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O God, may your glory shine on earth!

Aidan Putnam

Psalm 57:12

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Abbey Banner Magazine of Saint John’s Abbey Fall 2018

Volume 18, number 2

Published three times annually (spring, fall, winter) by the monks of Saint John’s Abbey. Editor: Robin Pierzina, O.S.B. Editorial assistants: Aaron Raverty, O.S.B.; Dolores Schuh, C.H.M. Abbey archivist: David Klingeman, O.S.B. University archivists: Peggy Roske, Elizabeth Knuth Design: Alan Reed, O.S.B. Circulation: Ruth Athmann, Jan Jahnke, Ashley Koshiol, Beth Lensing, Cathy Wieme Printed by Palmer Printing Copyright © 2018 by Order of Saint Benedict Saint John’s Abbey Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-2015 abbeybanner@csbsju.edu saintjohnsabbey.org/banner/ ISSN: 2330-6181 (print) ISSN: 2332-2489 (online)

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Rejoice and Be Glad Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B.

I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their smile. In their daily perseverance, I see the holiness of the Church militant.

n March Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), a reflection on Jesus’ teaching in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5) and on the parable of the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46). In §102 Pope Francis reaches back to the teaching of Saint Benedict, asking: “Can we not realize that this is exactly what Jesus demands of us, when he tells us that in welcoming the stranger we welcome him?”

Pope Francis, Gaudete et Exsultate (§7)

This issue of Abbey Banner explores the universal call to holiness. In his recent apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis urges us to “listen once more to Jesus” (§66), to make “a real change in the way we live” (§66). This is how we “accomplish the mission entrusted to us at our baptism” (§174). This is how we discern our vocation, our call to holiness. Responding to this divine call, Benedict of Nursia established a school for the service of the Lord, inviting his contemporaries as well as later generations to listen to the divine Master’s precepts and to prefer nothing to Christ. Abbot John Klassen opens this issue with a reflection on Rejoice and Be Glad. Calling Rejoice and Be Glad “the most significant magisterial teaching on the universal call to holiness since the Second Vatican Council,” Brother Cassian Hunter continues that reflection with a special focus on seeking God according to the Rule of Benedict, “within or without a monastery.”

In §101 we find a teaching on social engagement with others that is profound and integrative. The pope writes: “Our defense of the innocent unborn needs to be clear, firm, and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of the human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm [and those bound by] new forms of slavery.” We cannot ignore those who are crushed by poverty.

Saint John’s Abbey is animated by 120-odd monks, each of whom is responding to a call to holiness. That call led us to seek God, with the help of many brethren, through the monastic manner of life. In this issue we are introduced to our newest member, Brother Jacob Berns, and to our confreres who this year celebrate significant milestones in their vowed lives. Brother Aaron Raverty presents an overview of Saint John’s Seminary with a special focus on its twenty-first-century vision for those whose call to holiness leads to ordained ministry. The holiness of some men and women has been so pronounced, the Church has declared them saints. Dr. Martin Connell, while telling the miraculous story of Saints Placid and Maur, explains the current procedures for canonization, the formal recognition of saints. Our community’s ministry and service are possible only through the grace of God and the support of our friends, oblates, and benefactors. On behalf of all the monks of Saint John’s Abbey, Father Geoffrey Fecht offers thanks for the generosity of so many donors and volunteers. Brother Paul Richards reminds us of the benevolent service of the Benedictine Volunteer Corps, now in its sixteenth year. Land manager Mr. John Geissler explains the value of biodiversity and celebrates the inauguration of the Abbey Conservation Corps. We also meet a monk from Kansas; a saint venerated by Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans; and more.

Cover: Profession, 11 July 2018 Photo: Alan Reed, O.S.B.

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With Abbot John and the monastic community, the staff of Abbey Banner prays that all our readers will be guided by the Spirit in answering their call to holiness. Peace! Brother Robin Pierzina, O.S.B.

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Let us listen once more to Jesus, with all the love and respect that the Master deserves. Let us allow his words to unsettle us, to challenge us, and to demand a real change in the way we live. Otherwise, holiness will remain no more than an empty word. Pope Francis Gaudete et Exsultate (§66)

I was impressed by Pope Francis’ insight and evocative language about a misconception of holiness that would drain the Spirit out of one’s life, making it less joyful, less satisfying. Francis asserts that this is a false understanding of how the Holy Spirit energizes and moves us forward. The pope also points to two “subtle enemies of holiness” (§35), two ancient heresies that, like any “good” heresy, continually show up in new forms. (Bad ideas and heresies have a surprisingly long shelf life!) Gnosticism (§36 and following), first of all, would have us imagine that holiness is a matter of abstract ideas, of having faith in our minds, far from the reality of “Christ’s suffering flesh in others” (§37). Without an incarnate Christ, we may be overconfident in the power of reason and thus think that the mystery of the Gospel can be made completely intelligible. A second contemporary heresy is that of Pelagius (§47 and following). This heresy would invite us to be overconfident in the power of the human will, such that it fails to recognize the utter necessity of the Holy Spirit, of grace, in our desire for holiness. When we accurately and honestly assess our efforts at goodness, we realize that the mercy of God is always first, in the middle, and at the end! Rejoice and Be Glad is a true gift to the Church and is a joy to read, to study, and to savor.

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Monastic Profession and Jubilees

uring the Eucharist on 11 July, Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B., and the monks of Saint John’s Abbey observed the feast of Saint Benedict with glad celebration as they welcomed Novice Jacob Berns into the community and honored our confreres on the occasion of their twenty-fifth, fiftieth, sixtieth, or seventieth anniversaries of monastic profession. “We are confident,” said Abbot John, “that Christ is with us to support and sustain us on this journey of faith. We have been blessed because of the graced commitment of these men.” First Profession Novice Jacob (Jordan) Berns, 26, of Perham, Minnesota, graduated from Saint John’s University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in music and theology. He then worked successively as a math tutor in Saint Paul, a Benedictine Volunteer at Sant’Anselmo in Rome, and as liturgy/music director of his home parish, Saint Henry’s in Perham. He continues his exploration of sacred music as he pursues graduate studies at Saint John’s School of Theology. “I first prayed with the monks of Saint John’s Abbey in 2003,” Brother Jacob recalls. “I left that visit awed at the atmosphere of contemplation that their unhurried pace fostered and knew this type of prayer would be a necessary facet of my future. Later, as an undergraduate, I felt encouraged by the monks’ warm

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hospitality, commitment to prayer, and the possibility of continuing to make music. Two factors helped me recognize the life at Saint John’s Abbey as a fitting response to God’s calling me to holiness. First, religious role models shared their vocation stories with me. Second, people who knew me and understood monastic life recognized in me an aptitude for seeking God through this way of life and encouraged me to explore whether religious life might be my vocation.” Silver (25) Jubilarian Consistent with Saint Benedict’s admonition that the novice not be granted an easy entrance into the monastery but be told “all the hard and rugged ways by which the journey to God is made” (Rule 58.1, 8), Brother Simon-Hòa Phan, O.S.B., followed a challenging and

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circuitous route to our community. As a youngster, he was among those escaping by helicopter from the rooftop of the American Embassy of his native Saigon in April 1975, on his way to Guam, Denver, and eventually California and a more peaceful life. After exploring seminary classes in California and at Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Simon-Hòa finally landed in Collegeville for a Monastic Experience Program in 1991. Twenty-five years after professing his vows as a Benedictine monk, he continues to reflect on his Vietnamese heritage and history, and shares those reflections through a variety of artwork, including award-winning documentaries telling the stories of Amerasians—children of American servicemen and Vietnamese women. A tenured professor of art and Saint John’s University faculty resident, Brother Simon-Hòa blesses his students and his community with his creativity, visual sensitivity, gentle humor, Vietnamese cuisine, and good cheer. Golden (50) Jubilarians On 11 July 1968, before God and the saints, nine novices professed their first vows as Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey. Fifty years later, Fathers Tom Andert, O.S.B., and Cletus Connors, O.S.B., accepted the applause—and wooden canes —from their confreres in gratitude for a half-century of service. Father Tom Andert has dedicated decades of his

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monastic and priestly life to education: instructor of German and theology at Saint John’s Preparatory School; president of BenildeSt. Margaret’s School, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota; headmaster of Saint John’s Prep; and finally as an education department faculty member and faculty resident of Saint John’s University. With this extensive mentoring, teaching, and administrative preparation, Tom came well armed to lead his confreres as prior of the community from 2007 until 2015. Among his notable accomplishments while prior were the articulation of the abbey’s first comprehensive strategic plan and oversight of the community’s preparations for the renovation of the Breuerwing of the monastery. Throughout his monastic life, Tom has been eager to share his ideas and dreams with his confreres. “It is unlikely,” observed Abbot John, “that someone in this community will say, ‘Tom, we don’t know what you are thinking and feeling.’”

Father Cletus Connors, from Edgerton, Wisconsin, brought the insights of a thirty-year-old to the outset of his monastic journey. For the past fifty years he has deepened those insights and sharpened his pastoral skills as a hospital chaplain, as a faculty resident and director of residential life of Saint John’s University, as a missionary monk in The Bahamas, and as a pastor of local parishes. His inclusive, practical ecclesiology and warm demeanor have made him a beloved pastor to the faithful and a respected confrere to his fellow monks. Like his monastic classmate, Father Cletus likes to share his insights and observations, and thus is a dependable source of good stories about the wide variety of characters he has encountered. He also shares his abundant talents with his confreres and friends: a creative chef who can prepare a fine meal, and a good accompanist with a growing mastery of the cello, flute, and organ.

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Diamond (60) Jubilarian After serving in the United States Navy, Brother Andrew Goltz, O.S.B., from Milaca, Minnesota, has quietly served as a Benedictine monk for sixty years. Blessed with an array of practical and professional skills and the visual sense of a trained artist, Andrew has assisted in the abbey woodworking shop, in the business office, and in Alcuin Library; he also served as a missionary monk in The Bahamas and Japan. As a newly professed monk, Andrew worked for three years with designer Bruno Bak on the creation and installation of the stained-glass window that fills the north façade of the abbey and university church. He also designed and crafted the banners that for decades graced the Great Hall, and the first festive flags that surrounded the abbey plaza for major events. After earning a degree in nursing, Brother Andrew directed the abbey’s retirement and senior healthcare center, Saint Raphael Hall. In addition to caring

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for his confreres, Andrew also repaired and preserved hundreds of volumes in the university library collection. Since his retirement to Saint Raphael Hall, he has taken charge of solving puzzles. Platinum (70) Jubilarian For seventy years Father Hilary Thimmesh, O.S.B., has expressed his monastic calling as a teacher or administrator. Generations of Johnnie alumni were introduced to the beauty and power of Shakespeare by Father Hilary, who himself could tear up while reciting a particularly moving passage, admitting, “I’m embarrassed, but not ashamed.” Generations of Johnnies also remember him as their Benet Hall prefect (c. 1950s), their Bernard Hall faculty resident (c. 1970s), or as their Tommy Hall faculty resident (today!). A skilled teacher, Hilary is also a skilled writer and editor who oversaw the publication of the

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community’s sesquicentennial history Saint John’s at 150. He is the last living member of the planning committee for the construction of the abbey and university church, whose delightful machinations he detailed in his memoir, Marcel Breuer and a Committee of Twelve Plan a Church. Father Hilary’s leadership skills were tested while he served as administrator of Saint Martin’s Abbey, Lacey, Washington; as prior of Saint John’s Abbey; and for nine years as president of Saint John’s University. Hilary also gave form and direction to the university’s Benedictine Institute.

Benedict’s Curriculum Eric Hollas, O.S.B.

n the Prologue of his Rule, Saint Benedict’s words of invitation are gentle and welcoming. The monastery is to be a “school for the service of the Lord,” and in that school nothing should be harsh or burdensome (Prol.45-46). There will be challenges, of course, but Benedict wants monastic life to be within the reach of the average person.

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Simon-Hòa Phan, O.S.B.

Benedictine Anniversary During the observance of the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the international Benedictine Confederation, Pope Francis welcomed Abbot Primate Gregory Polan, O.S.B., and some four hundred Benedictine men and women, oblates, educators, and other representatives of the Benedictine family to a papal audience on 19 April 2018. Commenting on the manner in which religious engage in evangelization, the abbot primate noted that Benedictines “evangelize from the monastery,” offering “silence, prayer, and peace” so people “can listen carefully to the voice of God in their lives. We believe that our witness to ‘community life’ is prophetic in a world where people are often alienated.” Pope Francis responded warmly to the assembly, affirming the value of Benedictine life: “When people are so busy they do not have enough time to listen to the voice of God, your monasteries and convents become like oases, where men and women of all ages, backgrounds, cultures, and religions can discover the beauty of silence and rediscover themselves, allowing God to restore proper order in their lives. The Benedictine charism of hospitality is very precious for the new evangelization, because it gives you the opportunity to welcome Christ in every person.” The Benedictine Confederation, established by Pope Leo XIII in 1893, today includes nineteen congregations of the Benedictine Order who number about 12,000 women and 7,000 men.

As Benedict concludes his Rule, however, his tone seems to shift. In a final nod to the importance of lectio divina, he encourages his monks to meditate on the Scriptures and the work of monks like Basil or Cassian. But readers of these giants of the monastic tradition should beware! What they will discover are the shortcomings in their own way of life: “for us who are lazy and ill-living and negligent, they are a source of shame and confusion” (RB 73.7). This makes me wonder: Is there a disconnect within the Rule of Benedict? Why would he write something that seems to fall short when compared to the prescriptions of the ancients? Why didn’t he adopt their way of life straight on? Or is he engaging in bait and switch? Is he luring a candidate with the promise that life in his community is not so hard—except that it should be!

The search for God takes place deep within our hearts.

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Monks may speculate about this, but I console myself with the thought that Benedict did not intend to undermine life in his own community. He did not intend to introduce tension that would polarize monks into factions, for and against a strict observance. Such movements, in fact, did crop up within the Benedictine tradition, but Benedict was not interested in creating a life marked by upheaval and revolution. He was after something else entirely. Benedict structures a way of life that is communal and, at the same time, intensely personal and introspective. The search for God takes place deep within our hearts, even as we rub elbows with our neighbors who are engaged in the same endeavor. Should there be tension, it ought

never arise from a comparison between what I am doing and what my brother is doing. Rather, tension arises as I become aware of the person I am now and the person I can become as I seek God. This is the inevitable product of education in the school of the Lord’s service. Pervading Benedict’s curriculum is one fundamental goal. There’s no graduation from the school of the Lord’s service until the day of resurrection, when monks finally see God face to face. Ironically, that’s when the journey gets really interesting. Father Eric Hollas, O.S.B., is deputy to the president for advancement at Saint John’s University.

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Benedictine Volunteer Corps working on their academic, social, and hygienic skills before finding a sponsor to send them to school. Some were formerly addicted to huffing wood glue; most come from broken homes. The challenges they face are indescribable. Madodo offers the kids who have few proper role models and limited skills a chance to become educated enough to pull themselves off the street. I was so thankful that they welcomed me into their community so we could learn from one another.

Paul Richards, O.S.B.

Nairobi, Kenya he Saint John’s Benedictine Volunteer Corps (BVC) has returned to Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa), once again working with and for the monks of Christ the King of Peace Priory in Tigoni. The monks are members of the Saint Ottilien Congregation from Germany that has a strong presence throughout Africa. The BVC had been in Nairobi beginning in 2010 but suspended its service in 2014 because of an increase of violence in the region. Benedictine Volunteers Joseph Koll, Shamus Olson, and Abdifatah Hassan arrived in Kenya in January 2018 and were warmly welcomed. For the 2018–2019 service year, they are being replaced by Dylan Lehrer. Dylan just completed a year of service at Hanga Abbey in central Tanzania and has volunteered for another deployment to Nairobi. We hope to assign an additional Benedictine Volunteer to join Dylan in the program. The work in Nairobi is varied and challenging. In addition to their chief responsibility of teaching at Saint Benedict’s Children Centre, a primary school, the Benedictine Volunteers attend to orphaned street kids in the Mathare slum—a thirty-minute walk from the monastery—and assist with an art project in Mlango Kubwa at a facility for the handicapped in the Mathare slum. They also

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Saint John’s Benedictine Volunteer Corps, 2018

assist the Missionary Benedictine sisters of Tutzing at Saint Scholastica’s School—located next to the men’s community in Nairobi (Ruaraka). Year Sixteen Nineteen recent graduates of Saint John’s University comprise the Benedictine Volunteer Corps class of 2018, currently serving in eleven different sites: Daniel Gillis, Lincoln Mullings, and Augustus Kjolhaug (Newark, New Jersey); Blake Dahl and Thomas Nilles-Melchert (India/ Sri Lanka); Francesco Hanson and Alex Wendlandt (Cobán, Guatemala); Keegan Conrad and Michael Wagner (Bogotá, Colombia); Aidan Culloton and Peter Molitor (Imiliwaha, Tanzania); Hudson Echelard and Mitchell Lundquist (Tabgha, Israel); Kyle Munshower (Rome); Brennan Lafeber and Tanner Thiele (Tororo, Uganda);

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Joey Christenson (Monserrat, Spain); Dylan Lehrer (Nairobi, Kenya); and Alexander Melchor (Humacao, Puerto Rico). (Three of last year’s Benedictine Volunteers have signed on for a second year at a different site.) Immediately following graduation in May, the newest volunteers completed an intense orientation program and retreat at Saint John’s Abbey. Brother Paul Richards, O.S.B., the founder and director of the Saint John’s Benedictine Volunteer Corps, is a faculty resident of Saint John’s University.

Kenyan scholars with Benedictine Volunteers Matthew Dummer, 2013-14 (above), and Joseph Koll, 2018 (below)

Madodo Community My time in Nairobi, Kenya, with the Benedictine Volunteer Corps provided me with a unique experience right out of college. While living with the monastic community, I had the opportunity to teach seventhgrade English and work with the Madodo street kids of the Mathare slum. Both situations provided me with separate challenges, learning opportunities, and moments of joy.

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students was for me to prowl around the room toward the groups that often lost focus. By the time I was finished, the groups became calmer, and we became more productive. While playing soccer and board games, working on math, or speaking English with the kids of Madodo, I was blown away by their happiness and resiliency. Madodo is a center for former street kids to spend a year

During my six months with the Madodo community, I was able to meet a few of the older kids who had been sent to school earlier. It was humbling to see them growing up and tackling challenges such as abusive parents, sleeping huddled on the street, and drug addiction. Helping the kids and helping the program to achieve its goals are what made the experience so worthwhile for me. Shamus Olson, BVC 2017-18 Mathare Slum, Nairobi Kenya

For teaching English at Saint Benedict’s primary school, I had about fifteen books for a class of forty-five students! Reading aloud was one of my favorite activities to challenge the kids, so allowing them to sit in groups was a necessity. I quickly learned that groups of seventh graders lose focus easily! I learned as well that the only way to diminish talking among the

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Call to Holiness Cassian Hunter, O.S.B.

welcome him (cf. Matt 25:35)? Saint Benedict did so readily, and though it might have “complicated” the life of his monks, he ordered that all guests who knocked at the monastery door be welcomed “like Christ,” with a gesture of veneration; the poor and pilgrims were to be met with “the greatest care and solicitude.” (§102)

henever a pope invokes Saint Benedict, those of us who claim some relationship with Benedictine monasticism ought to listen up. Pope Francis’ most recent apostolic exhortation, however, is not just for Benedictines. This new document, titled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), is the most significant magisterial teaching on the universal call to holiness since the Second Vatican Council, and Saint Benedict is invoked twice to shed light on certain aspects of holiness pertinent to everyone. So what is the universal call to holiness? And what can Benedict teach us about holiness today, 1500 years after his sojourn in this world? Right up front, Pope Francis describes the call to holiness with his characteristic boldness: “The Lord asks everything of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and not to settle for a bland and mediocre existence” (§1). Thus Francis invites us to an ordinary yet exciting life of holiness and happiness. Recalling the Second Vatican Council’s teaching that “all the faithful, whatever their condition or state, are called by the Lord— each in his or her own way—to that perfect holiness by which the Father himself is perfect,” Francis places special emphasis on the phrase, “each in his or her own way” (quoted in §10).

