching of the Basilica Organ Campaign. Thanks to many of you, we have since doubled the commit-ted funds raised to date to nearly $500,000. As you read, the total necessary for the project is $1.2 million, so we are nearly halfway toward our goal. Thanks to our master organ builder, Mr. John Paul Buzard, we now

have a design in place that will complement the Saint Vincent Basilica architecture magnificently. A rendering of this design is included on this page for your information. If you have not yet made a gift to this project, you still have time! There are naming opportunities available including the following:

Organ Key ............................................................................$500Organ Pedal ......................................................................$1,000String Pipes .....................................................................$10,000Festival Trumpet Pipes ...................................................$50,000Console ........................................................................ $200,000Woodcrafted Organ Encasement ................................ $250,000

Your gift can memorialize a spouse, family member or another loved one.

The new organ is engineered for a 100-plus year life span

and is a permanent investment in the beauty of the Basilica. Our committee is working to enlist the support of those who are willing to help enhance the liturgical music at Saint Vincent Basilica. The committee is led by Mrs. Orlie Ferretti, a longtime friend at Saint Vincent and Father Gilbert Burke, O.S.B., the director of the Development Club for the Archabbey.

Thank you and may God bless you and your family.For more information contact Paul R. Whiteside, Director of

Development, [email protected], 724-532-6740, or Rev. Paul Taylor, Executive Director, Archabbey Aposto-lates and Endowments, [email protected],724-805-2901.

Paul R. WhitesideDirector of Development

Name

Address

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Basilica Organ Fund

Organ Key $500 Organ Pedal $1,000 String Pipes $10,000

Please Help! Basilica Organ Fund

Festival Trumpet Pipes $50,000 Console $200,000 Woodcrafted Organ Encasement $250,000

I would like to pledge $ _______ per monthPlease Return To:Mr. Paul R. Whiteside, Director of DevelopmentSaint Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690, Phone: 724-532-6740E-mail: [email protected]

We are halfway there!Please help us

complete our goal!

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To give a tribute or memorial gift, please make a donation to Saint Vincent Archab-bey in honor of or in memory of a friend, colleague or family member. Mail to Mr. Paul R. Whiteside, Archabbey Development Office, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pa., 15650-2690, 724-532-6740. Donors from November 7, 2011 to May 24, 2011, include:

IN HONOR OF:REV. SHAWN MATTHEW ANDERSON, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. John D. PilchMR. THOMAS BURKE

Syma and Patrick MulichREV. PATRICK T. CRONAUER, O.S.B.

Mrs. Marion CronauerMS. BARBARA CZAJKA

Syma and Patrick MulichREV. WILFRED M. DUMM, O.S.B.

Ms. Lois M. DowellREV. BONIFACE P. HICKS, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. Greg ForbesREV. MYRON M. KIRSCH, O.S.B.

Mrs. Karen M. WessREV. PASCHAL N. KNEIP, O.S.B.

Mr. Mark F. GarceaBR. MATTHEW LAMBERT, O.S.B.

Mr. W. Clair LambertDONALD AND JO-ANNE MILLER

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. SmithRT. REV. DOUGLAS R. NOWICKI, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fagan, IIIMR. AND MRS. MICHAEL NUMETKO

Syma and Patrick MulichREV. JOHN J. PECK, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. John MeridionaleTHEOLOGY FACULTY AND STUDENTS

Bonnie B. Thurston, PH.D.

IN MEMORY OF:

+ELVIRA ANGELILLIMr. Edward C. Angelilli

+LOUISE B. BECKLoretta and Gilbert Pastor+REV. ALBERT C. BICKERSTAFF, O.S.B.

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas A. HanzelMr. and Mrs. William W. Shearouse, Jr.

+MRS. DONNA L. BORELLIMs. Irene E. Surmik

+REV. JOSEPH P. BRONDER, O.S.B.Ms. Marcia Guzik

+REV. BONIFACE BUERKLE, O.S.B.Mr. and Mrs. James P. Murray

+REV. ANTHONY J. BURLAS, O.S.B.Ms. Marcia Guzik

+NELLIE CAHILLJudy and Dave Perry

+ALBERT CIUKSZA, SR.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hobart, Jr.+ROSE SHARON HOBART CIUKSZA

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hobart, Jr.+MR. RICHARD COOPER

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hobart, Jr.+HAROLD T. CRONAUER, SR.

