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What's new with the monks at Saint Meinrad. Information is updated twice a year.


  • Fr. Anthony Vinson attended the National Religious Vocation Conference in Louisville, KY, in October. In November, he and Br. Silas Henderson attended a retreat sponsored by the Kentucky Catholic Student Coalition, an organization of all Catholic ministries at the college level in the state of Kentucky.

  • Archabbot Bonaventure Knaebel attended the 75th anniversary of  the founding of Marmion Abbey (IL)  in October.

  • Fr. Columba Kelly had an article published on the Solesmes Method of Gregorian chant in the summer issue of Pastoral Musician.

  • Fr. Damian Schmelz was featured in a recent publication of the Indiana Academy of Science. The fall issue of Proceedings included his biography as  a “distinguished educator, scientist, and theologian.”

  • Br. Francis Wagner and Br. Matthew Mattingly attended the juniorate summer institute at Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside, CA.

  • Archabbot Justin DuVall attended the Abbots Congress at Sant’ Anselmo, Rome, from September 17-27.

  • Br. Matthew Mattingly recently published a translation of early monastic literature in the American Benedictine Review.

  • Br. Silas Henderson had an article published on the feast of the Presentaton of Mary in the November issue of Liguorian.

  • Fr. Prior Tobias Colgan attended the priors workshop at St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, from November 6-10.