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For Benedictines, hospitality to strangers is the favored way in which we express our love for God in our love for others. Today, hospitality to migrants and refugees is a way for all of us to answer the call to holiness. Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint John’s Abbey and University Church

The same invitation to holiness is given to each individual in a unique way to be discovered in prayer and lived in charity. The rest of the document clarifies important aspects of this universal call to holiness for our own day. First, Francis warns strongly against approaches to holiness infected by superiority complexes regarding one’s knowledge about God or one’s good deeds. While Benedict is not invoked here, I couldn’t help but think of his teaching on humility as a true path to holiness (see Rule of Benedict, chapter 7). From here we enter the heart of the document: Francis’ interpretation of two important biblical texts, the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, and what he calls “the Great Cri-

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terion” in Matthew 25. Like Benedict’s Rule, these texts call us to a humility that is noticeably different from the world’s way of doing things, especially with regard to our love for God and neighbor. The first reference to Saint Benedict appears in the section on “the Great Criterion.” Here Francis notes the apathy of many in our world concerning the situation of migrants when he says that, for Christians, The only proper attitude is to stand in the shoes of those brothers and sisters of ours who risk their lives to offer a future to their children. Can we not realize that this is exactly what Jesus demands of us, when he tells us that in welcoming the stranger we

In light of his scriptural reflections, Francis then offers “five great expressions of love for God and neighbor” that he considers particularly important in the contemporary world (§111): perseverance, patience, and meekness; joy and a sense of humor; boldness and passion; in community; and in constant prayer. Each of these aspects of holiness is a direct response to troubles of our time.

Hospitality to migrants and refugees is a way for all of us to answer the call to holiness.

The second reference to Saint Benedict appears in the section on community as a contemporary sign of holiness. Noting that each person is called to pursue holiness in community, Francis states that Each community is called to create a “God-enlightened space in which to experience the hidden presence of the risen Lord.” Sharing the word and celebrating the Eucharist together fosters fraternity and makes us a holy and missionary community. It also gives rise to authentic and shared mystical experiences. Such was the case with Saints Benedict and Scholastica. (§142)

This reference is to the last meeting of Benedict and his sister Scholastica before her death, as recorded in the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great. As the story goes, Benedict is ready to return to the monastery, but Scholastica wishes to continue their conversation. Ultimately, Scholastica loves her brother so much that God answers her prayer with a thunderstorm that prevents Benedict from going anywhere. Christ is truly present and makes himself known wherever two or three gather in the name of the God who is love! Francis closes the document with a reminder that the spiritual life is a battle that requires constant vigilance and discernment. While Benedict is not named, this is undoubtedly a central theme in the monastic tradition. Before Benedict, the Desert Fathers were

experts at uncovering the wiles of our less-than-godly thoughts and desires. Benedict himself uses military language that may make us feel uncomfortable, but our battle is not against other people. The way of peace that Benedict so passionately encourages us to follow requires a certain willingness to fight against our own tendencies to violence, including the violence of apathy. Humility, hospitality, community, and discernment are important aspects of the Benedictine tradition, but they are not unique to Benedictines. Our Jesuit pope, named for the founder of the Franciscans, proposes that these are important aspects of every call to holiness. While each must find one’s own way, some may find that they are called to seek God according to the Rule of our Holy Father Saint Benedict, within or without a monastery. May those of us who are learning the way from Saint Benedict provide an authentic witness to that ordinary yet exciting life of happiness and holiness to which all are called! Brother Cassian Hunter, O.S.B., is an instructor in theology at Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict.

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Saint John’s Seminary and ordained ministry in the Catholic Church:

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rriving in Minnesota in the mid-nineteenth century from their motherhouse in Pennsylvania, a contingent of missionary monks was intent upon serving the needs of German immigrants. Among their plans for addressing these needs were the sacramental and educational resources the Church could provide through their missionary outreach. “The Church needed educational institutions in America, especially seminaries and colleges,” noted Father Colman Barry, O.S.B., in Saint John’s centenary history, Worship and Work. To that end, Father Demetrius di Marogna, O.S.B., the first prior of our community, petitioned the Minnesota Territorial Legislature of 1857 for a charter for Saint John’s Seminary. Successfully passing the 1857 legislative session, the now-chartered seminary only became established and operational under the aegis of the next prior, Father Cornelius Wittmann, O.S.B. From the beginning, the seminary was immersed in Saint John’s overall educational initiative. According to Father Colman, Saint John’s “was known as a seminary primarily, but from its inception Catholic immigrants sent their sons to the Benedictines for a Catholic higher education which would at the same time fit them for a secular life.” After moving west from the banks of the Mississippi

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Father Reinhold [Jerome] Theisen, O.S.B. (back to camera), and seminarians, c. 1965

River near Saint Cloud and then from the Schoenthal (“beautiful valley”) near Saint Joseph to Indianbush (Collegeville) in 1864, the nascent school, under the initiative of Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B., eventually established a minor seminary, hoping to attract priestly vocations from local German families while offering them higher education. Within a few years the school enrollment had grown significantly, as well as the number of faculty. Thus, in 1883 the Minnesota Legislature approved an amendment to the original charter to change the institutional name of “St. John’s Seminary” to “St. John’s University.” While monk clerics (priesthood candidates) were provided with philosophical and theological training from the seminary’s beginning in 1857, it wasn’t until 1868 that diocesan seminarians could enroll. “Abbot Rupert was intent on preparing both religious and diocesan priests, first

for German Catholic parishes, and then for any bishop,” stated Father Colman. In 1949, nearly a century after its founding, Saint John’s Seminary came under the auspices of Saint John’s Abbey and the Diocese of Saint Cloud as a joint operation. A house of studies overseen by the Saint Cloud Diocese was established on campus. The bishop of Saint Cloud became the temporal and spiritual administrator of the seminary, and, with this new incorporation, the seminary’s title became “St. John’s Seminary of the Diocese of St. Cloud.” This fulfilled Abbot Boniface Wimmer’s original desire that monastic and diocesan priests share a common seminary educational experience and form a fraternal brotherhood of mutual understanding. Father Michael Patella, O.S.B., seminary rector, shared his expansive, twenty-first-century vision for Saint John’s Seminary

Today the needs and ambitions of the local Church go beyond the upper Midwest. The principal goal for Saint John’s is to become a premier institution for training ordained ministers, to be, in the words of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, coworkers in the vineyard, with outreach to all the dioceses in the United States and beyond. Saint John’s Seminary has been training men for priesthood for over 150 years. The vocation crisis that hit the upper Midwest in the 1990s temporarily necessitated suspending the diocesan component in the priestly formation program, but the monastic section continued unabated, with many of these monks serving in the Saint Cloud Diocese. In restarting instruction and formation for diocesan priesthood candidates, Saint John’s Seminary aims to be a strong theological center for all Minnesota dioceses, continuing

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the mission of training men for ordained ministry. This mission rests in a vision of the Church shared by lay women and men, vowed religious and secular clergy, all dedicated to serving the People of God. Consistent with the vision of Pope Francis, Gospel joy has been the foundation for Saint John’s tradition of service and pastoral work. The fusion of the ancient and the contemporary in the Christian tradition has become a hallmark of our School of Theology and Seminary, and it permeates the requirements for our master of divinity degree. Saint John’s tradition of service and pastoral outreach is continuing to flourish in an open and exciting educational and cultural environment. The Church and the world currently face many challenges, and we see each challenge as an opportunity for evangelization.

In Minnesota today, many communities have seen their Catholic churches clustered with others in the surrounding area. Moreover, immigration from abroad has considerably diversified a once homogenous culture. Saint Cloud has become a microcosm of a more diverse American society. These changes have put pressure on our community, demanding pastoral action that respects and honors the Christ within, no matter how different the other may be. As an integral component of Saint John’s University, Saint John’s Seminary is not freestanding, and priesthood candi-

dates learn in a diverse environment more reflective of the greater society. Seminarians take classes with students in the School of Theology, the latter preparing candidates for vocations as catechists, liturgical musicians, chaplains, and researchers. Bishop Donald Kettler has described our newly ordained as ministers who are “uncomplicated and hit the ground running.” They know that to be good pastors they must draw on and have trust in the talents of those in the parish itself. Thus, the changed demographic in central Minnesota will not threaten our priests. Saint John’s Seminary heeds the call of Pope Francis for pastors to “smell like the sheep” by embracing the world in this place and time, just as Saint Benedict did. Church leaders are replacing the current Program of Priestly Formation with a new Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis that stresses human and spiritual development well suited for the holistic environment at Saint John’s. As a university, replete with the cultural opportunities that a college campus affords, Saint John’s has all the facilities and opportunities for seminarians to grow in wisdom, knowledge, character, and holiness. Brother Aaron Raverty, O.S.B., a member of the Abbey Banner editorial staff, is the author of Refuge in Crestone: A Sanctuary for Interreligious Dialogue (Lexington Books, 2014).

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Drowning in Holiness: Placid and Maur embellish or exaggerate the holy deeds of saints over time. Such exaggeration is at work in the depiction of Saint Placid in the Great Hall. In the stained glass, Placid holds a palm branch. The palm is a sign of martyrdom, even though there is no evidence of him as a martyr until three centuries after his death! Since the new guidelines for canonization call for closer attention to historical veracity, the metal image, consistent with the text of Saint Gregory’s Life of Benedict, better reflects what we know of Placid in the earliest source.

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arly in his quarter-century papacy—during which he canonized 482 saints—Pope John Paul II established new guidelines for the canonization of saints. Issued in 1983, Divinus Perfectionis Magister (The Divine Teacher and Model of Perfection) shifted where the process of canonization begins and what methods are to be employed to assess holiness. Artwork at Saint John’s depicting two early Benedictine saints can help us to appreciate what has changed. The saints are Placid and Maur, young Italians of Saint Benedict’s original monastery. What is most memorable about Placid and Maur comes from a story by another saint, Gregory the Great, who wrote The Life of Saint Benedict that includes the miraculous account of Saints Benedict, Maur, and Placid: One day while Benedict was in his cell, Placid went out to fetch water from the lake. Dipping a bucket in carelessly, he fell in. Waves took him way out, almost as far as an arrow could be shot from the shore. The man of God in his cell knew immediately what had happened and hollered to Maur: “Brother Maur! Run! The kid fell into the lake and waves carried him off!”

The “kid” was Placid, one of the community’s younger monks.

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At the abbot’s order, Maur raced out to where the kid had been swept out by the waves. He thought he was running on ground, but he was actually on top of the water!

Maur’s unhesitating obedience held forth as he “grabbed the kid by the hair and ran back, still at breakneck speed.” The oldest depictions of Maur and Placid at Saint John’s are among the stained-glass windows in the north transept of the Great Hall—the first church of Saint John’s Abbey—installed c. 1879 when the church was built [above]. A later, modern depiction of the saints was added to one of the crypt chapels of the Marcel-Breuer-designed church

after it was dedicated in 1961 [opposite page]. By the measure of most Catholics, I suspect, the more traditional stained-glass panels capture Maur and Placid as saintlier. But if we honor the guidelines articulated by Saint John Paul in The Divine Teacher and Model of Perfection, we might judge the sculpture of Saints Maur and Placid to be more accurate.

Saint John Paul’s guidelines also rightly recognize saints for their “outstanding practice of Christian virtues.” One wouldn’t know from the stained-glass images that Maur and Placid knew one another, that they lived in the same monastery, or that

one rescued his drowning fellow monk. The sculpture, on the other hand, shows saints acting holy, not just looking holy. Maur might look holy in glass, but his “outstanding practice” is demonstrated in metal. Most Catholics have been taught that saints are holy individuals. In recent years, however, the Church has canonized a married couple, Saints Zélie Guérin Martin and Louis Martin—the parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. We can only hope that this will be a precedent for acknowledging sanctity in marriages, in families, in parishes, and in communities—as much as in individuals. After all, Christ himself said, according to the Gospel of Matthew: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (18:20).

. . . the field of historical studies has shown the necessity of providing . . . an apparatus better suited for its task so as to respond more adequately to the dictates of historical criticism.

John Paul’s emphasis on history is a corrective to centuries of tradition that tended to

Saint Maur rescuing Saint Placid by Herman Grag

Another change brought about by The Divine Teacher and Model of Perfection addresses the starting point for beatification and canonization. From 1588 until 1983, the investigation of a case started in the Vatican. But John Paul’s teaching encourages ordinary believers, like you and me, “to inquire about the lives of those with a reputation for holiness” and to bring a case to pastors and local bishops, who in turn are encouraged to be “more closely associated in dealing with the causes of the saints.” We all should keep our eyes and ears open for recognizing saints in our midst! We would do well to remember, of course, that it is not the bishop nor even the Church who makes saints. Only God makes saints. The purpose of canonization is to discern whose Godgiven holiness is worthy of the Church’s celebration, admiration, and imitation. Saints like Placid and Maur inspire us who live in communities or families to choose God’s ways of holiness over the ways of sin. As John Paul notes, we are surrounded “by such an array of witnesses through whom God is present to us and speaks to us.” By grace, forgiveness, and, perhaps, humor, God makes saints every day, not just in the glory days of Benedict, Maur, and Placid. Dr. Martin F. Connell is professor of theology at Saint John’s University.

Alan Reed, O.S.B.

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Meet a Monk: Kelly Ryan

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hen former students return to Collegeville, they often make time to reconnect with people who were important to them while they studied at Saint John’s. This certainly applies to those from Mexico who seek out Brother Kelly Ryan, O.S.B., who for many years was a leader in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program at Saint John’s Preparatory School. As an institution, the prep school was in the vanguard in developing international exchange programs with Austria, China, and our neighbor to the south, Mexico. These efforts predated the programs we commonly know as “study abroad.” Luckily for those students from other countries, there were monks who shepherded the

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hospitality and education of young men and women far from home and often in need of an encouraging word. To this day, Brother Kelly is sought out when his former students make their way back to Saint John’s—even after a thirty-year absence. In fact, some of them return with their own children, occasionally enrolling in the prep school, thus marking a second or third generation of family members who come to Saint John’s for their education. Even though Brother Kelly no longer works at the prep school, one can still sense his presence and contribution to the school’s success in the hearts, minds, and memories of his former students. Kelly is one of seven children born to Alice and Ted Ryan, who raised their family in Hutchinson, Kansas. He has four older brothers: Terrance,

Quay, Connel, and Dennis, as well as two younger sisters: Michelle and Susan. Kelly first came to Saint John’s in the fall of 1960, having learned about the place through his brother Dennis, who was a Johnnie. At the time, he was beginning to feel the pull of a religious vocation but hesitated in committing himself to a bishop or diocese so, as he recounts, “a kind uncle offered to pay my tuition for the minor seminary program at Saint John’s.” The program covered his freshman and sophomore years, granting Kelly the luxury of a solid education while he discerned his vocational attraction. His interest led him to enter the novitiate of Saint John’s Abbey. In July 1963, three years after arriving in Collegeville, Kelly professed his first vows as a Benedictine monk, and solemn vows three years later.

Aspiring NFL quarterback Kelly and the Ryan defensive line

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Initially Brother Kelly devoted most of his energy to the prep school, where he taught Spanish classes and also ESL to the international students. At the same time, he was the director of the Mexican students, concerned with their success and happiness as they struggled with being so far from home. Besides assisting with their academics, he also made sure the students immersed themselves in the culture and history of the United States. They took frequent field trips in order to explore Minnesota and the surrounding area.

while attending the local preparatoria operated by the Marist brothers. These programs laid the foundation for future efforts in Spain, Chile, China, and Japan. Today, the prep school’s international flavor is evident in the opening convocation of the school year as well as at the commencement exercises at year’s end. The flags of all representative countries are carried in solemn procession with pride and dignity by the native students. It is a sight that Brother Kelly and his colleagues observe with great satisfaction.

The prep school, like Saint John’s University, was a strong advocate of language learning. Not only did it afford proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking a language other than one’s own, it also offered cultural and social insights that opened new horizons to its young students. Kelly served as the chair of the language department where he was able to support and refine the prep school’s study abroad program, begun in the 1960s in Melk, Austria. It was a true exchange program: the Austrians would send a cohort to Collegeville while the preps would head to the village of Melk, about an hour west of Vienna.

In the early 1970s, Kelly’s talents were beginning to attract the notice of monastic leaders, and thus began his “drift” toward administrative work in the abbey. His first appointment was secretary to the prior, Father Berthold Ricker. From there he was assigned to be the socius of the novices—basically their work boss. In 1985 Brother Kelly was chosen to be the subprior (superior) of the monastery as well as the vocation director—the first non-ordained monk to hold either position. During this time he and university chaplain Father Joel Kelly established the January Term Monastic Experience program wherein Johnnies could live with the monks and experience Benedictine life during their January Term. A summer version of this same program, first envisioned by Father Kieran Nolan, proved to be similarly popular as it allowed young men from across the

Inspired by the success of that program, the prep school began sending American students to Morelia, Mexico, in 1980 for a one-semester immersion experience called “Colegio México.” The preps lived with families

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country to learn firsthand what monastic life was all about. Most monks today know Kelly Ryan as the abbot’s secretary, a job that he began under Abbot Jerome Theisen in 1992, continued with Prior Jonathan Licari (who became administrator when Abbot Jerome was elected abbot primate), and finally served under Abbot Timothy Kelly and Abbot John Klassen until Brother Kelly’s retirement in 2017. When asked what is the best thing about Benedictine life, Brother Kelly replies without hesitation, “the help of many brothers.” His advice to anyone considering a monastic vocation: “Start the conversation. Pray about it. Talk about it with a trusted mentor. Pay us a visit. The sooner you explore the life, the sooner you’ll find out if it’s really for you.” His monastic brothers will surely add a loud Amen to that!