Mrs. Marion Cronauer+DR. D. FREDERICK CULLEN

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. CullenMr. and Mrs. David MacKenzie

+MICHELE GARDNER DANAMs. Betty L. Naret

+EMILIO CAMERON DIAZSyma and Patrick Mulich

+BERNICE ELTSCHLAGERMs. Victoria P. Alcantara

+REV. MARION J. EMLING, O.S.B.John and Patricia Donlon

+REV. CONAN E. FEIGH, O.S.B.The Dzielski FamilySt. Joseph’s Deanery

+MARIO J. FERRETTIMs. Susan A. DepalmaMrs. Orlie S. Ferretti

+WALTER B. HOBARTMr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hobart, Jr.

+BERNARD HORNAKMr. John DeGidio

+MRS. MARGARET JANECKOMr. Francis P. Murrman, Jr.

+JOSEPH MICHAEL JANESMr. and Mrs. Francis X. Janes

+KLARMANN AND DELANEY FAMILIES

Ms. Edith Patricia Klarmann+REV. OMER U. KLINE, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. BallCarl and Charlotte BurlasMr. and Mrs. George R. CookEdward and Theresa CoxMr. Patrick DoranTom, Phyllis and Michael DoranThe Donald Dumm FamilyMrs. Joan T. DummMrs. Adele Faish and SonsMaggie and Jim FalconKen and Georgene FalconMrs. Orlie S. FerrettiMr. William T. GasperDr. and Mrs.Thomas P. GessnerJames and Maryann GondekTom and Helen KissellMr. and Mrs. Alfred Kline Mrs. Virginia KlineGeorge and Donna KrumenackerMrs. Rose Marie LiebMs. Theresa LiebMr. Joseph Mangarella, Sr.Mr. Melvin J. MattyMr. and Mrs. John F. McCaskie

Roland and Florein MuellerMr. and Mrs. Harry T. Murtha, Sr.Arthur and Kathleen NowickiMrs. Patricia OlmerMr. and Mrs. James P. O’SullivanMr. and Mrs. Charles J. Queenan, Jr.John and Marirose RadeletRichard and Jean Ann ReillyMr. Ronald J. SanziMr. and Mrs. Russell E. Weakland, Jr.Jim and Joyce WestrickRev. George A. WiltJay and Barbara Zelezniak

+MR. SIMON C. KRALIKMrs. Theresa J. Kralik

+WILLIAM L. KUBICMiss Mary K. KubicMrs. J. Roberta Kubic

+BR. PATRICK R. LACEY, O.S.B.Bob and Kathy AlbrightMrs. Christina A. McFeatersMr. Francis P. Murrman, Jr.

+MATTHEW LAICKMr. and Mrs. Mario J. Battaglia

+GIOVANNA AND CARMEN MARCHETTI

Gilbert and Loretta Pastor+CHRISTINA MONTEPARTE

Mrs. Irene B. Pocratsky+REV. JOHN F. MURTHA, O.S.B.

Mr. Edward J. Dunn, IIIMs. Marcia GuzikMr. and Mrs. William E. LozierMr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Shimko

+TIMOTHY D. O’SHEAMr. Thomas D. O’Shea

+ANNA AND GEORGE PASTORGilbert and Loretta Pastor

+STANLEY T. POCRATSKYMrs. Irene B. Pocratsky

+MARY AND JACK QUILICOMr. and Mrs. Mario J. Battaglia

+JOSEPH F. REILLYMrs. Patricia Carney Reilly

+ELI AND MARY RESKORev. Blane L. Resko, O.S.B.

+REV. ROLAND R. RIPOLI, O.S.B.Mr. Bruno M. RipoliMs. Julia Ripoli

+REV. LEO P. ROTHRAUFF, O.S.B.Ms. Eleanor D. BaenigMs. Ruth RusnockTom and Joan RothrauffMr. and Mrs. Raymond E. F. Weaver

+REV. MELVIN C. RUPPRECHT, O.S.B.Mr. John C. Rapa

+REV. GEORGE E. SALADNAMr. John M. Barker

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+VINCENT AND FLORENCE SCHLIMM+Ms. Celine M. SchlimmRev. Chrysostom Schlimm, O.S.B.

+MR. ARTHUR V. SCOTTIMr. William C. BartholomayMs. Kathryn BourasMr. and Mrs. John J. BruceMs. Diane D. CuddyMr. John A. GrodinHCC Service Company, Inc.Ms. Amy Dixon KaylorEileen and Ernest Kline and FamilyLerner CompaniesDr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Melani


Memorial, Tribute Gifts

Reilly FamilyMr. and Mrs. Matthew J. StrombergTampa Bay Rays Baseball Ltd.