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Lives of the Benedictine Saints Bernard of Clairvaux Richard Oliver, O.S.B.

aint Bernard was one of the most commanding Church leaders in the first half of the twelfth century, the “glory of the Middle Ages.” He was also one of the greatest spiritual masters of all times. The first half of the twelfth century stands out as a unique era of devotional enthusiasm, when monasticism turned into a mass movement of unparalleled proportions. Saint Bernard became the most powerful propagator of the reform of Benedictine monasticism. Born of a noble Burgundian family in Fontaines-lès-Dijon in 1090, the third of seven sons, Bernard entered the Abbey of Cîteaux in 1112 at age 19, bringing with him thirty of his relatives, including five of his brothers; his youngest brother and his widowed father followed later. Humbeline, his sister, with the consent of her husband, took the veil in the Benedictine abbey of Jully. Cîteaux was a small, struggling community. The monks were called Cistercians. The order had been established in 1098 to restore Benedictine monasticism to a more primitive and austere state. Saint Stephen Harding, third abbot of Cîteaux, gave Bernard his monastic formation. Three years after Bernard’s profession, the abbot sent him to found a new abbey at an isolated

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clearing in a glen known as the Val d’Absinthe. According to tradition, Bernard founded the monastery in 1115, naming it Claire Vallée (valley of light), which evolved into Clairvaux. Bernard was at once appointed abbot and began that active life which has rendered him the most conspicuous figure in the history of the twelfth century. The monastery under his leadership prospered. By 1118 Clairvaux was able to found its first daughter house—the first of 63 Cistercian monasteries Bernard founded (which in turn founded Jastrow/Wikimedia Commons another one hunSaint Bernard of Clairvaux, Musée de Cluny, c. 1450 dred monasteries in Bernard’s lifetime). The secret of mediatorial role. He also laid the rapid expansion must lie in out a solid foundation for the the loud and spontaneous echo spiritual life in his works on Cîteaux’s spirituality exemplified grace and free will, humility, to rich and poor, erudite and and love. His masterpiece, 86 illiterate alike, by the austere Sermons on the Song of Songs, and prayerful life of the white was begun in 1136. It touches, in fact, only tangentially on the monks. biblical text, having reached only the first verse of the third chapter As a young abbot, Bernard pubof the canticle at the time of lished a series of sermons on the his death. With simplicity and Annunciation. These marked poetic grace, however, Bernard him not only as a gifted spiritual wrote of the deepest experiences writer but also as the “cithara of of the mystical life in ways that Mary,” for no one speaks more became normative for all sublimely of the Mother of God. succeeding writers. Bernard is especially noted for his development of Mary’s

Musicologists attribute the hymn, Jesu Dulcis Memoria, to Bernard; different manuscripts contain between 42 and 53 stanzas. Various parts of it are used in the Catholic liturgy, and several popular hymns are translations of sections of it. His gifts as a theologian were enlisted to respond to the dangerous teachings of Peter Abelard, of Gilbert de la Porrée, and of Arnold of Brescia. Eschewing the use or even the threat of violence by the state, Bernard was able to achieve amicable solutions because for him, “Faith is a matter of persuasion, not of compulsion.” The reputation of Bernard spread far and wide; even popes were governed by his advice. At the Council of Troyes, 1128, Bernard traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar who soon became the ideal of the French nobility. Bernard praises the knights in his De Laudibus Novae Militiae. They were an order of men who took monastic vows and swore to defend the Holy Land militarily. Pope Eugene III (1145–1153), a former student, commissioned Bernard to preach the Second Crusade. In obedience to the pope he traveled through France and Germany and engendered enthusiasm for the holy war among the masses of the population. The failure of the expedition in 1148 raised a great storm against Bernard, but he

attributed it to the sins of the crusaders. Bernard had warm relationships with other reforming orders of his day, the Carthusians and the Premonstratensians. The Cistercian Order, as R. W. Southern pointed out, was the first movement within the Church that offered the possibility of salvation to peasants, who in the early Middle Ages were almost forgotten. Peasants could join a Cistercian monastery as lay brothers and, through prayer and demanding work, find their way to God. Lay brothers had just as good a chance of reaching salvation as their abbot did—if not a better one! The Cistercians transformed a hierarchical social world into one in which salvation was available to everyone. The institution of the lay brotherhood was not original to the Cistercians, but they developed it to its fullest extent. While monks were bound to the recitation of the Divine Office, Cistercian lay brothers were dedicated to a life of toil and acted as the monks’ auxiliaries. Their contribution to the spiritual and material life of the order was immense. Bernard is remembered today more for his mystical writings than for his reforming zeal and preaching of a crusade. His bestknown work is On Loving God, in which he states his purpose at the beginning: “You wish me to tell you why and how God

should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.” Cistercian author Thomas Merton notes the ecumenical appeal of Bernard, “last of the Fathers.” The Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, and Lutheran Church venerate Bernard. Merton quotes John Calvin who said, “Abbot Bernard speaks in the language of truth itself,” and repeats Martin Luther’s judgment that “Bernard surpasses all the other doctors of the Church.” Bernard died in the sixty-third year of his life, on 20 August 1153, after forty years in the cloister. He was the first Cistercian placed on the calendar of saints (20 August) and was canonized in 1174. In 1830 Pope Pius VII bestowed on Saint Bernard the title of Doctor of the Church. Bernard is the patron saint of, understandably, the Cistercians, but also Burgundy, beekeepers, candlemakers, religious vocations, preachers, Gibraltar, Queens’ College (Cambridge), and Speyer Cathedral. His major shrine is found in Troyes Cathedral.

Brother Richard Oliver, O.S.B., president emeritus of the American Benedictine Academy, manages the websites for Bridgefolk: Mennonite–Catholic dialogue and for the international Order of Saint Benedict.

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Benedictine Heritage

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throughout the centuries. Their medieval scribes preserved knowledge and culture, efforts that continue today through the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Liturgical Press, and the Benedictine Institute. The abbey’s efforts to provide for their own subsistence helped local communities to do likewise, as witnessed today in the Saint John’s Abbey Arboretum, in the solar-energy farm, the Saint John’s Pottery, and abbey woodworking. The Benedictines’ missionary work and their efforts at liturgical reform contributed to making Christianity more accessible; interfaith efforts continue with the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research.

he Benedictine heritage looms large in my life and work now. It was actually my Crosier uncle and Franciscan elementary school teachers who were more of a presence formerly. (The only discernable difference I perceived between my Franciscan teachers and the Benedictine nuns, often invited to our family summer cottage, was their veils! The Benedictines’ were less opaque.) There were indirect Benedictine influences: sisters on the fringes of both family trees; my mother attended Saint Benedict’s High School, and her father worked for the sisters. But it would have been challenging for them to distinguish the Benedictine from the German heritage in my family’s lives, not to mention the Catholicism that was their bedrock. I attended Saint Benedict’s High School, then the College of Saint Benedict, and later worked for the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University libraries. Becoming the schools’ archivist twenty-five years later allowed me to become even more steeped in Benedictine history. The Benedictine regard for history, stability, and tradition speaks most deeply to me. Through my archival research, I was thrilled to discover such things as chronicler Father Alexius Hoffmann’s writings; a handdrawn map giving names to points of historical interest

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Aidan Putnam

around Saint John’s Lake Sagatagan; Mother Benedicta Riepp’s courage in challenging authority; and to make my own contribution by documenting the location of Indianbush, the monks’ 1860s Collegeville site. Years ago I loved listening to Father Vincent Tegeder’s tales at administrative assemblies. And the sense of place and deep roots here, for me and my family, are reflected in the Benedictine regard for statio, on exhibit each time the Benedictines process into Mass by rank, according to their own history within the community. I deeply appreciate the role of the Benedictines in the thread of human history. Their prayer lives inspired believers

Benedictines value education: to learn more about God and God’s creation is how we will figure out how to make the world a better place. History marches on, bending toward justice. And, as enshrined on the façade of the Saint John’s quadrangle: IOGD— in omnibus glorificetur Deus— in all such efforts, God will be glorified. Ms. Peggy Landwehr Roske is the archivist for the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.

To learn more about God and God’s creation is how we will figure out how to make the world a better place.

also pursued graduate studies in German and linguistics.

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he youngest of four children of Aloys and Rose (Brockmann) Schmiesing, Father Julian George Schmiesing, O.S.B., was born on a farm near Meire Grove, Minnesota, on 25 September 1931. At age 14, Julian’s lifetime association with Saint John’s began when he enrolled in Saint John’s Preparatory School, graduating in 1949. His interest in Benedictine life started while he was an undergraduate at Saint John’s University, from which he received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and the classics in 1954. As an undergraduate, Julian lived in Anselm Hall, the residence for pre-seminary students. He entered the novitiate of Saint John’s Abbey in 1951 and professed his first vows as a Benedictine monk on 11 July 1952. After completing seminary studies, he was ordained on 7 June 1958. He

Father Julian’s earliest assignments were in the educational work of Saint John’s, including teaching German and Spanish at the prep school as well as serving as prefect for boarding students. From 1966 through 1968 he was the first director of the prep school’s flagship study abroad program at the Benedictine monastery in Melk, Austria, where his fluent German and diplomatic style were put to good use. Beginning in 1969, his teaching ministry moved to Humacao, Puerto Rico, where he was appointed principal of Collegio San Antonio Abad until 1973, when he became prior of its sponsoring monastery. Returning to Collegeville in 1976, Father Julian served in a series of administrative positions that kept him at the heart of the monastic community: director of vocations and candidates, subprior (superior), and finally prior of the abbey from 1982 until 1989. A beloved prior, he complemented the leadership style of his more introverted classmate, Abbot Jerome Theisen. Regularly presiding at the morning coffee klatch in the monastery snack room, Julian inhaled and occasionally exhaled all the details of his confreres’ daily tidings and tales, yet protested that “no one tells me anything.” Long before email or Facebook became the norm for personal communication, Prior

Julian’s manual typewriter got a real workout as he composed chatty letters to confreres living or studying away from the abbey. He was especially solicitous of his ill, infirm, and retired confreres, regularly visiting them and offering a word of cheer. Beginning in 1989 Father Julian shared his pastoral skills in several Minnesota parishes, including Holy Rosary, Detroit Lakes; Saint Boniface, Cold Spring; and Saint James, Jacobs Prairie. In Cold Spring, he helped found a Hispanic ministry program to serve the growing Latino/na population of central Minnesota that continues to this day. He retired to the abbey in 2008 but kept busy serving as a staff member in the Abbey Gift Shop. Here he offered visitors the same listening ear and gentle counsel that he shared with his confreres. Warm and affable, Father Julian enjoyed the company of others—family, confreres, and guests. He was never far from a deck of cards. His threadbare t-shirts were an icon of monastic frugality. He loved bacon. He hated quiche. Above all, he was eager to meet his Creator. After two years of declining health, Father Julian died on 7 July 2018. He was interred in the abbey cemetery following the Mass of Christian Burial on 13 July.

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Habitat Heaven John Geissler

visitor touring the Saint John’s Abbey Arboretum once asked, “Why is there so much variety of wildlife around here?” The first part of the answer is our unique location. At Saint John’s our particular mix of soils, topography, and climate support a special convergence of native plant communities. It is very rare to find prairie, oak savanna, northern hardwoods, and conifers around plentiful wetlands, lakes, and streams in one location. But that’s what the abbey arboretum is! This remarkable overlap allows for a huge diversity of plant and wildlife species to live here. The second part of the answer (of equal importance) is the special care taken to ensure our plant communities are healthy. With a primary goal of encouraging biodiversity, Benedictines have thoughtfully planned, planted, harvested, burned, restored, and used the best science and land management practices available to care lovingly for this place. As a result, more and more species can find the food, shelter, clean water, and air they need to make this place home. I remember how excited I was to see a Bald eagle visiting the Habitat Restoration Project area in the late 1990s. Our community had worked so hard for nearly a decade to restore prairie, oak

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savanna, and wetlands—and here was a majestic symbol (not common at that time) confirming that we were headed in the right direction! In subsequent summers, as more and more native plants were established, college student researchers documented the increasing diversity of other ecosystem health indicators, such as butterflies, amphibians, and dragonflies—to our great delight. We built it, and they are coming! Our discoveries of species returning to this region and adding to the richness of the ecosystem continue. This spring in a stand of White and Red pine planted in 1932, a new Great blue heron rookery of about fourteen nests was established in the 90-foot treetops. But they are not the only new residents high above the abbey arboretum. A pair of Ospreys successfully nested atop one of the banks of lights at the Saint John’s University baseball field. To avoid conflict between the baseball players and the birds, a new 90-foot nesting pole

will be placed nearby for next year. We hope to coax the birds to abandon the baseball lights and nest atop the new Collegeville condo. More and more species of birds are being observed at Saint John’s. Significant numbers of shorebirds including Killdeer, Semipalmated plover, Least sandpiper, Spotted sandpiper, Solitary sandpiper, Lesser yellowlegs, and Virginia rails took advantage of our efforts earlier this year to lower water levels and expose mudflats in the restored wetlands. The lakes, wetlands, and adjacent areas are now the summer home of Canada geese, Wood ducks, Mallards, Common loon, Trumpeter swans, Sandhill cranes, Purple martins, and Bluebirds—to name just a few. Our conservation efforts, including habitat restoration, continue with the rewards of greater diversity among our resident critters!

Tree planting, Abbey Conservation Corps, May 2018

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Abbey Conservation Corps The efforts of dozens of volunteers of the Abbey Conservation Corps (ACC) confirm that many hands make light work. This new program had a wildly successful inauguration this spring. Wild Orchard On 5 May more than fifty ACC volunteers planted, matted, caged, and watered 525 trees and shrubs (Wild plum, Hazelnut, Crabapple, Black walnut, Shagbark hickory, White oak, and Cottonwood) on the north end of the Saint John’s Abbey Solar Farm. The goal of this project is to provide a visual screen of the solar panels for our neighbors to the north, and to encourage the growth of edible fruits and nuts for humans and wildlife. Additional happy side effects include carbon sequestration, and soil and water conservation near Steinbach Creek. Pine Knob Restoration At the end of May, Abbey Conservation Corps volunteers planted, staked, protected from deer browse, and watered more than two thousand conifer seedlings (White pine, Red pine, Scot’s pine, White spruce, and Norway spruce) near the Pine Knob entrance, formerly an unsightly gravel pit. Our goal is to promote age diversification of conifer forest stands, and the growth of plant and wildlife habitat. Carbon sequestration, soil and water conservation near Cichy Pond, and much improved aesthetics are also being supported. This project was completed in only eight hours, thanks to an outstanding crew of ACC volunteers!

Join Now Remember! It’s never too late to join the Abbey Conservation Corps! Just show up! Wednesday Workdays Now through 14 November 2018 1:15–3:30 P.M. Saturday, 29 September 1:00–4:00 P.M. Acorn collecting, Oak regeneration work Saturday, 27 October 9:00 A.M.–Noon; 12:30–3:30 P.M. Buckthorn bust We extend special thanks to Brother David Paul Lange, O.S.B., for creating our Abbey Conservation Corps logo. If you want a t-shirt with this cool logo— guaranteed to be a collector’s item—be sure to come out and volunteer at one of our upcoming work days!

Oak Savanna Restoration On 1 June the Abbey Conservation Corps volunteers prepared a seed bed and seeded nine varieties of native grasses, thirty native forbs, and fifty Bur oak seedlings in a one-acre extension of the oak savanna. The project supports the restoration of one of the rarest habitats in Minnesota, increases native plant and wildlife biodiversity, reclaims a disturbed site, and enhances the aesthetics in this heavily used entrance to the Saint John’s Abbey Arboretum. Gravel Bed Nursery The ACC volunteers also installed a 10' by 20' gravel-bed nursery (pea gravel with soaker hoses) to hold tree seedlings. This nursery will greatly increase flexibility for our planting season, encourage fibrous root growth to improve seedling survival, and showcase another tool for natural resource stewardship helpful for local landowners.

Mr. John Geissler is the Saint John’s Abbey land manager and director of Saint John’s Outdoor University.

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Title of Article Abbey Arboretum Avians The habitat diversity of the Saint John’s Abbey Arboretum encourages and supports a like diversity of wildlife, especially birds. Some 240 species—water birds, birds of prey, shorebirds, songbirds, warblers, and many others—have been seen at Saint John’s. Some are passing migrants. Some are summer residents. Some are year-round residents. All enrich this place with their color, call, and ecological activities.

Photos (l–r): Nancy Bauer, O.S.B. ; Tony Peroutky; Matt Scott; Mike Leedahl; Rose Janssen; Jeana Koenig; center photo: Saint John’s Outdoor U archives

Donor Honor Roll The following are those who have given directly to Saint John’s Abbey. Saint John’s University and Saint John’s Preparatory School each has its own fundraising offices and programs.

God has given us two hands—one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for giving.

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s in years past, at this time Saint John’s Abbey recognizes and gives thanks to those who so generously assist the abbey through their contributions, planned giving, and volunteering. We express our gratitude publicly in Abbey Banner by listing the names of our donors and volunteers. These donors make possible multiple programs that the abbey sponsors. We read in Scripture, “Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and passed it to them, and they all drank from it” (Mark 14:23). Jesus, the perfect steward, gave thanks and passed the cup on just before he gave himself to us completely for our salvation. He offers us the chance to drink from his cup. We know what drinking from his cup means for each of us. Often it means our own sacrifice—giving up some of what we have in order to do the Lord’s work on earth—recognizing that we are not only responsible for our own lives but also for the lives of those around us. Looking out for our brothers and sisters is an important Benedictine value.

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The monks at Saint John’s Abbey thank all our donors and volunteers for making their own special sacrifice to assist the abbey in its work. Our heartfelt hope is that you will continue to partner with us in our service and outreach. It is through your generosity that we are able to continue our essential ministries, our focus on education and teaching, and offering the unique abbey programs that bring the presence of Christ to our students, parishioners, guests, oblates, friends, and benefactors. Your generosity also makes possible service through our Saint John’s Benedictine Volunteer Corps, through prison ministry, and social justice work. In addition, we have been offering services to the Latino community of the area, providing them pastoral ministry and other necessary services. Your help is essential in sustaining and strengthening all the work of Saint John’s Abbey—where your gift makes a vital difference. Thank you for the role you have played in making Saint John’s what it is today.

God Bless You! Father Geoffrey Fecht, O.S.B. Abbey Development Director

Recognizing those benefactors who have made a planned gift for the abbey through wills, trusts, annuities, and life insurance policies. People who asked that their gifts remain confidential are listed as Anonymous. (Deceased +) Anonymous (2) Harriet Acheson+ Dr. Peter J. Albert and Charlotte Mahoney Bernard J.+ and Joan+ Andert Daniel N. Arzac, Jr.+ Lydia Avery+ Bernard J. Axtman+ Richard+ and Irene+ Barry S. C. Bauclair+ L. Darleen Baumberger+ Rev. Eugene G. Belair+ Paul J. and Edna Berres Leigh F. Birkeland+ Joseph J. Bischof+ Anna B. Blissenbach+ Beatrice M. Bloms+ George F. and Geri Bodmer Henry G. Borgerding+ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Botz+ John Braegelmann+ Jackie Breher+ Thomas F.+ and Lorraine+ Bresnehen Rev. Francis A. Britz+ Margaret D. Broderick+ Mary E. Brown+ Margaret A. Bucher+ Harry E. Burns+ James F. Burns+ Marion+ and Charlotte+ Butcher Addie L. Butler+ Therese Carbonneau+ William P. Cashman+ Vera M. Chapado+ COL Benjamin+ and Opal+ Chapla Dr. Robert and Nancy Christensen Dr. Brendan Collins and Gail Sher Margaret Collins+ Rev. Louis G. Cook+ Claire Crandall+ Francis G.+ and Norma+ Culhane Rev. Martin T. Cullen Edward Cunningham+ Hermit Angela G. Del Greco, Obl.S.B. Carol Deutsch+ Stephen S. Deutsch+ Rev. Patrick T. Devine+ Ruth K. Dindorf+ John and Anna Dreis+

Frances Drinkwine+ Rev. Charles J. Duerr+ Joleen and Dean+ Durken Marie+ and Henry+ Ehmke Deacon Elmer+ and Georgina+ Eichers Wilfred F. Engel+ Mary Eynck+ Hazel Fecht+ Margers Feders+ John Finken+ Mary Fischer+ Rita G. Fisher+ Lucille A. Fitzsimmons+ Edward P.+ and Loretta H.+ Flynn Harriet R. Fraser+ Angeline Freund+ Rev. Joseph J. Fridgen+ Nellie Gaida+ Paul and Mavis Gannon Margaet L. Gilboe+ Dr. Theodore and Bernadine+ Gimenez Lawrence J. Gleason Sr.+ Edward R. Goossens Louise and Emmett+ Gorman Rev. Peter W. Grady+ Richard J. Grant+ Robert A. Gresbrink Charles and Mary Griffith Elizabeth Grote+ Rudolph J. Guerra+ George H. Haack+ Msgr. James D. Habiger+ Lawrence P. and Mary Haeg Lois J. Hall Marybelle+ and Willard+ Hanna Dr. Harris D.+ and Mary+ Hanson John E. and Geraldine Happe Eugene R.+ and Celia+ Hawkins Rev. Lawrence A. Hemp+ Florentina Herding+ Abraham and Sharon Hernandez Dr. Noreen L. Herzfeld Arthur G. Hessburg+ Elmer Hoeschen+ Msgr. Michael J. Hogan+ Lenora Hollas and Jane Hollas Rev. Jerome J. Holtzman Fred J.+ and Valeria+ Hughes Joseph B. Hunn Catherine A. Huschle+ Mary G. Huschle+ Rev. Wilfred Illies+ John+ and Claire+ Jacobowitz Richard T. and Patricia M. Jessen Lois Job

Mark Emery Johnson+ Francis+ and Helen S.+ Jordan Marjorie Kalinowski+ Rose J. Kaluza+ Rev. Neal E. Kapaun+ Rev. Lawrence E. Keller+ Ann+ and Herbert L.+ Kelly Jack Kelly+ Dorothy B. Kennedy+ Marie P. Kiess+ Severyn+ and Margaret+ Kipka Beatrice Kirchner+ Martin+ and Gertrude+ Kirschner Catherine Klassen+ Rev. Kenneth F. Knoke+ Gladys Kobishop+ Robert J. Kohorst+ Bernice Kowalik+ Theodore Kraker+ Mathilda Kramer+ Hedwig L. Kratz+ Anna C. Kremer+ Lucille E. Kreutzian+ Vivian E. Krogh+ Rev. Philip J. Krogman+ Kenneth P. Kroska+ Catherine Kruchten+ Dr. John J. Kulus Josie Kwatera+ Alvina Laubach+ Helen C. Lauer+ Susan and Edward W. Lehmann Jr. Bernadine A. Leicht+ Lester F. LeMay+ Eugene+ and Ursula+ Lenard Iver M. Linnemann+ Bernice Locci+ Robert H. Mace Jr., Th.M. Dr. Michael W. Maeder+ Robert A.+ and Norie T.+ Mahowald Brenda Maiers+ Richard+ and Dolores T.+ Manthey Terrence J. Martin+ John+ and Marian+ Maurin Mary F. Meinberg+ William M.+ and Leona R.+ Meinz Rev. Michael G. Mertens+ Florence Meyer+ Magdalen Michels+ Michael Molloy and Thomas Hilgers Rev. John E. Moore+ Florence G. Moritz+ Helen Moritz+ Henry A. Morof+ David J. Morreim Mary M. Muckley+ Louise Muggli+

Aidan Putnam

Martinella+ and Stephen J. Muggli Sr.+ William Paul Muldoon Michael and Laura Mullin Doris H. Murphy+ Dennis and Ruthanne Neeser Arthur G. Nelles+ Steven T. and Dr. Kristen Nelson Gertrude Niehoff+ Milton J. Nietfeld+ Joseph Niggemann+ Msgr. Allan F. Nilles E. Thomas O’Brien+ Walter Otto+ Rev. Harold J. Pavelis Alma Pavia+ Steven Pederson and John Burns+ Gregory J. and Ellen Pelletier Jerry and Ruth+ Peltier Melvin Pervais Mary Pfau+ William Phelps and Sayre Weaver-Phelps John J. Pieper+ Emily Platnik+ Elizabeth Portz+ Joseph+ and Caroline+ Portz Rev. Gerald L. Potter+ Harriet Pregont+ Joseph Prostrollo Adella L. Rademacher+ Msgr. James W. Rasby+ Erma T. Rausch+ Lydia Reichert+ Mathias J. Reichert+ Anthony+ and Mary+ Rhomberg Rev. Donald W. Rieder+ Evelyn Roche+ Evelyn Roelike+

Alan Reed, O.S.B

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Marcella Rotty+ Laurel Rudolph-Kniech and James Kniech Eddie Rueth+ Rev. Kenneth Russell+ Rev. Thomas J. Ryan+ Steven and Cynthia Saboe Josephine T. Sauer+ Margaret Schissel+ John J.+ and Marie+ Schmitt Rev. Bernard P. Schreiner+ Roland J. Schreiner+ Ottilia Schubert+ Rev. Raymond A. Schulzetenberg+ Rev. Paul A. Schumacher+ Lidwina Schwinghamer+ Rev. Alex L. Schwinn+ Donald+ and Joan+ Seifert David and Patricia Serreyn John A. Siebenand Mildred M. Sieve+ Wilfred J. Simon+ Elizabeth Sjoving+ Stephen and Barbara Slaggie Mary Jean Smith+ J. T. Starzecki Gen Stein+ Julia Stein+ Rev. Louis C. Stovik+ Virgil M. Stovik+ Marjorie C. Studer+ Joseph Suk+ Alice G. Sullivan+ Miriam H. Sullivan, Obl.S.B.+ William P. Sullivan, Jr.+ Rev. David K. Taylor Bill and Jean Tehan James L. and Donna+ Tembrock Joseph and Judy Tembrock Alfred A.+ and Elisabeth+ Terhaar Ethelyn Theisen+ Louise Theisen+ Robert J. Thielman+ Frances+ and Ted+ Thimmesh Henri V. Tran Sharon H. Tupa Sherri L. Vallee Helen C. VanAcker+ Rev. Arthur A. Vogel Nestor and Evelyn Vorderbruggen Alfred C.+ and Dorothy+ Wagman Arthur L.+ and Romana+ Wahl Florenz Walz+ Jerome Weber+ Dr. Stephen and Mary Ellen Weber John C.+ and Eileen+ Weihs Patricia A. Weishaar Thomas S.+ and Margaret+ Welch

John C.+ and Eileen+ Weihs Patricia A. Weishaar Thomas S.+ and Margaret+ Welch Robert+ and Jeanette+ Welle Dr. Waldemar H. Wenner Edward L. “Chuck” Wenzel+ Daniel A. and Katharine Whalen Harriet Wicklace+ William and Joyce Sexton Family Foundation Willis of Minnesota, Inc.

David A. Wendt and Renee Harberts Theresa M. Wendt+ Dr. Waldemar H. Wenner Edward L. “Chuck” Wenzel+ Harriet Wicklace+ George W. Widman+ Orville Woeste+ Gregor+ and Marie+ Wollmering

Abbey Founders’ Circle

(Lifetime Giving) Recognizing those who have made cumulative gifts of $50,000 or more to the abbey over the course of their lifetime (gifts and pledges, outright and deferred). People who asked that their gifts remain confidential are listed as Anonymous. (Deceased +) Anonymous (12) Harriet Acheson+ Dr. M. George and Gloria Allen Ayco Charitable Foundation Jeffrey P. Barnett Richard+ and Irene+ Barry Florian L+ and Kathleen+ Baumgartner Rev. Eugene G. Belair+ Paul J. and Edna Berres Leigh F. Birkeland+ Beatrice M. Bloms+ Jackie Breher+ Joseph T. Brudney+ Margaret A. Bucher+ Marion+ and Charlotte+ Butcher Phyllis “Kelly” Carmien Central Indiana Community Foundation Cherbec Advancement Foundation Dr. Robert and Nancy Christensen Margaret Collins+ Claire Crandall+ Brian P. and Joy L. Crevoiserat Francis G.+ and Norma+ Culhane Rev. Martin T. Cullen Hermit Angela G. Del Greco, Obl.S.B. Ginger and Roger Delles Ruth K. Dindorf+ Driscoll Foundation Joleen and Dean+ Durken East Bay Community Foundation Marie+ and Henry+ Ehmke Wilfred F. Engel+ Rita G. Fisher+ Edward P.+ and Loretta H.+ Flynn William and Patricia+ Friedman Paul and Mavis Gannon Dr. Theodore and Bernadine+ Gimenez Rev. Peter W. Grady+

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Abbot’s Circle

Simon-Hòa Phan, O.S.B.

Gary K. Grooters Judith Grooters Msgr. James D. Habiger+ Lawrence P. and Mary Haeg Marybelle+ and Willard+ Hanna Dr. Harris D.+ and Mary+ Hanson Rev. Robert Hazel James A. and Maxine Hecimovich Abraham and Sharon Hernandez Elmer Hoeschen+ Mark E. Johnson+ Marjorie Kalinowski+ Ann+ and Herbert L.+ Kelly Severyn+ and Margaret+ Kipka Beatrice Kirchner+ Martin+ and Gertrude+ Kirschner F. Alexandra and Robert Klas Rev. Kenneth F. Knoke+ Hedwig L. Kratz+ Rev. Philip J. Krogman+ Julia and Frank+ Ladner Rev. Peter Lambert Susan and Edward W. Lehmann Jr. Diane Liemandt-Reimann and Ronald Reimann Bernice Locci+ Joseph R. and Sylvia Luetmer Michael R. and Nancy McCarthy McGough Construction Company, Inc. McGough Foundation Lawrence and Andrea+ McGough Tom and Linda McGraw William M.+ and Leona R.+ Meinz Theodore E. and M. Irene Micke The Minneapolis Foundation Minnesota Community Foundation Michael Molloy and Thomas Hilgers Morgan Stanley GIFT Florence G. Moritz+ Henry A. Morof+ Mary M. Muckley+ William Paul Muldoon

Dennis and Ruthanne Neeser Steven T. and Dr. Kristen Nelson Walter+ and Caroline+ Niebauer Milton J. Nietfeld+ Onchuck Law Office, S.C. Steven Pederson and John Burns+ Jerry and Ruth+ Peltier Melvin Pervais William Phelps and Sayre Weaver-Phelps Joseph+ and Caroline+ Portz Joseph Prostrollo Adella L. Rademacher+ Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. Rev. Donald W. Rieder+ John E. and Lois Rogers Marcella Rotty+ Mary Ellen Rudden Rev. Kenneth Russell+ Steven and Cynthia Saboe Saint Paul Foundation Ralph Schad+ Scherer Bros. Lumber Co. Michael and Susanne Scherer John J.+ and Marie+ Schmitt Ottilia Schubert+ Carole Schwietz Lawrence+ and Marilyn+ Schwietz William and Joyce Sexton Amb. Robert and Ellen Shafer Russell and Tina Sherlock Slaggie Family Foundation Stephen and Barbara Slaggie J. T. Starzecki Virgil M. Stovik+ Alfred A.+ and Elisabeth+ Terhaar Louise Theisen+ Lyle and Marilyn Theisen Raymond and Mary Turcotte Kae+ and Maurice+ Vandeputte Alfred C.+ and Dorothy+ Wagman Arthur L.+ and Romana+ Wahl Jerome Weber+ Dr. Stephen and Mary Ellen Weber

(Lifetime Giving) Recognizing those who have made cumulative gifts of $25,000 to $49,999 to the abbey over the course of their lifetime (gifts and pledges, outright and deferred). People who asked that their gifts remain confidential are listed as Anonymous. (Deceased +) Anonymous (3) Dr. Peter J. Albert and Charlotte Mahoney Bernard J.+ and Joan+ Andert Gordon J. and JoAnne Bailey John and Bonita Benschoter Rev. Francis A. Britz+ Mary E. Brown+ Central Minnesota Community Foundation Dr. Brendan Collins and Gail Sher RoxAnne and Jack F. Daly Jr.+ Laurence G.+ and Redelle+ DeZurik John L. and Jeune Dieterle Rev. Charles J. Duerr+ El-Jay Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Hazel Fecht+ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Andy and Jodi Fritz Nellie Gaida+ Edward R. Goossens The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Group for Affordable Housing Joan M. Gurian George H. Haack+ Matthew and Jacqueline Haughey Rev. Lloyd G. Haupt+ Rev. Wilfred Illies+ John+ and Claire+ Jacobowitz Francis+ and Helen S.+ Jordan K. C. Marrin Co. Thomas and Joan+ Kasbohm John J. and Marilyn Kennedy Vincent R. and Jean Kinney Klas Family Foundation Koch Foundation, Inc. Catherine Kruchten+ Mary and Bud+ Lambert Helen C. Lauer+

Edward J. LeMay Mark and Joyce Ludowese Dr. Michael W. Maeder+ KC and Anne Marrin McDowall Company Joseph S.+ and Sharon+ McGraw Mary F. Meinberg+ Magdalen Michels+ The Minneapolis Foundation Paul and Nancy+ Moran Louise Muggli+ Gertrude Niehoff+ James S. and Lori A. Rausch Robert J.+ and Rita Rengel J. Patrick Rooney+ Eunice and John+ Ruff Rev. Thomas J. Ryan+ Rev. Raymond A. Schulzetenberg+ Schwab Charitable Fund Rev. Alex L. Schwinn+ Rev. Louis C. Stovik+ Target Corporation Rudy and Sheryl Tekippe U. S. Charitable Gift Trust Michael Urbanos and Rosann Fischer Florenz Walz+ David A. Wendt and Renee Harberts Regina and Stephen Wolfe Gregor+ and Marie+ Wollmering

Prior’s Circle (Annual Giving) Recognizing those benefactors who have made annual gifts of $1,000 or more to the abbey between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018. People who asked that their gifts remain confidential are listed as Anonymous. (Deceased +) Anonymous (12) Patrick F. Adams John and Catherine Agee Dr. Peter J. Albert and Charlotte Mahoney Dr. M. George and Gloria Allen Randall O. Altmann John and Elizabeth Anderla Steven F. Arnold Gordon J. and JoAnne Bailey Jeffrey P. Barnett Bob and Mary Becker Albert W. Belfie Raymond and Joan Benson Keith J. Boelter Mary Catherine Bolster 2nd LTN Tyler A. Brakner and Leah Ranta Dr. Nicholas S. Briese and Nicole Huebner Briese Stephen W. and Rita Buckley

Dr. James H. Callahan Catholic Community Foundation Catholic United Financial Central Indiana Community Foundation Central Minnesota Community Foundation Cherbec Advancement Foundation Dr. Robert and Nancy Christensen Jeanne and Earl+ Christianson Church of Saint Boniface, Minneapolis Dr. Brendan Collins and Gail Sher Lucy L. Cords and Alvin Gerads George and Carol Daum Hermit Angela G. Del Greco, Obl.S.B. Design Electric, Inc. John L. and Jeune Dieterle John M. and Julie Ditzler Thomas and Jane Downs Donald B. and Marilynn Drever James and Lydia Dudley Bernadette S. and Ed Dunn Duval Companies Albert A. Eisele El-Jay Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Patrick J. and Kris Ellingsworth Patrick D. and Gail Evans Robley D. and Joan M. Evans Peter C. Fandel Hazel Fecht+ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Cynthia M. Foster Fox River Graphics, LLC COL Bill and Helen Franta Andy and Jodi Fritz Carol C. Fry John T. Gerlach Edwin and Judy Grelson Lawrence P. and Mary Haeg Steven T. and Diane Halverson Dr. Harris D.+ and Mary+ Hanson Rev. Robert Hazel James A. and Maxine Hecimovich Ryan A. and Michelle Heining Abraham and Sharon Hernandez Dr. Noreen L. Herzfeld John H. and Colleen Hooley Dr. Terrence and Toni Hughes Very Rev. Timothy C. Hurd, V.F. Willem T. Ibes InFaith Community Foundation Barbara Iten Richard T. and Patricia M. Jessen

Use everything you have to point others to God and to advance God’s kingdom.

Art Rainer

Diana Juettner The K Foundation Thomas Kasbohm Lyle C. and Kathleen Kasprick Lois C. Kauffman Rev. Dr. Barbara Anne Keely Richard D. and Janice Kellogg Kingsley H. Murphy Family Foundation Vincent R. and Jean Kinney Christopher Kitrick Theresa Knier Knights of Columbus, Collegeville Gladys Kobishop+ Robert J. Kohorst+ Tom and Jan Kordonowy Gary A. and Noreen Kordosky Msgr. Donald H. Krebs Rev. Philip J. Krogman+ Dr. Lawrence and Mariann Kukla Peggy Ladner and Clifton Brittain Mary J. Lambert Rev. Robert Lampert H. Daniel and Wendy Levene Delbert R. and Sharron Lewis Rev. Vincent P. Lieser Jeanne M. Lowe Mark and Joyce Ludowese Joseph R. and Sylvia Luetmer Dr. Michael W. Maeder+ Thomas J. and Deirdre Mahoney Robert A.+ and Norie T.+ Mahowald Martinez Meat & Grocery, LLC Scott and Mary Kay May Ruth G. Mayer McDowall Company Joyce and Richard McFarland Lawrence McGough Thomas and Mary McKeown Medical Associates Clinic Theodore E. and M. Irene Micke Dr. Jeffrey M. and Mary Milbert The Minneapolis Foundation Minnesota Community Foundation Michael Molloy and Thomas Hilgers Paul Moran Morgan Stanley GIFT William Paul Muldoon Garrett E. Mulrooney Katherine Murphy Michael E. and Jane Murphy Cary and Regina Musech Edwin M. and Mary Anne Nakasone Dennis and Ruthanne Neeser Dr. Brian J. Neil Robert and Joanne Neis Dr. Robert A. and Barbara Nelson Merritt C. Nequette and Nancy Hartung Milton J. Nietfeld+

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Father Godfrey Diekmann (1908–2002) and Calvatia gigantea Richard D. and Andrea Niggemann Michael and Judith Noonan Susan and Stuart Nordquist Jeanie and William+ O’Connell Michael and Kathleen O’Keefe James P. O’Meara John and Gigi Ossanna Gianfranco and Susan Pagnucci Gregory R. and Peg Palen Cecilia Paulus Bruce and Mary Kay Pederson Robert L. Peffer Jerry C. Peltier Jose A. Peris and Diana L. Gulden David Pfeffer Vincent C. and Marcia Pletcher Gavin J. and Becca Poindexter George H. L. Porter and Carol Arnold Porter Joseph+ and Caroline+ Portz Ronald E. and Catherine+ Putz David and Karen Quinby Therese Ratelle James S. and Lori A. Rausch Donald B. and Jean+ Regan Rita Rengel

Robin Pierzina, O.S.B.

Bruce A. Richard Rosemarie Rinn Raymond W. Riordan Laura C. Roberts Drs. Jane and Richard Rodeheffer Francis and Rosemary Roehl Kenneth and Betsy Roering John E. and Lois Rogers Thomas and Mary Rohr David A. and Jeanne Rosow Mary Ellen Rudden Saint Paul Foundation Thomas and Linda Sanders Will and Barbara Schafer Michael and Susanne Scherer Schwab Charitable Fund Donald+ and Joan+ Seifert Mary E. Sellner David and Patricia Serreyn James F. and Paula Sexton Russell and Tina Sherlock Elizabeth P. Shipton Maurice A. and Helen Sinclair Stephen and Barbara Slaggie Dennis and Mary Kay Smid Dr. J. Weston Smith

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Joleen and Michael Smith Rudy and Sheryl Tekippe Mary Ann Tham Dr. Anthony P. Thein Lyle and Marilyn Theisen Rev. Kenneth E. Thielman Gary Thomas Christopher J. and Sarah Thompson Wallace and Mary Ann Tintes John and Lucie Traxler Raymond and Mary Turcotte Edward Turley and Carolyn Finley Patricia Tyson U. S. Charitable Gift Trust Michael Urbanos and Rosann Fischer Sandra Van Handel Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Miriam R. Vetter Rev. Arthur A. Vogel Phyllis L. Volk Jerome Weber+ Patricia A. Weishaar Dr. Waldemar H. Wenner Lloyd and Elaine Wenning Raymond Wesnofske and Lynda Moecker Frederick S. and Cynthia West Dr. John S. and Roberta White Matthew J. Wilch Scott and Joan Wilcox William and Joyce Sexton Family Foundation Thomas B. Williams Richard and Erin Wojciechowski Stephen and Regina Wolfe Tom+ and Mary+ Woychick Stephen R. Yurek

Confrere’s Circle

(Annual Giving) Recognizing those benefactors who have made annual gifts of $1 to $999 to the abbey between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018. People who asked that their gifts remain confidential are listed as Anonymous. (Deceased +)

Anonymous (13) Mark and Maryann Aaron H. Dale Abadie Deacon Courtney and Bernadine Abel Jean Abercrombie Paul and Kim Abrass Acupuncture & Natural Health, Inc.