+MRS. MARGARET SEABOLMs. Lyn Emrick

+REV. LOUIS S. SEDLACKO, O.S.B.Mr. Edward J. Dunn, III

+MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM W. SHEAROUSE, SR.

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shearouse, Jr.+GEORGE AND JULIANNA

SILOWASHMr. Brian K. Silowash

+DOROTHY L. SOISSONDr. Ferdinand L. Soisson

+MRS. MARGARET SOSKAMs. Linda M. Killeen

+THOMAS Q. SPITZER, SR.Mr. Thomas Quinn Spitzer, Jr.

+MARY ELLEN STURNICKMr. Michael A. Sturnick

+STANLEY SZALEWICZAnonymousMrs. Orlie S. Ferretti

+MARJORIE ELIZARDI TASSINDr. and Mrs. Donald D. Gray

+MRS. STEPHANIE M. UNGVARSKYMr. Edward S. Ungvarsky

+REV. REMIGIUS B. VEROSTKO, O.S.B.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Pawlak+REV. BENJAMIN R. WALKER, O.S.B.

Mr. Thaddeus M. Konefal+ARTHUR ZITTERBART, JR.

Mrs. Jane Zitterbart+ARTHUR ZITTERBART, SR.

Mrs. Jane Zitterbart

A water color painting by Brother Mark Flo-

reanini, O.S.B., assistant professor of fine arts at

Saint Vincent College, entitled “Another Apple

Blossom,” was awarded “Best of Show” in the

Greensburg Art Center’s 2011 Juried Biennial

being shown through June 24.

Another work by Br. Mark, “Apples and Blos-

soms,” is also being exhibited.

The juror was Daniel Marsula, an illustrator

for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a signature

member of the American Watercolor Society who

has published works in American Artist magazine,

North Light Books and other publications.

Brother Mark’s Painting WinsBest Of Show

Francis “Bud” Noel, left, presented a sculpted wood plaque to Terry Noel, his son and chief of the Saint Vincent Fire Department, in honor of the late Brother Patrick Lacey, O.S.B., founder and fire chief of the Saint Vincent Fire Department for more than 35 years. The plaque was a gift from the family of the late Jake and Sara Noel, longtime friends of the late monk. Brother Pat, as the students affectionately called him, served Saint Vincent Archabbey and College as its fire chief from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. He was active in a number of state, regional and local firemens’ associations.

Plaque HonorsBrother Patrick Lacey, O.S.B.

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Father Omer U. Kline, O.S.B.

Obituaries

Father Omer U. Kline, O.S.B., a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, died on Monday, January 17, 2011. He was born in Hastings, Pa., on July 10, 1923. He was the son of the late Isadore and Zita (Peters) Kline.

He is survived by his sisters, Mrs. Mary Louise Parrish of Nicktown, and Mrs. Donald (Hilda) Dumm of Ebens-burg.

Father Omer attended Saint Bernard Parochial School and Hastings Public School in Hastings, and was a 1941 graduate of Saint Vincent Preparatory School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1946, and completed his ordination studies at Saint Vincent Sem-inary. His graduate studies were at the Catholic University of America, where he received a Master of Arts degree in American History in 1955; and, at the Teachers College of Columbia Univer-sity, where in 1963 he was awarded a Doctoral Degree of Education special-izing in the teaching of speech.

He entered the Benedictine monastic community of Saint Vincent Archabbey as a novice in 1943. He made simple

profession of vows on July 2, 1944, and solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1947. He was ordained a priest by the late Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, in Saint Vincent Archabbey Church on June 12, 1949.

Father Omer served the monastic community as subprior for 28 years from 1966 to 1994. From 1966 to 2007, he served as administrative assistant to five archabbots. For the same length of time he was archivist for both the Arch-

abbey and the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictines, and was awarded the title of Archabbey Archivist Emeritus in 2007. His previous assign-ments were in the educational aposto-lates of the Archabbey. At Saint Vincent Scholasticate he was a prefect from 1944 to 1948; and, at Saint Vincent Pre-paratory School, from 1948 to 1955. He taught American history, social studies and economics in the prep school from 1949 to 1956, where he was also mod-

Eighteen persons attended the Gregorian Chant workshop at Saint Vincent this spring. In addition to the Archabbey novices, front, Brother Canice McMullen, second from left; Brother Joachim Morgan, O.S.B., third from left; Brother Gregory Zimmer-nan, fourth from left; and Father Killian Loch, fifth from left, there were attendees from Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, Florida and West Virginia, including two professors of music from Thiel College and Saint Leo University and the Director of Music from the Pontifical College Josephinum. A monk of Saint Andrew’s Abbey, Cleveland, also attended. Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B., front, right, conducted the workshop.