Brian J. and Cassandra Adamek Dennis M. Adams John E. Adams Allen J. and Harriet Addison Mary Ager Barry and Amy A’Hearn Donald Ahlbach Barbara Ahlstrom Pastor Thomas Aitken Dale and Mary Alberts James M. Albrecht Jerome J. Albright Brenda Albury Richard J. Alexander Jean M. Allen Rosemarie Allen Stephen C. Allen Thomas C. and Sally Allen William and Linda Allen Bryan and Karen Alpers John K. Alpers David P. Altman Eugene and Marion Altmann Margarita Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Alwood Jeffrey and Theresa Ambord Leo H. and Dolores Ament American Online Giving Foundation Ameriprise Financial Foundation Thomas R. Amlie Tony Andersen and Ann Pryor Andersen Ann E. Anderson LTC Craig E. and Judith Anderson Rev. E. Byron Anderson Evelyn A. Anderson Gene and Caralyn Anderson John M. Anderson Natalie A. Anderson Roger A. Anderson Rolf T. Anderson Rose Anderson Russell and Anna Mae Anderson Karen S. Andrews Mary Anglin Leisa and Steven Anslinger Clem and Alice Anton Lucille J. Antonik Douglas R. and Linda Appelgren Florence D. Aramoto James W. and Nancy Archbold John G. and Laurie Archbold Christopher J. Armstrong Florine K. Armstrong Heather M. Armstrong Association of Liturgical Ministers Richard and Carol Atkins Mary K. Aubart James A. Audette Dolores and Joe Auge Augustinian Novitiate Karen Auman

Dr. William R. and Rhonda Bachand John J. and Beverly Bachman Robert A. and Bernadette Bachman Will and Bernie Backes Rev. Rock Badgerow David Bagshaw Dale Bakken Patricia D. Balassone Thomas G. and Katherine Bambenek Nicholas A. and Jodi Bancks Peter D. and Nicole Banick Eleanor T. Barba Anacleta S. Barlaan Bruce and Rosemary Baron Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Barrett Robert and Theresa Barrett Rosanne M. Barrett Sharon M. Barrett Mauricio and Aurora Barrientos James J. and Martha Barry Nancy K. Barry John D. and Anne+ Barta Jennifer Bartch Rose Bartley Erin Barth Dorothy Bass and Mark Schwehn Rick and Sharon Battis John and Lisa Anne Bauch Dorothy Bauer Frank and Mary Ann Bauer Jeffrey P. Bauer Marissa C. Bauer Michael T. and Lucille G. Bauer Michael W. and Margaret Bauer Thomas J. and Kristin Bauer Richard L. and Helga Bauerly Michael B. and Barbara A. Baumann Paula Baumberger Tim and Pat Baumberger William and Barbara Baumgarten Timothy K. and Linda Baumgartner Msgr. Thomas F. Baxter Mary Louise Baylon Alan A. and Susan Beal Dr. Edward and Kathleen Beal Allan Beatty Gail Beauchamp Guy W. and Ruth Ellen Beck Robert and Susan Beck Allan J. and Jean Beckel Lisa and David Becker Margaret and Mark Becker Joseph W. and Joyce Beckermann Vern and Sue Beckermann Tracey L. Beckman LTCs James and Lisa Beckmann Aimee Beckmann-Collier and David Collier John H. Beckner

Earl W. and Evelyn Bedard Mary and Keith Bednarowski Thomas J. Beer K. Ruppert and Danise Beirne Ruth Beiswenger Gary M. and Lorrie Bellair Robert E. and Karen Bellmont Geno Beniek Kathleen Bennett Michael P. Bennett Annette M. Benoit John A. and Nancy Berg M. Joseph and Theresa Berg Thomas and Rebecca Bergman William and Bridget Berigan Lila Bernick Rev. Richard Best Alois and Margie Beste Sean Bett and JoAnn Gutierrez-Bett Helen J. and Joseph Bettendorf Mary G. Beverage Barbara Beynon Dr. Stanley J. and Carrie Bezek Margaretha Bierbaum+ Thomas E. Bigaouette Rev. John Adam “Martin” Biggs, Obl.S.B. Sharon Bigot Donald Biniek Rev. Steven M. Binsfeld Msgr. Colin F. Bircumshaw James L. and Virginia Bisek Carol Bishop Cletus M. Bitzan LeRoy Bitzan John and Kathy Bjerke Jennifer Black John Blair Paul Blanco James E. and Agnes Blaney David H. and Karen Blattner Margaret E. Blau Margaret A. Blenkush Margaret Blohm Theresa J. Blommer Clarence and Annella Blonigen Bill and Marjorie Blubaugh John and Mary Bluemle Terry and Mary Kay Bodeen Patricia J. Bodelson George F. and Geri Bodmer Faye and Robert Boehler Robert A. and Jean Boehler Margaret and James Boettcher J. R. Boisclair Suzanne Bolger Eileen and Larry Bolstad Aaron and Nicole Bolton Jeffrey Bonneville Gregory and Linda Bookey Bill and Mary Boom Mario and Jacqueline Borboa John T. and Katie Borgen

Thomas and Mary Borgen Maria L. Bormann DiAnn Bormes James W. and Margaret Botz Joseph and Mary Bouska Joseph T. and Kelly M. M. Bower David and Felicia Boyd Daniel Boyle and Ann MacKay John P. and Kathleen Boyle Drs. Robert D. and Debora Boyle Anita Bradshaw Kathleen A. Brady-Murfin Julie Braegelmann Margaret J. Brahm David J. Brandenburg Rev. Peter B. Brandenhoff Donald L. and Patricia Brandl Dr. Rochelle J. Brandl Jonah Brandley John E. and Terrie Brandt Bridget E. Branick Patrick S. and Mary Branick Gerald H. Brantner David M. Brashear Sue Brass Donna S. Brauch David J. Braun Joanne Braun William Bravener Erin Breczinski Thomas Breitenbucher Victoria Brenna Rev. William Brenna, Obl.S.B. Ellen Brennan John D. Brennan Robert and Marlen Brennan Terrence F. and Carolyn Brennan Bob and Bev Bresnahan Susan Brewster Robert and Judith Brezinski Robert J. and Marie Brickley Kenneth Brimmer and Jaye M. Snyder Gary R. and Cynthia A. Brinkman Clark M. Brittain Bill Brockway and Kathleen M. Brown Brian and Morina Brockway Thomas and Mary Novak Brodersen Nancy H. Broeder

Brad and Charlene Broman Delores Bromen John and Sue Bromen Mildred Bromenshenkel William Bronn John and Margaret Brossart Karin J. Broton Roland and Cyrilene Brouillard Sarah and Jacob Brouillard Curtis and Rachel Brown E. G. Ned Brown Dr. Frank T. and Alice Brown Ken and Carol Brown Thomas Brown Mark J. and Lisa Brueske Daniel Buckley Jerry and Jean Bucksa Robert Buckvold Ruth Bueckers David and Kathleen Buettner John and Leontine Bujanovich Edward and Mary Buksa Richard Buller Marjorie M. Bulver Cecelia Burgwald James E. and Helen Burkart Melvin and LaTonya Burke Steven and Pamela Burke Betty Burns Jackie Burns and John Miley Joe and Kayreen Burns Cecilia Burtzlaff Joseph A. Busch Jr. Jacquelyn Bush Joe Butorac Daniel and Ellen Butterfass Raymond J. Buttschau Timothy J. and Julianne Buttweiler Karen Buytaert Brenda and Ken Byron Dick W. Cable Lorraine Cagley Kathleen Cahalan and Don Ottenhoff Brendan Cahill Nila Cahill Siri C. Caltvedt Russell and Mary Ann Campbell Rev. Theodore Campbell Brian Campion and Gerry Huerth

God owns everything, and we get to manage it. The responsible management of these God-given resources is called stewardship.

Art Rainer

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Elizabeth M. Carey Donald D. Carlson John and Colleen Carlson Pamela C. and Ken Carlson Tom and Shelly Carlson William and Deborah Carmody Kevin and Elizabeth Carney Darryl G. Carter Marcia Casper Catholic Area Faith Community of Jesus our Living Water Dennis and Marilyn Cavanaugh Rev. Lawrence A. Cavell Hettianne and LeRoy Cekalla Eric Celeste and Mary Hess Richard J. and Karen Chalmers Gary A. and Lynn M. Chalupsky Mary Chamberlain Christopher E. and Colleen Chambs Joan Chandler Raj S. and Emily Tohal Chaphalkar Gene and Eva Charboneau William R. and Maria Charlesworth Dale J. and Regina Charpentier Steven T. and Catherine Chavez Dorothy Chizek Mary Ann Chladek James and Nancy Chouanard Joseph M. and Connie Chouinard Alan J. Christensen Linda and Larry Christensen Holly K. Christie John W. and Nora Chromy Church of Seven Dolors, Millerville Peter L. Churcher Robert G. Claesgens Delores A. Clair Thomas and Linda Clancy Katherine Clark Robert J. Clark Nancy Clements George Cliff Mary Jo Cobb Cecelia Coenen Lorraine H. Cofell Mary Lou Colbert John Coleman Albert J. and Susan Colianni Anthony and Bridget Collins David and Julie Collins Joseph A. and Amanda Collins Rev. Richard F. Collman Raymond J. and Loretta Colwell Tony and Lynne Comazzi Joseph and Margaret Ann Comito Clement J. and Molly Commers Communications Cafe Jane E. Conlin John W. and Nancy Conlin J. Keith and M. Corinne Connelly

Sara A. Connerty Carol J. Connor John J. and Joan Connors Barbara Conrey James E. and Sandra Conway Terence J. and Barbara Conway John and Donna Conzemius Carla M. Cooper John A. Corbo Paul E. Cormier Corpus Christi Monastery Frank Corradi Kenneth J. and Carol Coskran Eileen Costello Musser and Bret Musser Iwona Costigan Joan Courchane+ Francis M. and Marilyn Court The Rev. Robert P. Coval Elizabeth Cox James C. and Michele Cox Dr. Douglas J. and Janet Coy Richard M. Coyan Michael and Renee Coyle Dr. Frank R. and Holly Crain Renate C. Craine-Sutterlin Richard and Sara Crawford Ruthann Cresswell Valeria Cristiani Mary and John E. Cronin Jr. Michael and Ellen Cronin Michael and Kerry Cronkhite Robert V. and Florence Crow Daniel and Sandra Crowley Anne Crowningshield Donald and Jeanette Culhane Rev. Martin T. Cullen Matthew and Melissa Culloton Kim A. and Carol Culp Dr. Michael and Virginia Cummings John W. Cuningham Carol Cunningham Margaret Cunningham William and Judy Cunningham Edward D. and Eileen K. Curley Robert M. and Mary Curran Kathleen Curtice Mary Ruth Cyr J. Michael Dady and Kim Monahan Dady Julia Dady Adele W. Dahlberg LeAnn and Jeffrey Dahle James M. and Joanne Dalglish Rev. Gerald E. Dalseth Brian and Mary Dalsin Kevin C. and Susan Daly RoxAnne Daly Thomas M. and Patricia Daly Mary P. Danaher Timothy A. Daniels Susanne Todd Daood Charles Darwent

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Catherine A. Davidson Nancy Davis James K. Day Joan de Leon Jennifer and Bradley Deane Dennis and Lucy Debeltz Rev. James Deegan, O.M.I. Richard DeFeyter Jeanette Degenaar Nelda Dehn Ludovicus J. and Susan DeHoog Martin J. Deignan Stephen Delamarter Julio G. and Mary DeLaRosa Thomas J. Dellenbach Dr. Robert L. Delorme Thomas and Annmarie DeMarais John and Therese DeMay Maurice E. and Madeleine+ DeMontigny Paul J. and Pam DeMorett Bruce and Judith Derauf Gilbert Detillieux James A. Deutmeyer Alfred S. Deutsch Benedict and Sharon Deutsch Beverly DeVille Diane DeWall Dr. James W. and Catherine Dey Colin Deyoung and Kirsten Cadieux Dale and Constance DeZeller Rev. John V. DiBacco Jr. Sandra Dickinson Alex D.+ and Ann+ Didier Drake and Madeline Dierkhising John B. and Kathryn Diffley Msgr. James E. Dillenburg Barbara W. Dilley Adrian and Melissa Dingley Elizabeth Dingmann Steven N. and Theresa Dingmann Robert J. and Paula Dinndorf Lynda Kay Dinsdale Cynthia M. and David Dirkes Joseph C. and Mary Dirksen Barbara A. Dispanet Divine Word College Anh Do Elizabeth Doherty William and Leah Doherty Margaret A. Dolan Richard and Jan Dold James and Patricia Dolejsi Dominican Community of Saint Louis Gregg and Cathy Donner S. Betty Donoghue James A. and Joyce Donohoe Catherine A. Donovan and David Chapman David J. and Catherine Dooley Gregory P. and Barbara A. Dooley Jeremy Dorian

William F. Dority III Stephen T. and Amy Dornbach Karen M. Dosemagen Mary M. and Thomas Dougherty Dorrine M. Douglass Steven and Brenda Douvier Patrick K. Dow Charles E. and Carmelle Dowdle Valoree Dowell Gregory D. and Mary Jo Downs Anne L. Doyle Daniel J. and Kim Doyle Marilyn J. and Robert Doyle Michael J. Doyle Paul F. and Beverly Barten Doyle Michael and Jan Drahozal Neil and Peggy Drees Ingrid Drekonja Margaret Dressel James B. and Mary Jo Dressen Richard L. Dretsch Ross B. and Sara Drever S. Monica Drogon James C. Drozanowski Adeline Duerscherl Harold J. and Mary Duffy John P. Dullea Robert and Evelyn Dumonceaux Dr. Laura Dunham Anita M. Dunn Rev. Gerald Dunn Suzanne M. and Richard Dunn Joel E. and Teresa Dunning Jacques P. and Dorothy Duquette Gordon J. Durenberger Mark and Barbara Durenberger George and Helen Durken Joleen Durken Eric R. Dursteler Virginia R. and Leon Duschner Frank and Patricia Dutke Janice A. Dworschak Thomas P. Dwyer Dr. Timothy and Nancy Ebel Robert H. Ebner Rev. Leonard A. Eckroth Anne and Terrence Edwards Jason Edwards Kevin and Betsy Egan Thomas P. Egan Jr. T. A. Egar Brad and Mary Eggersdorfer Brian Eggersdorfer John S. and Min Ehlers Lavina Eich Marlin G. and Betty Eich Collin and Patricia Eid Alan and Lollie Eidsness Eugene and Dottie Eisenschenk Gregory and Jeanne Eisinger Carol Elbert Therese A. Eldred Mary Jean Elioff Katherine Elliot

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James Ellison Martin and Elizabeth Ellman Michael E. Ellman Nancy M. Ellsworth Marie K. Elsen Joseph L. and Lisa Eltgroth Nicholas J. and Nancy Eltgroth Sharon Emde Virginia Empey J. David Enestvedt Andrew C. Engel Dr. John W. and Barbara Engel Nic Engel Virginia C. Engel Lawrence R. Engholm Treacy Woods Engle Jerome J. Engleson Russel and Beverly Engleson Timothy and Clare Engling Clarence and Jean Enneking Matthew Entwistle Patti Epsky William and Ann+ Erbes John J. and Debra Erhart Janet Ericksen

Alan J. and Mary Erickson William P. and Bernadette Erickson Chuck Erion Cyril and Darlene Erkens Michael L. Erpenbach Bruce and Bernice Ervin Paul L. Escamilla Marie R. Esplan Michele Esposito Bernadette and Robert Ethen Eva Ethen Terry and Karlyn Etheridge Dr. Mary Jean Etten Leo and Terry Euteneuer Mel and Julie Euteneuer Mary C. and Gary Evans Timothy G. and Stacey J. Evens Rev. Dennis D. Evenson Elizabeth Everitt John W. and Margaret Faber Lucy Fallon Martin S. and Margaret Fallon Drs. Terese Fandel and John Pennings

Mary V. Farley Raymond and Estelle Farley Carrie Weyerhaeuser Farmer Thomas and Laurianne Farrell James and Joanne Farver Robert A. and Deborah Fasnacht Ellen M. Fay Daniel C. and Lynn Fazendin John M. Fee Richard A. Feely, D.O. Gary R. Feldhege Joseph F. Felker Qingyu Feng and Yanyan Sun Jeffrey and Caren Fenske Carol M. Ferguson Robert P. Ferrari Rev. Michael M. Ferraro Jeanne L. Ferrian and Robert H. Byers Ryan M. and Kristina Fey Virginia A. Field Rev. Brian J. Fier Basil and Lidia Filonowich George and Lynette Finger Dan and Karen Finn

Donna and John J. Finnegan Jr. Fred J. Fischer Dr. Henry and Kathleen Fischer John and Donna Fischer S. Judith Fischer, O.S.B. Maureen Fischer Richard and Patricia Fischer Matthew P. Fitzgerald Edward Flahavan Peg Flahive Rev. Robert B. Flannery Denis and Mary Flint Mark and Ave Flores Agnes and Robert C.+ Flynn Connor and Pamela Flynn Mrs. Roxanne Flynn John E. and Linda Fodstad Dr. Paul and Nancy Foley Daniel and Carol Forby Gerry A. Ford Michael C. Ford Colleen Ford-Dunker David Forster and Sandy Pfefferle Forster Lucille Foss Yvonne Foster Madeline M. Fouquette Judy Fournier Maria-Teresa Fowell Blaine and Colleen Fowler Clarence and Leone Fowler Eric C. and Amy Fowler Claire Fox Raymond Francis Bonnie and Steve Francisco James L. Franklin Aaron Franta and Jennifer Lahmann James and Cathy Franta Peter J. and Cheryl Franta John and Jeanne Fraune Paul and Julia Frawley Suzanne Frazier Christopher G. Frechette Stanley and Florence Frederick Kenneth C. and Denise Freed Lou Ella Freese George Frey Peter and Nancy Fribley Richard and Marilyn Frie Diane D. Friebe Rev. Thomas A. Friedl Alice Friedman Rev. Cecil H. Friedmann Michael J. Friedrich Corey J. Friend Rev. Gilbert R. and Gretchen Friend-Jones Kurt P. and Amy Fritsch Mary Jean Froelick E. Michael and Joan Frohrip James and Michele Frome Dr. Ann I. Fromell-Theis Terence Fruth and Mary McEvoy

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Rev. Robert Fucheck Francis and Judith Fullenkamp Theodore Furshong Mary Gabelman Gerald Gach Mary Victoria Gach Daniel and Patricia Gaffaney Michael Gaffey Mary Jane Gaffney Dr. Patrick and Amy S. Gaffney Anne C. Gall Mary Gallagher Robert D. and Maureen Gallaher James S. and Mary Gallahue Ann Gallivan James and Mary Grace Galvin James V. Gambone Thomas and Janet Gambrino Dennis J. and Linda Gann Ellen Gans William R. Gans Rudolph A. Gapko Steve A. Garibsingh John and Sheila Garot Daniel and Mary Garry Bruce and Bonnie Gasperlin Bernadette Gasslein Robert and Charlotte Gavin Margaret A. and Clifford Gawne-Mark Mark G. Gearin Thomas R. and Deanna Gebeck Vincent and Patricia Gebes Jerome and Beth Geis Elizabeth B. Gemmill Donald L. Genereux Craig and Shirley George Dr. Dale and Mary Gerding Steve Gerich Robert A. Germany Brigid Geroux Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan Sue Gherty Frank C. Giardina Jr. Joseph Gibbons and Kathryn Riedel Patrick J. Gibbons Ambrose and Pat Giesen Jane Gilbert-Howard and Kenneth Howard Judy A. Gilbertson Nancy Gilliland Rev. Edward M. Girres Dirk Giseburt and Marilyn Stahl Debora M. Gish S. Betty Gits Mark J. and Kelly Giura Sharon and James Givens Jeffrey A. Glover Jim and Rainy Glowack Leila Goblirsch Romeo and Betty Goche Lyndon Godsall Elizabeth Godwin

Julia P. Goeb William R. and Virginia Goedde William J. Goetzinger Rev. Eugene Golas and Carol Ertl Maureen P. Golden John and Marleen Gomes Maria C. Gomez Perez Perry and Patti Good Rev. Michael Goode, C.PP.S. Vernon W. Goodin Andrea Goodrich Edward R. Goossens Paul J. and Joan Goossens Robert A. Goossens Dorothy J. Gorecki Richard D. Gorman Timothy M. and Susan Gossman Louis M. and Eileen Gottwalt Thomas and Maria Gottwalt Mark and Karen Gould Shawn and Di Govern Colleen and Michael Grady Kathryn Grafsgaard John and Margaret Graham Renee Graham Leon and Patricia Grahn Veronica Grandpre Jerome and Kathleen Graney Granite Rotary Club, Saint Cloud Patricia Gray Edward and Alice Grayson Carl A. and Maria Vivian M. Greci Dennis and Cynthia Green James and Kathleen Green Francise Greene Gregory and Jane Greene Eric and Nancy Greenfield Marianna Greenlee Thomas and Mary Greenstein Wayne and Mary Gregoire Benjamin M. and Janet Gregorio John and Barb Grek Robert A. Gresbrink Charles and Mary Griffith John J. and Joayne B. Griggs Drs. John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker Vernon and Helen Grimes Gerald W. and Corrine Grochowski Alvina Groebner Thomas and Nancy Gruber Scott and Melissa Gruhler Rev. David Grundman Jerome and Elvira Grundmayer Nancy J. Guertin Linus L. and Dorothy Guggenberger Gil and Lisa Gullickson Dolores Gulotta Bradley Gust Kenneth and Jeanette+ Gutzwiller Fred Haack Eugene and Terese Haak

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The Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey welcome guests of all faiths to experience the abiding presence of God within a praying community.