Gregorian Chant Workshop

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Brother Fredric Supek O.S.B.

Obituarieserator of the National Forensic League Chapter. At Saint Vincent College he was a prefect from 1955 to 1956 and from 1960 to 1962, and was named an instructor in speech in 1962, assistant professor of speech in 1964, associate professor of speech in 1968, and profes-sor of speech from 1981 to 1987. Also, from 1962 until 1966 he was Dean of Students. At Saint Vincent Seminary he was named an instructor in homiletics in 1960, assistant professor of homiletics in 1964, associate professor of homilet-ics in 1968, and professor of homilet-ics from 1981 to 1987. In 1987, he was named professor emeritus of homiletics, and in 1988 received Saint Vincent Sem-inary’s Nova et Vetera Award for excel-lence in teaching. In 1994, Father Omer was honored with the Saint Vincent Seminary Alumni Award at the annual Alumni and Planned Giving Associates Banquet. Since 1991, a seminarian has received the “Omer U. Kline, O.S.B., Excellence in Preaching” Award.

In addition to his teaching duties, Father Omer was a member of the Board of Directors of the Saint Vincent College Corporation from 1966 to 1981, where he also served as secretary from 1966 to 1971. From 1966 to 2003 he was secretary of the monastic Chapter of the Archabbey. For 37 years—from 1966 through 2003—he was both a member and the secretary of the Arch-abbey’s Council of Seniors. From 1971 to 1979 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Greensburg Catholic Publishing Associates.

His pastoral service included weekend ministry at Holy Cross Parish, Young-wood, and Saint Gilbert Parish, Hunker from 1962 to 1990, and at the Carmel of the Assumption Monastery, Latrobe, from 1991 to 1994.

Father Omer was the author of The Sportsman’s Hall Parish Later Named Saint Vincent, 1790–1846, published in 1990 by the Archabbey Press, and of The Saint Vincent Archabbey Gristmill and Brewery, 1854-2000, published in

Brother Fredric Supek, O.S.B., a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, died on Sunday, April 17, 2011. He was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on May 3, 1935. He was the son of the late Stanley and Emily Supek. He is survived by his sis-ters, Mrs. Theresa Quarantillo of Lewis-ton, New York and Mrs. Ann Tweed of Youngstown, New York.

He attended Our Lady of the Rosary Parochial School and Bishop Duffy High School. He served four years in the U.S. Navy and attended Niagara University before entering the monastic community at Saint Vincent Archabbey. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1965 and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1968.

He made simple profession of vows on July 2, 1963, and solemn profession of vows on January 6, 1968.

2000 by Archabbey Publications. He was a member of the Society of Ameri-can Archivists, the American Catholic Historical Society, the Catholic Histori-cal Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Westmoreland County Histori-cal Society.

Mass of Christian Burial was cele-

brated by Archabbot Douglas R. Now-icki, O.S.B., followed by committal in the Saint Vincent Cemetery.

Memorial contributions for Father Omer may be made to the Benedictine Health and Welfare Fund, Saint Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650.

After travel arrangements to Brazil had been made, Brother Fred served in our monastic community at Vinhedo for 13 years from 1969 to 1982. He served as treasurer, director of vocations, master of novices, director of the retreat house and gardener.

In 1982, Brother Fred returned to the monastic community here at Saint Vin-cent where he continued his work of practical service. He served in the post office from 1982 to 1984. He moved to the library in 1984.

His most significant service was in the facilities management office. He served as assistant to the director of mainte-nance at Saint Vincent Archabbey, and director of purchasing for Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary. In 1998 he was named associate director of facilities management. In 2009 he was named a consultant in the facilities man-agement office. As director of purchas-ing and associate director, he helped the director and close friend, Larry Hendrick, form a small community of service in that office. Brother Fred was a computer expert and, among other things, devel-oped a database system still in use. But he was also a friend who would patiently help a new employee learn how to use the computer more effectively.

Mass of Christian Burial was cele-brated by Archabbot Douglas R. Now-icki, O.S.B., in the Archabbey Basilica, followed by the Rite of Committal in the Saint Vincent Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Benedictine Health and Welfare Fund of Saint Vincent Archabbey, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650.

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