Marlene Haberer Raymond L. Hackert Donald J. and Margaret Haefliger Michael and Susan Haessler Elaine and Robert Hagen Terrance M. and Lisa Hagen Thomas and Mary Hager Rosemary Hagerott Joanne Hagstrom Michael Hagstrom Lawrence Haider Jr. Paul Haik Matthew J. Haines and Jennifer Marshall Diane Hajicek John G. and Barbara Halbmaier Valdemar Halgas Bruce J. Hall John and Delores Hall Jon Hall Thomas R. Hall and Julie Kunkel Darnell and Mary Halverson Joshua M. and Mara Halverson Byung Ham and Min Kang Dr. Paul R. and Mary Hamann Beth Hamel Patricia Hamm Mary J. Hammond Patricia M. Hampl Marcia Hampton Ginny Hansen Mary Ann Hansen Mary E. Hansen Richard and Kathryn Hansen Bruce S. Hanson Charlotte L. Hanson Kenneth and Anne Hanson Marcia and Harlan Hanson Dr. William and Patricia Hanson Bill and Kitty Hanz Bob and Karen Harbeck Richard C. Hardes David L. and Kathy Hardwick Preston G. and Melissa Hardy Linda Harloe Most Rev. Bernard J. Harrington Peter F. and Kristan Harrington

Joan A. Harris Robert and Lisa Harris Louise Harris-Cole George W. Hart Betty M. Harthman Terrance J. and Renee Hartman Marvin A. and Pamola E. Hartung Victor and Eileen+ Hartung Dr. Quentin and Kathleen Hartwig Marylou Hasecuster Walter Haselhuhn Jason P. Haskins Eileen Hassel Louis and Kathleen Hastert Norton J. and Kathy J. Hatlie Michael and Mary Ellen Haupert John and Felicia Havenaar Carol Hawkins and Marcella Brantley Eugene R. Hawkins+ Mark J. Hawkins Susan and John Hawn Patrick J. and Mary Ann Haws Ronald D. and Vivian Hay Karen Hayes Margaret Lanphear Hayes, O.C.D.S. Dr. Rhonda Hazell Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda Dorothy A. Hebert Stephen and MaryEllen Hecimovich Kathleen E. Heck Brent D. Heckman Mary Corita Heid, R.S.M. Reed D. and Sarah Heidelberger Cary L. and Amber Heidesch David Heike John and Joyce Heiland Joseph and Michelle Heiland Dale L. and Kay Heimermann John and Lorna Heinen Thomas Heinen and Tamra Phillippi Marjorie Heinz

Jeffrey B. and Alice Heinzen J. Richard Heinzkill Duane A. Heit Dale and Joan Heitz Thomas and Barbara Heitzmann Patrick L. Held Mark S. and Sharon Hemann Michael Hemesath and Elizabeth Galbraith Dr. Norbert and Suzanne Hemesath Fredrick Hemke Mildred Hemmelgarn Michael T. and Michelle Hemmesch Kathleen M. Henderson David M. Hendricks John Heng Charles J. Henkel Pat Henkel Steven B. and Cheryl Henkels Joseph Hennen Bernard A. Hennig Patrick Henry Darryl L. Hensel John and Janet Hentges Thomas J. and Kathryn Hentges Mary and James Herbert Rev. Brad Herman LaVerne I. Hermsen S. Yliana Hernandez Joyce Hertaus Allan J. and Lucy Hess Frank and Mary Beth Hess Dr. Philip and Elizabeth Hessburg Sherman Hesselgrave Marguerite Hessian-Gatz and Bob Gatz Marlys Hetland André L. Heywood Daphne Heywood James P. and Lynne Hicks Patrick J. and Tania Hicks Bryant and Margery High Horse Neal and Kelly Hightower Johanna Hill Sharon Hill Sandra Hillesheim Steven Hillson James P. and Patricia Hinton Carol Hlebain Dr. Kathleen Hobday Philip and Shirley Hodapp Randy G. Hoeger Dennis and Rita Hoemberg Dr. Hector F. and Mary Hoenig Colette L. Hoeschen Linda and Jack Hoeschler Thomas A. Hoff Mark D. and Jenn Hoffman Rose M. Hoffmann Dr. James R. Hofmann Kathy A. Hogan Tom and Jane Hogan

Rollan Hoke Donald G. and Louise Holden Nina Holiday-Lynch Scott and Susan Holl Brant P. and Becky Hollenkamp Mary Holmberg Robert and Francene Holstein John J. and Sara Holter Steven and Susan Holupchinski Jerome J. Holzbauer Mark Homer and Joanne Loritz Rev. Keith E. Homstad Nicholas J. Honetschlager Honeywell International Charity Matching Carolyn Honl Don J. and Jeanne Hoodecheck James G. Hoofnagle Eugenia C. Hopfer Joan Hopke Mary and Jeff Hoppe J. Gregory and Patricia Horgan Edward F. Horski Matt Horstman Alvin L. and Mary Lou Houle Douglas Hourin Barbara and Richard+ Houston Thomas and Antoinette Hovel Jerald L. and Juliann Howard Richard J. and Christine Howard Xinyue Huang Paul J. and Dolores Huber James J. Hubner Marilyn M. Hudak Mary Durocher Hudson Chuck Huff

Bonnie M. and Gary+ Hugeback Kevin J. and Joanne Hughes Margy Hughes Theresa and Thomas Hughes Timothy and Rosemary Hughes Laurence D. Huls Gabriel W. and Becky Hulsey Richard A. and Donna Humphrey Dr. Kai K. and Myrna Hunt Rodney G. Hunter Marian Huntley-Lickteig James Hurd and Virginia Anderson Jeffrey P. Hutson Roger C. and Thelma+ Huyink Paulina Hwang Sandra A. and John J. Hyland III John and Teresa Hyrkas Gary and Diane Ignowski Gene W. and Dottie Illg Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Illies John D. and Patricia Illies Fred and Margaret Imdieke Rev. Donato Infante Patricia Inglesby Joseph T. and Mary Helen Ippoliti Rev. Kenneth E. Irrgang+ Craig Irvine Charles H. Irwin Eric W. and Katie Jaax Ellen Jackelen Gregory T. Jacobs Rev. Paul Jacobson Tom and Sharon Jaeb Jan and Kim Jahnke Donald and Diana Jakubisin

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Kathleen Hall Jamieson Warren D. and Dianne Janzen James Jarocki and Kris Blakeslee Peter Jeffery and Margot Fassler Randal and Judith Jenniges Michael R. and Patricia Jennings Patrick J. and Patricia Jennrich Cecelia A. Jensen Michael D. and Kathleen Jensen Deborah J. and Thomas Jerome Marcella Jerome Kevin M. Jirik Marge Johannes Craig and Anne Johnsen Diane and Thomas Johnson J. Ralph and Adrienne Johnson Lawrence A. Johnson and Gwen Perun Lowell B. Johnson Lucie Johnson Michael and Patrice Johnson Rita Johnson Steven Johnson and Susan Iverson Suzanne W. Johnson Theresa and Jerry+ Johnson David J. and Lori Johnston Harriet G. Jonas Kevin J. and Clara Jonas Gerry Jones and Berhane Tadesse Lucy R. Jones and Jim Johnson Patricia Herbison Jones Raymond Jones Heidi Joos Dawn Jordan Lawrence and Renee Jordan Lee E. and Max Jordan Robert and Mary Jost Janet Joy Mary R. Joyce Steve and Sharon Judge Frederick and Mary Lou Juettner Roger W. and Kathleen Junker Marina Kaasovic Megan A. Kack Ted and Karen Kaden Steve and Kimberly Kahat Kurt Kaiser and Mary Clark-Kaiser Patrick G. and Mary Jo Kaiser Gregory and Barbara Kalinoski Jerry and Carol Kalinowski Donald A. and Rosemary Kalkman Richard and Susan Kallok Scott C. and Terri Kallsen David C. and Anne Kaluza Dr. Adrian L. and Jacqueline Kapsner Matthew A. and Hope Kapsner Mary Fran and William Karanikolas Lloyd and Adelaide Kasprick Greg Katz and Margaret Holmes Alfred J. and Sharon Kauth

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DeAnn Kautzmann Kevin and Joanne Keane Dennis R. and Carole Keefe S. Carol Keehan Dennis and Elizabeth King Keenan James and Li Kehl Donald T. Keigher Robert F. Kelleher Kevin R. Kelley Frances S. Kelly Jane Kelly Paul E. and Marilyn Kelly Hon. Richard and Mary Kelly Richard J. Kelly George R. and Charlene Kelzer Joanne Kendall Brian Kennedy Daniel and Betsy Kennedy Frank A. Kennedy William J. and Sharon Kennelly Mary Ellen Kenney Ronald P. Keogh Mary Lou and Richard+ Kerber Thomas L. Kerber Donald L. and Patricia Kercher George Kern John Kessler Robert W. Kessler Jerome C. and Bonnie Kettleson Dr. Thomas J. and Pamela Keul

Robert J. and Mary Kiefer Randall P. and Janice Kieffer Rev. Robert J. Kieffer Micah D. and Eleanor Kiel Kevin and Michele Kielsa Mike and Kate Kiely Rev. Michael F. Kiernan Anne M. Kieser Patrick and Susan Killeen Miriam Kim Carolynn M. Kimmes James G. Kimmitz Curtis King Drs. Bernard C. and Virginia Kinnick Paul W. Kirkpatrick Kyle V. Kirsch and Kelly Quinn-Kirsch F. Alexandra and Robert Klas Richard and Janice Klaverkamp Susanna Klavora Ellen Kleckner John H. and Alexandra Klein Dale C. and Karen Kleinschmidt Robert and Gloria Kleinschmidt Colleen Klessig Mary Ann Klimek Patrick and Rita Klosterman Robert J. and Carolyn Kluk Jerome and Kristi Klukas Katherine Klykylo

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Donna and Francis Knapek John A. and Maureen Knapp Dr. Michael J. and Catherine Knapp Knights of Columbus, Cold Spring, MN Jeannette Knippen Hon. Franklin J. and Margot Knoll Galen C. and Donna Knutson Kevin J. Knutson Karen Koch Duane and Barbara Kocik Patricia Koenig Thomas and Sharon Koenig Jerome M. and Veronica Koerner Daryl R. and Kathleen Kohlhaas John and Linda Kolb Laurence and Susan Koll Marie Koll Mary Schnettler Kolofsky Br. James J. Konchalski, O.S.B. Steve and Kerry Koopmann Andrew R. Kopacek Chad and Christina Koppes Jeffrey and Jenny Korsmo Walter J. Kosel Robert A. Kost Mary Jo Koszarek Rev. Robert J. Koszarek Glenn and Patricia Kowal Roy A. Kraemer Deacon Eugene and Linda Kramer Drs. Victor and Dewey Kramer Elizabeth Kranz Michael J. Kraus Michael P. and Joan Krause Donald Kray Br. Anthony Kreinus, S.V.D. Rev. Michael Krejci Dr. Thomas Krembs Rev. Thomas Krieg Jacob M. and Mona Krisnik George and Raimie Kriste Vivian Kroeker Irene Kroening Gene and June Krogh Thomas and Diane Kroll Frances Kron Daniel Krumenaker Joseph J. and Barbara Kruse Maureen Kucera-Walsh and Michael Walsh Richard G. Kuchera Virginia M. Kuebelbeck Mary Kuechly Jim and Polly Kuelbs Bob and Rita Kuester Colleen and James Kuhl Glenn and Mary Kuhnel Thomas and Nancy Kujawa Allan J. Kula Paul T. and Kathryn Kulas Dr. John J. Kulus Thomas H. Kummerer

Richard and Debbie Kummet Jerome J. Kunzer Ed Kurhajetz Ronald R. Kurpiers Dennis W. Kurtz John T. Kustermann Susie and David Kuszmar Louise Kuziomko Lawrence and Margaret Kwacala Robert and Dixie Labat Roger and Sally Labat David and Elaine Labdon Christopher A. and Michele Lacy Adam LaFave Kevin O. and Beth Lafeber Kip and Mary Lager Marlene S. Lahr Paddie C. Lai Dr. Joy and Dr. James Laine Thomas D. Lais Sally and Fred Lajon James J. L’Allier Dr. John B. LaLonde Laurie Lam John D. and Margaret LaMarche Darren M. Lamb Gail Lamberty Dennis and Karen Lamecker Ronald and Janenne LaMere John and Frances Lamey Magda R. Lamm Cheryl A. Landes Carl and Debora Landis C. Bruce and Stephanie Landsem Roger G. and Doris Landwehr Douglas and Nancy Lane John E. Lange Doris Langston Alexa M. Lanz Philip and Debra LaPorte Steve and Peggy Laraway Michael F. and Deborah Larkin Maureen Larney S. G. LaRosa Alfred G. Larson L. Wayne and Sharon Larson Thomas W. Lasley John J. and Kathleen Lauber Joseph G. and Katherine Lauer J. Clark and Jean Laundergan Lori Launderville Deacon Vincent I. and Carol Laurato Sarita S. Lauth Roger Lavigne William D. and Dawn Leach Patricia and Peter+ Leahy John and Michelle LeBlanc Dr. Joseph Lechowicz John Leddy Philip J. and Juliana Ledermann Eddie C. and Joan Lee Robert Lee and Mary E. Schaffner Susan and Edward W. Lehmann Jr.

Al and Louise Lehner Frank and Amy Leidenfrost Timothy and Denise Leighton Thomas R. Leimer James Leitner Anna M. Leitschuh-Hansen Bill and Deb LeMay Edward J. LeMay Russell Lemker and Gena Bossert Susan M. Lemm Lorrayne S. Lenarz John P. and Susan Lenczewski Brian A. and Betsy Jo Lenzmeier Mahri Leonard-Fleckman Stuart and Susan Leslie Janet and Bob Lesniewski, Obl.S.B. Joseph and Rosemary LeTendre Eugene and Irma Letson Thomas P. and Jean Levandowski Jo Anne R. Lewis Lee S. Lewis Richard and Emma Lewis Marcella E. Ley Jerry and Barb Liddell Patricia A. Lieb Arvid and Janet Liebe Norine Lieser Robert and Margaret Lietzke Kenneth Lindberg Robert and Sylvia Lindecker Nancy Lindell-Johnson Rev. Thomas Lindner Thomas and Kathryn Lindquist Hon. John and Mary Lindstrom Julian J. Lineham S. Anna M. Lionetti John G. and Joanne+ Lischke Dorothy Liszka-Vowles Chang Liu Yang Liu Jean Ljungkull Christopher and Mary Loetscher

Judith Lohmann Stephen and Barbara London Erin Lonergan Dr. Bernard and Peggy Long Merle Longwood Teresa Looy Julie D. Lorenz Judith Lorrig Carol A. Love+ Marcia Lowe Roger and Rosie Loxtercamp Rev. James Lucas Michael and Ursula Lucas Denise and Deacon Matt Ludick Joan R. Ludick Mark J. and Karen Ludick Anthony and Sheri Luetmer Francis Marion Lundy-Underhill Rev. James Lupton Anthony and Gail Lusvardi Donald and Annette Luther Dr. Thomas and Mary Jo Lyke Brian P. and Jackie Lynch John and Katherine Lynch Martin and Catherine Lynch Jeffrey Lyons and Colleen Scanlan Lyons Charles C. and Geraldine Maas Robert H. Mace Jr., Th.M. Robert J. and Maria MacFarlane Jesse Macias and Mary Schulien Rev. John W. Madsen Brian and Catherine Magee William J. Maguire Rosemary C. Maher Katherine Mahle Patrick J. Mahowald Judy Maiers Margaret Todd Maitland Robert J. and Helen Malby Rev. Donald A. Malins, Obl.S.B. Rev. Mark Mallak

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Richard and Jodene Malmsten Wanda Malone Patrick and Marilyn Maloney Catherine Mamer Martin and Laurie Manahan Bruce Mancini and Betty Nystrom Kateri Mancini and Michael Gallagher Francis M. Mancl Rev. Brian L. Mandel Scott L. and Debra Mans Sharon A. and Chris Manternach Thomas R. and Janet Manthey Barbara K. Maple Dr. Michael and Laurie Marchetti John G. and Geraldine D. Marek Dick Marin and Susan Bauer Anne Markel Linda and Daniel Marrin Marguerita Marschall Mary Ann Marschall and James Hibbs Richard J. and Patricia Marshik Pete and Patty Marsnik Corinne Martin David and Mary Grace Martin COL James and Rhona Martin Dr. Kathryn A. Martin Mariette J. Martineau Robert E. and Diane Martinka Robert Marzik and Alice Caldwell Charles M. Mason Larry and Melanie Mastellar Lucy A. Mastri Dr. Angela Mastri-Rizack Thomas F. and Michelle Matchie James and Rose Matchinsky Richard F. and Jacqueline Matchinsky Jennifer A. Mateer Thomas and Mary Mathews Jackline and Michael Matosian Phyllis Mattill Steven Maurer and Melissa Culshaw Tom and Mary Maus Dr. William R. and Sharon Maus Thomas F. Mauser and Katherine Theisen-Mauser Paul and Susan Maxbauer Rev. Anthony C. May Alex Mayer Carol Mayer Dr. David P. Mayer Matthew and Angela Mayer Dr. Bill and Jane McBride John T. and Christy McBroom Joan McCalla E. Michael McCann Katie and Mark+ McCartan Charles D. McCarthy Michael McCarthy and Julie Nikaitani Richard A. and Regina McCarthy

James and Robin McCauley Michael McCormack Dr. Michael J. McCormick Thomas P. McCreesh, O.P. Richard and Doris McDermott Jean McDonald Margaret McDonald Myles T. McDonald Edward McDonnell Leigh E. McDonnell Damian McElrath Patrick McGartland Dr. Brian P. and Pamela McGlinch Virginia McGoldrick Margaret McGonigle Megan McGovern William S. McGrath Chrisanne M. McGraw Rosemary McGraw Stephen P. McGreevy Daniel McGuiness Patrick J. and Tracey McGuinn Thomas T. and Mary Pat McGuire Timothy S. and Jeanne McIntee Dr. John H. McKnight, Obl.S.B. Steven McLachlan Christopher and Sarah McLaughlin Margaret M. McLaughlin Rev. Michael R. McLaughlin Edward and Linda McManis Joseph S. McManus Christian and Mary McNamara Marian F. McNamara William and Stephanie McNamara John McNeil Frederick J. McNew Bernadette McQuaig Robert G. McTaggart James and Catherine McTiernan Medtronic Foundation Dr. Todd A. Meeker and Connie J. Meyers-Meeker Irene M. and James Meier Peter B. Meier Michael Meirick Bruce Melchert and Cathrine Nilles Thomas and Joni Meleska Gerald and Lisa Melgoza Jean C. Melin Alice Menning+ Hazel Meoska Colin M. Merrigan Michael and Susan Messer Edith Messerich Daniel A. Metzler Les and Joan Meyer Madeline E. and Jeffrey D. Meyer Mark and Michele Meyer Deacon Steven J. and Michelle Meyer

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Thomas and Rose Mary Meyer David and Catherine Meyers Michael Rinaldi & Co. LLP Joseph T. Michalak Jr. Microsoft Foundation Gordy Midas Charles H. Middendorf Drs. Tim G. Miley and Mary Zitur Miley Dr. Beverly Miller Glenn and Beth Miller James L. Miller Judy H. Miller Kirstin R. Miller Mark and Anne Miller Steven Miller and Lizette Larson Brian J. and Aleta Millette Jon L. and Lisa Mills William C. and Taisia Mills Patrick H. and Gertrude Mingo Patricia Minks William and Deborah Minnehan Donna L. Minter Rev. Gerald L. Mischke Dennis L. Mishuk Steven and Rachael Mock Timothy and Marianne Moe Gary and Barbara Moeller Robert J. and Sharon Moeller Armando C. Mojica Kevin and Delia Molinaro-Nolan James and Jolee Molitor Jerry and Linda Molitor Bart and Barbara Mollet Donald and M. Jeanne Molloy Francis M. and Barbara Molloy Margaret Molus James J. and Mary Ann Monge Aaron K. Monson Rev. Raymond G. Monsour Helen Moore John and Kari Moore Mary Moore Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moorse Ana Moreno and James Solem Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Foundation Mildred Morgel Donald L. Morovits David J. Morreim Brian and Jennifer Morrison Patricia Morrison Gerald and Ruth Morrow Craig and Rebecca Mortell Mark Mortrude Calvin Mosley and Claudia Ryan-Mosley Kenneth and Mary Moss Drs. Greg Motl and Laurel Brooks Daniel and Laurie Moudry Peter and Anne Moynihan Len and Kay Mrachek Craig Mueller

Paula E. Muggli Stephen A. and Lora Muggli Dr. William and Imelda Muggli Liliane Mukaremera Patrick and Syma Mulich John and Sharon Mullally Lawrence E. and Irene Mullen Terrence J. Mullen Fra’ Thomas Mulligan James A. and Franchelle Mullin Michael and Laura Mullin Peter P. and Rebecca Mullin Michael T. Mulroe Phil Mulvaney David J. and Catherine Mumma Kimberly R. Mungaray Steve Munstenteiger and Mary Bakken Charles and Barbara Murphy David W. Murphy Mary Jean Murphy Patrick and Carolyn Murphy Patrick W. and Joyce T. Murphy Paul and Roberta Murphy Rev. William J. Murphy Joseph H. Murray Michael and Dorothy Murray Monica J. Murray Rita J. Murray Joan and Robert A. Murray Jr. Marvin Naegele Gary J. and Eileen M. Nalevanko Julie McCarthy Napoleon and Larry Napoleon Thomas Naughton William and Nancy Naughton Duane and Dalila Nawrocki Brad Neary Robert and Joyce Neary Prof. Carol Neel and John Horner Bradley C. Nelson Margaret Nelson Margaret L. Nelson Sheila Nelson Steven C. Nelson Susan J. Nelson Tamra S. Nelson Joseph M. and Susan Ness John B. and Kathleen Nett Mary Lee Neu John S. and Margrette Newhouse Roger V. Newinski Elaine M. and Thomas Newton Chinh-Paul Nguyen Mark and Mary Beth Nicklaus Thomas and Elizabeth Nicol Waldo and Elaine Niebauer Robert Niehaus and Debra Mies-Niehaus Jean Nierengarten Richard J. Nigon Joseph and Melinda Nilan Peter C. Niles Msgr. Allan F. Nilles

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As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.

Susan Noakes Colleen and Richard Nodland Sr. Joseph P. Noelke Jr. Bruce R. Nolan Br. Francis Nolan, F.M.S. Kathleen Norris Kenneth and Susan Norris Dr. Maurice Northup Glen T. Norvell William J. Noth and Marcia Baumhover Kevin and Marie Novak Margaret Novakoske Kathy Nuckolls Angela Nugent Dan Nulsen Gus and Mary Nuzzolese Daniel and Julie Oachs Janell Wenzel O’Barski Richard E. Oberg Robert and Marilyn Obermiller Daniel O’Brien and Catherine Dolan James P. and Margaret O’Brien Jerry and Beth O’Brien Rev. John F. O’Brien Timothy J. and Kimberly O’Brien Jerome and Theresia O’Connell Joan O’Connell Dr. Kevin and Kay O’Connell Thomas O’Connell and Rebecca Heist Donna O’Connor Michael W. and Anita+ O’Connor Terrance O’Dean Kenneth G. and Monica Odenthal Phyllis O’Donnell Robert and Donna O’Donnell Larry and Betty Oestenstad Charles D. Officer Jr. James and Ruth O’Gara Erik W. and Laura Ogren Marge O’Hara Robert D. O’Hara Lisa Ohm and Stuart Goldschen Bernadette G. Ohnsorg Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe Drs. Glenn and Marla Okner Peggy O’Leary, C.S.J. John and Carolyn Olive Joseph and Carol Olivieri

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Kathryn M. O’Loughlin Kathryn H. Olson Rev. Thomas Olson Eugene and Rita Olsson Kevin T. O’Malley Patrick and Peg O’Malley Peter and Barbara Omann John O’Mara Daniel C. O’Meara Richard O’Meara David W. and Sharon Onions Ralph R. Opatz Elmer Orth Jeanette Orth Richard Orth William Osei-Bonsu and Maria Insaidoo Phil and Gail Osendorf Nick Osness Mary Osterhus Steven and Karen Ostovich Malcolm and Mary O’Sullivan Matthew and Ashley Ott Deacon Sherman Otto Nicholas E. and Diane Overby Kenneth J. and Mary Ozimek James M. and Kathleen Pach Laurie Packard Ronald Paczkowski and Judith Talbott Henry and Mary Ann Padgett Bob and Ginny Padzieski John R. Page Stan Paine David and Jean Palkert Rev. M. Charles Palluck Bruce C. and Mary Palmborg Christopher and Christine Palmer Mary Pluth Palmquist Philip and Debra Palmquist Scott E. and Jacqueline Palmquist Paquette Construction Co. David and Debbie Paquette Marion E. Parker Jesse O. Pascua Eric A. and Katherine Pass Pam and Dan Patnode Thomas and Amy Patnode Rev. Richard W. Patt

Jane L. Patterson Timothy E. Paul Fredrick Pauls Jill M. Pauly Ed and Dolores Pavek Robert C. and Renee Pearson Howard J. and Becky Jo Peart Benjamin and Kathleen Pease David and Mary Jo Pedersen Steven C. Pederson David M. Peik James E. and Debra A. Peine Bernard and Judith Pekarek R. Ted and Lorraine Peller Alice Pena Joan C. Pendy Sharon Pennock Michael and Ann Percuoco Dr. William H. Percy M. Cristina Perez Ramos Kevin W. and June Perrizo Geraldine and Ed Perry Collette Peterson Danial and Susan Peterson Karl and Susan Peterson Kathleen Petheo Roger Petrich Joseph J. Petroski Joyce and Thomas Pettinger Timothy and Jane Pettinger Chet and Janice Pettite Dr. David J. and Sara Petullo Brad and Kay Pfahning Ronald D. and Marie Pfannenstein COL John F. and Barbara Phelps William Phelps and Sayre Weaver-Phelps Brian and Caroline Phillips Doung H. Phuong Rev. Timothy R. Piasecki Thomas L. Piazza Emy E. and Marie Picard Gloria A. Piche Rev. Lee Piche Linda M. Pick Thomas W. Pickrell Donald A. Picmann Katherine M. Piderman Thomas Piekarczyk and Carol Graczyk Roger B. Pieper Diane and Mike Pierce Rita M. Pierskalla Yvette R. Piggush Deacon Thomas and Lucile Pinataro Edwin J. Pinheiro Stephanie Pinkalla Raymond and Bernadette Pintok N. William and Genevieve Pioppi William and Christine Piotrowski Virginia M. Pitra Daniel and Cheryl Pitzl

Stephen and Laura Plantenberg James C. and Barbara Platten Kenneth J. Plein Michelle A. Plombon Richard and Patricia Plotkin Dr. Kenneth and Beryl Plotnik Patricia E. Podesta Charles and Janice Pohlman Norman Polasek James and Verle Polglase Anne Policinski Mary Polito Gerine Pongratz and Todd Rolek+ Edward F. and Susan Poniewaz Ryan C. Pope Carol Johnson Porter Robert H. and Joanne Porter Betty Porwoll Molly and Brian Posch Neal Poteet Jack E. Povlock John and Frances Povolny John A. Powell George L. Powers, M.S.N., M.S.Ed., R.N.

Rev. John Powers Kathy and John+ Powers Charles W. and Jana Preble Dr. Kenneth and Gretchen Preimesberger David C. Prem Anita and S. Tinsley Preston Shannon Preston Rev. Duane L. Pribula Carol and James Proctor Kathleen A. Prokopec Frederick and Patricia Prom James F. and Mary Prosser Lynn Prouty Arthur and Anne Przybilla Colleen V. Puent George and Binu Punnoose Ralph and Kay Quaas Ann Mary Quarandillo Jack and Alice Quesnell Rev. Joel M. Quie and Sarah Linner Quie Karen Quigley Donald and Elisabeth Raasch John A. and Jennifer Rabaey Jeffrey T. Rabatin Joanne L. and Leonard Rabatin Carl Rabbe Dean A. and Ellen Rademacher Rev. Raymond M. Rafferty Mary T. Rahrick Steven J. and Laura Raich Lori V. Raife Marvin C. and Phyllis Rakotz Mark A. and Kathleen J. Ramion Hon. Jim and Monica Randall R. Tony and Jessica Randall Magdaline A. Randolph

Michael and Carol Rangitsch Rose M. Rarick David Rask Rita Rassier Edwin Rath Jr. Mariah R. Rathmanner LeRoy J. Ratke Lynnette A. RauvolaBouta and Craig Rauvola Thomas Rawlinson Terry and Wanda Rawson Razoo Foundation Bernadette Ann Reardon Terry and Michael Reasoner Donald and Barbara Rebertus Yvonne Reding and Robert Lieser Richard and Barbara Redmond Rev. Dr. Carol L. Reed Timothy W. and Jennifer Regan Pierre N. and Judith Regnier Mary Lou Reichert Joseph and Sharon Reid Ellen P. Reihl Jerry Reilly John P. and Pamela Reilly Robert Reilly and Judith Heinz Bonnie H. Reim Beau G. and Lisa Reiner Mary and Harry Reischl Jon L. Reissner and Ann Ferreira Reissner Thomas and Leslie Remenschneider

Michael R. Renckens Laura Renker Andrew T. and Jessica L. Rennecke Brian G. Resch Leanna G. Rexford Gerard F. Delos Reyes John and Marge Reynolds Joane Rhoda Mark and Jane Rhodes Melissa Rhodes Rev. Andrew P. Ricci Michael and Connie Ricci Isabella M. Rice James W. and Patricia E. Rice Katy Beedle Rice Dan J. Richards Alan E. and June Ricke Mary J. Rieder Sonja Riedl Charles H. and Lucy Rieland James L. and Suzanne Rielly Thomas A. and Marcia Ries Margie Riley Michael W. and Susan Riley Joseph and Gail Rinderknecht John R. and Audrey Ringdal Lloyd Ringrose Margaret M. Riordan Juliette Risinger Karen M. Ristau Rev. Bruce Robbins Jan Robitscher

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John and Margie Sauer Robert and Sue Saumur Dr. Ilaria Scaglia Jeffrey and Nichole Schaefer James and Patricia Schafter Doris J. Schattschneider Daniel W. and Rachel Schatzlein Marjorie A. Scheidecker Kathleen Scheller Michael P. and Laura K. Schenk Roger and Irma Scherer Mrs. William H. Schermerhorn Robert and Katherine Scheuer Yvonne Schilplin Donald and Myra Schimmels Belita Schindler Walter and Chris Schirber Ronald and Kathleen Schlangen Leona Schleper Richard and Elaine Schleper Thomas and Brenda Schleper Otilla M. Schley David M. Schlosser Michael A. Schlosser Peter T. and Mary Schmelzer David H. and Ruth Schmidt Joseph L. and Marilyn Schmit James W. Schmitt Kenneth and Sharon Schmitt Fritz and Carol Schmitz Gudrun and Peter Schmitz Jim Schneeweis Barbara G. Schneider Rev. Bernard R. Schneider Claude and Mary Schneider Elisa M. and Dennis Schneider James and Carol Schneider Dr. Roman and Patty Schneider Stephen J. and Anne Schneider Rev. Todd P. Schneider William P. and Donna Schneider Paul and Connie Schnepf Dana and Ellen Schnobrich Arthur C. Schoen+ Dorothy and Louis+ Schon Daniel J. and Shirley L. Schoonover Ronald and Marcia Schorn Jackie and Wendell Schott Angela M. Schrimpl and John Oldershaw Laurence and Helen D. Schroepfer S. Dolores Schuh, C.H.M. Wilfred and Donna Schulte Jamie L. Schultz Eugenia Schulzetenberg Richard and Monica Schulzetenberg Amie T. Schumacher Don and Kitty Schumacher Gigi Fourré Schumacher and Tom Schumacher Thomas and Julie Schuster

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Mary Jane and Robert Schutzius Geraldine Schwab Henry and Alma Schwalbenberg Michael and Malissa Schwamm Todd and Colleen Schweiger Ken Schweiss Roger and Nancy Schwieters John L. Schwietz Jon J. and Julz Schwingler Mike and Christine Scillo Judy A. Scott Margaret W. Scully Dr. Robert Scully Dolores Seashore Dorothy Sebastian Richard W. and Barbara A. Seeger Thomas and Barbara Seeger Kevin Seguin Frank Seidl Mary and John Seifert Pete Seifert Julie Sellers James and Leslie Senden Rev. Joseph J. Senger Frederick and Heidi Senn John J. and Frances F. Serpe Joseph and Sandra Sery Rev. Michael F. Sexton David G. and Julie Seykora Amb. Robert and Ellen Shafer Clarence J. Shallbetter Daniel K. Shannon

Ray Shaw Terese M. Shearer James P. Sheehy Timothy Shekleton John Shelde Jared R. and Olivia Sherlock William B. Sherlock Shawnette Shields Rev. Timothy Shillcox Rose M. Shober Glenn and Megan Shoup Dr. Charles R. Shrader Fred and Shiela Shusterich James and Deborah Sieben Rev. Martin J. Siebenaler Colman T. and Erica Silbernagel William and Diane Simmons Joseph Simms S. Rene M. Simonelic, O.S.F. Brian and Charleen Simonet David D. Sink Sr. John D. Sipe John D. Sipe Jr. Dr. Joseph and Lisa Skemp Joseph and Michelle Skemp Jana and John Skradski Paul R. Skrbec and Chuck Bevolo Rachel Slater Marypaul K. Slettehaugh Anton and Shenique Anita Smith Brian J. Smith

George and Katherine Smith Germaine R. Smith Julius C. Smith Dr. Mark and Mrs. Bonnie Smith Marlay and Margaret Smith Mary L. Smith Michael G. Smith Dr. Michael K. and Joleen Smith Michael P. Smith Michael P. and Katie Smith Paul L. Smith Richard and Cynthia Smith Rev. Timothy and Rita Smith Timothy Owen Smith Violet Smithwick Ursula Sobek Bernadine Sobieck Morgan Soderberg Anna and Richard Solheid Bruce and Gloria Soma Delores J. Soroe Robert J. Soukup Joseph and Betty Spano Michael H. Speck Robert and Karen Spies Robert and Patti Spinner Catherine R. Sponholz Charles Sprenger Daniel L. Springman Martin J. Stachnik JoAnn F. and Donald J. Stacken Leon G. and Beverly Stadtherr Jack and Margaret Staiger Emily K. Stamp David and Jeanne Stanek Mariann K. Stangeland Anne Marie St. Angelo and Alfonso Iglesia Michelle Stark Vicki Stary Therese A. Stawowy St Cloud Rotary Foundation Inc Donald Stebbins Roger Stegura William and Mary Steinbicker Mark T. Steingraeber Jr. Dr. Paul and Jane Steingraeber Family Ramona M. Steinke Joseph and Marsha Stencel Steven and Heidi Stenger Rick and Kris Sterling Paul and Jessica Stewart Robert and Leah Stich Carol M. and Cliff Stiles Virginia and Thomas Stillwell Ann Marie Stock and David Campagna Art Stoeberl Mary Jo Stoffel Marcie Stokman Clara Ann Stolz+

Brett T. Stolzenberg and Christina Anderson Marcella Stone Philip and Cynthia Stotesbery Joel and Diane Strangis Nicholas and Lisa Strebendt John R. Streeter Janice A. Strobach George and Ilze Stroebel Jan Strommen James E. Sturm Joseph Subiakla and Carol Mates Stanley and Connie Suchta Walter and Marilyn Suchy Diane Sufka Sung W. and Sun Suh Thanongsak Sukwiwat and Suteera Sermsakul Anna Sullivan Daniel and Jennifer Sullivan E. Monica Sullivan Eugene P. and Irene Sullivan Mary Sullivan Mary Kay Sullivan William Sullivan Daniel J. Summers Rev. Paul Surprenant Annetta M. Sutton Marilyn Sutton Wayne and Mary Swanger Beverly Swanlund Charles R. Swanson David F. Swanson James Swanson Joseph and Loretta Swanson Patrick and Joyce Sweeney Marilyn J. Sweet Dr. Gregory and Jeanette Swenson Dr. Richard N. Sykes Jeffrey and Amy Symstad Larry Syverson Stephen Szutenbach John and Karen Tackaberry Charles Taffe Anneke Taglia Stanley and Gloria Takahashi Ronald J. and Mary Ann Tarro Dr. Kenneth J. Tauer Doris Tauscher Ronald J. Tavis Jeanette Saddler Taylor John D. Taylor and Leigh W. Dillard Tom Tegeder and Dorothy Seitz Dick and Joan Tegels Joe and Phyllis Tegels Joseph R. and Judith Tembrock Rebecca and Gary Terhaar Richard P. and Karen Teske Robert and Barbara Thamert Jay and Anne Theder Carol Theisen

John L. Theisen Kathleen M. Theisen Louise E. Theisen+ Marilyn A. and Robert C. Thelen Oswald L. Thelen Thomas and Eleanor Thelen Donald F. Thene Colleen and Howard Thielman Ronald V. Thimmesh Robert and Shannon Thissen Corey C. Thompson Margaret M. Thompson Rev. Mickie D. Thompson Jr. Oliver and Mary Thompson Deborah A. Thompson-Wise and Kenneth Wise David and Dorothy Thorman Joseph and Mary Ann Thorp Jananne T. Threlkeld Janine M. Thull and Jefferey M. Richter Donn and Patricia Thurk Ying Tiam Kathleen Tibbets Edmund H. Tiedman Margaret Tillery Kathryn A. Tillmann Mark F. Tinguely Dr. Stephen J. and Mae Tinguely Patrick W. Tinucci William M. Toenies Marilyn R. and Victor Toepfer Debra Anne Tom John Tomasetti Patrick and Dee Tomczik Ronald A. and Sandra+ Tomczik Mary Alice Tomporowski Thomas S. Toner C. Joseph and Cindy Tonsing Lucille A. Topel Joanne Torborg LaVerne Torborg Jennifer Torgerson Samuel Torvend Robert A. Towner Jane Trasowech Leo and Patricia Traurig Lorrayne Traut Herb and Linda Trenz Katherine Agnew Trevey Rose C. Trigg James D. Tripp Thomas E. Trisko and John E. Rittman Felix E. and Bibi+ Tristani Dr. Garrett and Erin Trobec Ryan and Erin Tronbak Tom Trykowski Eileen Tschida Bernard and Linda Tuohy Sharon H. Tupa Chris and Darla Twomey Mark and Judy Twomey Renee M. Twomey

John F. Tyler Rusty Tym and Sharon Novak-Tym Richard Udouj Jack E. and and Susan Uhas Lyle and Marilyn Uhlenkamp Glen and Cynthia Uhlenkott Lorrie Ulfers Robert and Renee Ullo Steve and Molly Vacha Rev. Robert L. Valit Daniel P. Vandersteen Beverly and Gregory Vander Vorste Orlin and Enid Vandeventer Patrick J. and Susan Vandrovec Daniel D. and Jeanne Van Overbeke Rudy Van Puymbroeck Eileen E. Van Sloun Dr. James E. and Perha Varley Steven Vatch Jr. Joseph and Karla Vaughan Marty Vebelun Jeffrey Velline and Cindy Abercrombie Dr. Ronald R. and Judith Vessey Yolanda Vickman David P. and Di Ann Vinck Daniel and Kristine Voce Geraldine M. Voelkel Mil Voelker Rev. Arthur A. Vogel Elaine Vogel+ Linda E. Voigts William Volk and Sandra Smith Volk Arabella L. Volkers Marybeth E. Volkers Steven and Erin Voller John J. Vondrell Greg and Dee Dee Vos Michael and Susan Vos Diane L. Voth Roger A. and Roxanne Wacek Kurt P. and Cynthia Wachtler Alice Wagner John L. Wagner Joseph Wagner, O.S.B. Dr. Richard J. and Mary Wagner Rose M. Wagner Postulant Linda Ann Wainright Brenda K. and Michael Walden Patricia Walker William and Jacquelyn Walker William E. and Barbara Walker Eileen and Norman Wallace Katherine Wallace Cyle and Jan Waller Jim and Gen Waller Jim and JoAnn Walsh William Walsh and Jo Roebuck-Pearson Steven P. Walter

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Abbey Chronicle Harold and Deborah Walters Elmer and Barb Walz Leo J. Walz James J. and Barbara Wander Robert C. Wanzong James and Joanne Ward Ward Law Office Steven L. and Jean M. Ward Johanna Warloski John M. Warnke Mary Jo Warnke Anne Warwick Phyllis Warzecha Richard J. and Jeré Wasko Gregory L. and Terry Waters James P. and Ann Weaver Daniel and Linda Weber COL Marvin and Marjorie Weber Mary J. Weber Sr. Nancy Weber Paul and Julie Weber Phyllis Weber Robert M. and Carol Weber Dr. Stephen and Mary Ellen Weber Steve W. Weber Seth E. Weeldreyer Corine and Paul Wegener LTC Thomas C. and Maria Wegleitner Frank and Eileen Weglicki Larry and Mary Weisgram Lev E. Weitz Teresa G. Welborn Andy and Nicole Welle Paul N. and Jacqueline Welle Robert C. Welle Wells Fargo Foundation Paul G. Welvang David Wendt and Renee Harberts Christopher and Jennifer Wenner Dr. Joseph H. and Mary Wenner Kenneth and Kathleen Wernimont Lisa Wersal and Louis Asher Jack and Felisha Westbrock Clifford and Gloria Wexler Greg and Ellen Weyandt Daniel A. and Katharine Whalen James and L.Y. Floria Whitcomb James L. and Sara A. Whitcomb Paul and Maureen White Jane and Rienold Whiteford Patrick Whitehead Mark and Beverly Wiechman Charles and Catherine Wiechmann Ann M. Wiessner Michael Wiktorek Dr. Gene and Joanne Wilhelm Douglas A. and Eugenia Wilhelmi Raymond R. Will Bede D. and Vonnie Willenbring James F. and Jane Williams James M. Williams Rev. Joseph Williams

Dr. Mary C. Williams Charles Williamson William A. Wimmer Bernetta Windschitl Joyce Windsperger-Rubio and Luis Rubio-Losada John C. Winkels Judy and Art Winter Karl and Lucy Winter LeRoy Winter Dr. Thomas J. and Elizabeth Witt Robert Witte Jerome and Ellen Woit James Wojciechowski Richard Wojciechowski Leo H. and Betty Sue Wolf Raymond J. Wolf Aaron J. and Marian Wolff James and Judith Wollmering Edward Wolner Michael Woolf Jason T. Woolwine Nick and Teri Woychick Paul Woychick Nicholas Wren Randall B. and Marti Wright John S. Wtulich Katherine Wyers Joel V. Xavier Ning Xu John Yager James and Vicki Yanisch Gene and Carolyn Yankel Kejiang Yao Alyssa M. Yaw Cynthia A. Ybarra Eileen N. Yeates Stephen Y. Yeung Thomas Yogan Christine H. Yoon Alan and Marilyn Youel Roger C. Young and Joy Beaulieu Young Kathleen Yung Rosemary Yurczyk Edward M. and Mary Zabinski Mary Zabinski Michael and Ruth Zauhar Jacqueline A. Zbaracki Don and Mary Ann Zebolsky Robert and Dolores Zeni Paul Zenner and Lorri Steffen Grant and Linda Zeug Frank R. and Kathleen Ziegler Rita Zilka Rev. Nicholas M. Zimmer Steven D. and Susan Zimmerman Donna Zitur Betty Zollner Pauline Zorza Mark Zukor David and Mary Pat Zwack

Abbey Volunteer Circle Between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018 the following abbey volunteers provided some 7,500 hours of service for the monastery. Joe Bauer Michael Becker Kelly Beniek John Brinkman Mitzi Brinkman Emeline Brudwick Andrew Carlson Bill Casey Raj Chaphalkar Kristan Clarke Larry David Mary Davis Justin Doyle Denny Douma Bernadette Dunn Edward Dunn Rose Dwyer Betsy Egan Kevin Egan Bill Elfering Paul Elwell Earl Felling Rachel Gabelman Anne Gall Chuck Griffith John Grobe Eileen Haeg Richard Haeg Anne Hanson Gloria “Chick” Hardy Michael Hemmesch André Heywood Jim Hofmann Denis Hynes Jan Jahnke Ron Joki Patsy Jones Linda Kachelmeier Michael Keable Dane Kuhr Jack Lange Peter Langseth Rodney Langseth Rungthip “Nune” Langseth Barb Lyndgaard Anne Marrin

KC Marrin Janet Merdan Burdette Miller-Lehn Bill Mock Dave Morreim Bill Muldoon Steven Pederson Karl Petters Karleen Petters Jim Rau Dorothy Roske Hal Roske Michael Roske Sharon Schmitt Kay Sheils Jane Simon Robert Simon Martin Stachnik Gerard Thamert Rosemary Paur Walsberg Bailey Walter Ziegler Ellen Zipp

Benedictine Volunteer Corps Circle

Between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018 the following Benedictine Volunteers served in ten sites in the U.S. and around the world, many in developing countries. William Bauman Jacob Bellendir Ryan Buron Samuel Burns Lucas Giese William Harren Joseph Koll Dylan Lehrer Rashid Locario Thomas Nilles-Melchert Connor Magee Jared McComber Alexander Melchor Ramond Mitchell Abdifatah Hassan Shamus Olson Travis Spillum Brett Watercott Thomas Widmer Leng Xiong

The Benedictine Volunteer Corps provides service to support the work, prayer, and life of Benedictine monasteries around the world.

aint John’s endured a cold, white Easter as six inches of snow fell on Holy Saturday, 31 March. Easter morning Alleluias were accompanied by a temperature of 9 degrees! The first weeks of the Easter season saw another 25 inches of snow fall, with blizzard conditions on 14 April. A high temperature of 74 degrees on the last day of April helped to melt the ice of Lake Sagatagan, which opened for the season on 3 May. Unseasonably warm temps marked the first weeks of May. Memorial Day weekend felt more like Independence Day: hot and humid, and 100 degrees recorded in Minneapolis. With a dew point of 77 degrees on the feast of Saint Benedict, 11 July, monks reminisced about the beauty of April snow! August dawned with coolish temps, making a

sweater feel good. Now splashes of yellow, orange, and red in the woods accompanied by the nighttime honking of geese confirm that autumn is near. April 2018 • Saint John’s Abbey and Saint Benedict’s Monastery were the 2018 recipients of the Zapp Historian Award, presented annually by the Stephen G. Saupe Stearns History Maple syrup samples, 2018 Museum in • The 2018 maple syrup season recognition of efforts in the was another sweet success! More preservation of art, culture, and than 3,100 visitors, volunteers, history in Stearns County and students, and Saint John’s staff central Minnesota. Prior Bradley took part in the tapping days, Jenniges and Brother David collecting days, and maple syrup Klingeman, abbey archivist, festivals. Most of the 1589 taps accepted the award on were installed on 24 February behalf of Saint John’s and removed on 29–30 April, the during the History Maker latest date on record that taps Gala on 19 April. were pulled. From 8715 gallons of sap, 251 gallons of syrup were • Father Bernardine Ness produced. Sweet! expended much time and energy refurbishing 160 May 2018 computers for the benefit • The lay and monastic faculty of students in Guatemala. residents of Saint John’s UniLoaded with Linux and a versity gathered at Madden’s on powerful K-12 education Gull Lake near Brainerd, Minprogram (RACHEL), the nesota, on 24–25 May for their machines were delivered annual retreat and workshop. to twelve schools located Brother Daniel Morgan, director near Cobán, where Father of residential life, and Dr. Rodger Bernie formerly served. Narloch, director of the BenedicThe Message Program tine Institute, organized the Minnesota supported the retreat, at which Abbot John container and shipping Klassen gave two presentations on costs as humanitarian aid.

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the mission and ministry of the faculty residents. • To honor the 123 deceased U.S. military veterans buried at Saint John’s, Father Greg Miller presided at a Memorial Day Service along with volunteers from the Saint John the Baptist Parish and members of the Saint Joseph American Legion. The ceremony included a prayer service, roll call of the deceased veterans, taps, and a military gun salute. June 2018 • Abbot Gregory Polan, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation, gave the annual abbey retreat during the first week of June and focused on the unfolding of the paschal mystery in the life of monks. In addition to his fine reflections, Abbot Gregory welcomed confreres to an informal discussion of his work at Sant’Anselmo, the Benedictine international house of studies in Rome, and his ministry and service to other Benedictine communities around the world.

• Liturgical music was alive and lively in Collegeville this summer! During the last week of June, the youth music/liturgy camp One Call/Una Vocación graced the campus. A combination of liturgical music training, liturgy formation, and faith formation, this program had its origins in the Music Ministry Alive camp founded by Mr. David Haas some twenty years ago. Sixty young people were registered, along with twenty participants in an adult track. In addition to One Call/Una Vocación, Saint John’s hosted the National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) again. The thirty-three singers made this choir one of the largest in recent years. • Saint John’s fire chief Mr. Steve Berhow was honored with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award on 28 June. Mr. Leonard Gerten, university junior, theology major, and volunteer firefighter, presented the award in recognition of Chief Berhow’s support of Mr.

Gerten’s service both on the fire department and in the Army National Guard. July 2018 • Along with the community, oblate directors Fathers Michael Peterson and Don Tauscher welcomed some 75 oblates for their annual retreat, at which all retreat conferences were given by oblates. Six oblates made their final oblation in July. Mr. Timothy Gossman, a Saint John’s University alumnus from Chatfield, Minnesota, noted that “Oblate life gives me greater reasons to act as a person who serves both in my community and my Church.” Ms. Carol DeLaRosa from Raleigh, North Carolina, now joins her husband, Mark, as an oblate. She reflected: “Oblate life helps me strengthen my sense of hospitality, especially in my work as a nanny and helping the elderly. I feel very close to the prayer life of the monks.” Ms. Carol Hlebain from Avon, Minnesota, expressed similar sentiments: “Oblate life helps me center

The community welcomed Novice Jeremy Welters in July as he began his discernment of a monastic vocation. Novice Jeremy, 25, grew up in Long Prairie, Minnesota, where he was a member of Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Parish. He completed a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in psychology at Saint John’s University in 2015. Beginning in the fall of 2015, Jeremy spent a year at Newark Abbey and St. Benedict’s Preparatory School as a Benedictine Volunteer. Before entering our community’s candidacy program, he worked at Saint John’s Preparatory School as a resident assistant. Jeremy’s interests include long-distance running, gardening, and mentoring students. Robin Pierzina,

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myself more deeply in the sacred, and connects me closer to Saint John’s Abbey. Regular prayer helps me act more tenderly to those around me.” For Mr. Edward Horski, a School of Theology alumnus from Owosso, Michigan, oblate life “helps me give of my education, parish ministry experience, and care for others. I wish to pass on Benedictine values to future generations.” Ms. Jane Rodeheffer, a former School of Theology board member from Rochester, Minnesota, recognizes that her commitment as an oblate “helps me to integrate Benedictine values as a wife, mother, professor, and Catholic worker.” Mr. Richard Rodeheffer of Rochester, who also served on the School of Theology board, confirms the “sense of place, continuity, and friendship with the Saint John’s community” that oblate life makes possible. • Following the Sunday Eucharist on 15 July, the monastic community and Abbey Volunteer director Father Roman Paur hosted 45 Abbey Volunteers for a social and luncheon in the monastery refectory. During the past year, 80 Abbey Volunteers contributed some 7,500 hours of service for the monastery in about thirty different work oppotunities, inlcuding the woodworking shop, vegetable garden, tailor shop, maple syrup project, gift shop, guesthouse, retirement center, and cemetery as well as quilting and driving.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

• Bridgefolk, a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics, met at Saint John’s in July for their seventeenth annual conference. The topic of this year’s gathering was “Toward a Just Peace: Eradicating the Evil of Racism.” To open the discussion, the participants viewed the documentary I Am Not Your Negro written by James Baldwin and directed by Raoul Peck.

Photos: Gina Gagliardi Benson

August 2018 • Among the most tenacious spectators of the great American pastime this summer were a pair of Ospreys, who nested atop one of the banks of lights of the university baseball field. To reduce conflict between the fowl and foul balls, Saint John’s physical plant staff added a 90-foot pole near the nesting site, hoping the osprey will abandon the lights and take up residence on the new pole next year.

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Fifty Years Ago

Excerpted from Confrere, newsletter of Saint John’s Abbey: 17 July 1968 • [From Abbot Baldwin Dworschak:]

At a meeting of the senior council on 15 July, this recommendation of the committee of religious formation was discussed and unanimously accepted: “We recommend that favorable action be taken on the possibility of the professed members of the community having the option of reverting to their baptismal name.” Consequently, I am asking anyone interested in reverting to the use of his baptismal name to notify me as soon as possible. • During the past months Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict have undertaken

Monks in the Kitchen an intensive study, financed by the Hill Foundation, of the questions related to closer cooperation between the two schools. [A panel of experts, headed by Dr. Lewis B. Mayhew, professor of education at Stanford University, assisted in this study and recommended the following]: “Our panel has thought most seriously about the problems of the two institutions and has reached the unanimous conviction that merger of the two into a new corporate entity is the only plausible solution. Thus we recommend that the two institutions merge and merge quickly. We believe to delay more than two years would so irreparably damage either or both institutions that ultimate merger or cooperation would no longer be possible.” The report of the panel of experts was received by the co-institutional committee and unanimously accepted. [During a joint meeting of the boards of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University on 12 July 1968] the following motion was made: “Be it resolved that the [joint boards] declare the desirability of a merger, to take place within the next thirty months.” The vote was: 19 affirmative; 1 negative. During the next thirty months a plan of merger will be developed which will be presented to the chapter for the chapter’s decision. 23 July 1968

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Senator Eugene McCarthy, 1968

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• Old novices never die; they just become presidential candidates. And then they return to their alma

mater as did Senator Eugene McCarthy, who spent 9–12 July at Saint John’s. Gene, members of his staff, and a corps of secret service agents were guests at the Ecumenical Center. The senator lunched with the community on 10 July and heard Abbot Baldwin suggest that the Center become a “little White House” in the future. Here for a rest, the senator played softball one evening and hit a home run [below left]. He also read some of his poetry in the Owl’s Head, the student coffee house. • Father Kilian McDonnell has been an official observer at the World Council of Churches fourth assembly in Uppsala, Sweden. 19 September 1968

• Name tags are almost a necessity these days since fiftysix confreres have returned to their baptismal names. James, Michael, and Thomas appear to be the most popular first names for monks: the abbey now has eight of each! When it was learned that he was keeping his religious name, Father Bede Michel was asked, “Why? Are you afraid of losing your identity?” “No,” he said, “my laundry!” 18 October 1968

• A four-month-old deer that goes by the name of Twiggy has replaced the Jubilee, Abigail, and Tri-pod of former years. Father Joachim Watrin is her faithful feeder and ear-scratcher.

Is It Dairy Free? Ælred Senna, O.S.B.

s I have mentioned in the past, I find more and more need for dishes I can serve to friends and family who have allergies or intolerances to gluten, dairy, nuts, etc. Last fall, for example, I included a gluten-free recipe for an egg bake. More recently, I was asked to plan a five-course, dairy-free menu, from appetizers to dessert. While most of the menu was a snap, when it came time to think about dessert, I was stumped. Most of my goto desserts are baked items that nearly always include butter, sour cream, buttermilk, or some combination. Then I remembered a meal I prepared a few years ago for one of my students and his brothers. A few days before the dinner was to take place, I asked my student if anyone in the group had any dietary restrictions. “Oh, yeah,” he replied. “They’re vegan.” Sur-prrriise! I knew instantly that the pork roast I had been thinking of was out of the question! I asked if the brothers liked Indian cuisine, and got a resounding “Yes!” So, major embarrassment averted . . . chickpea curry to the rescue. But what could I serve for dessert? Kheer (Indian rice pudding made with milk) was a no-go, as were most other things I could think of. Then it hit me—sorbet! No dairy, no eggs, just fruit and

Grapefruit Sorbet (Serves 4) • ½ to ¾ c. sugar, depending on taste and desired sweetness • 3½ cups freshly squeezed grapefruit juice • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice Make a syrup with the sugar and about ½ cup of the grapefruit juice: Heat in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Allow to cool. Combine syrup with remaining grapefruit juice and lemon juice. Place in an ice cream maker and process until mixture is at least a slushy consistency. (If you are able to get it a bit firmer, so much the better.) Transfer to a freezer container, and freeze until ready to serve. Place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or so before serving to allow sorbet to soften slightly. Serve with mint leaves, strawberries, or other garnish of your choice.

a little bit of sweetening. The grapefruit sorbet I served was not only a hit all around, it also became one of my favorites. I hope you, too, will enjoy it!

Brother Ælred Senna, O.S.B., is associate editor of Give Us This Day and a faculty resident at Saint John’s University.

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couple shared with me the challenges of raising children. Of course, some of the standard concerns were mentioned: safety, education, manners, and health. But most remarkable of all were their efforts to instill into their four-year-old son a sense of social responsibility. Barely able to spell his name, Noah is being taught that one-third of all the money he gets as gifts or allowance must be shared with whomever he chooses. The other two-thirds are divided into money that can be spent in any way he would like or saved for the future. That which is to be given away can be given to people on street corners, or to his friends, or even to the church collection basket. The choice is his, but each month that third of his “income” needs to be shared. While one is tempted to lavish praise on this child, and rightly so, how much more praise should be poured out on these parents who, in my mind, have already laid the foundation for Noah’s success in life! It seems almost certain that as he grows older, Noah will have a natural respect for others and a clear understanding of how sharing wealth (financial or otherwise) is the key to deeper satisfaction in life. The parents’ insistence on guiding their son in his early stages of philanthropy will result in one less person in society being selfish, greedy, and short sighted. Noah will grow up considering his good fortune as something he fully earned, yet something to which he cannot cling.

Sharing is the key to satisfaction in life.

The implications of this are significant. True, this is one family and one child, but my hope is that the ripple effect will build to a tsunami of concern and generosity. This one aspect of raising a child has the potential to transform our society. Thankfully, most of us in the United States are born into abundance—an abundance that most of us fail to recognize. I’m not talking about dollars as much as I am about the remarkable comforts that we easily forget to appreciate: running water, electricity, clothing, fuel, and most of all, food. Given the choice, I’m wondering if we could cut our consumption of all these by one-third and barely notice it. It would be a noble experiment. We might consider following in Noah’s footsteps and sharing our gifts. If we can’t afford a third of our income, how about a third of our time? Or even twenty percent? Wherever we start, it is a step toward acknowledging our responsibility to others by awakening ourselves to the abundance in which we swim daily. Noah’s parents are ahead of the game by demanding this of a four-year-old. He will grow up thinking that sharing is a normal part of everyday life. Wouldn’t it be nice for us to feel the same?

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