THE SA IN T L OU IS A BBEY

VoluJOURNALme XLV Summer 2006 CONTENTS

FROM THE The Golden Jubilee ...... 3 Cardinal Dulles Lecture ...... 7 Golden Jubilee Scholarship Dinner ...... 8 Society Board of Directors Dinner ...... 9 Concert Series ...... 11 Vocations ...... 12 Father Dominic’s Assignment in Washington, DC ...... 13 Endowment Campaign ...... 14 Development and Public Relations ...... 15 Obituaries ...... 15 Necrology ...... 17

FROM THE SCHOOL The School Golden Jubilee: Headmaster’s Message ...... 19 Graduation Day: May 28, 2006 ...... 22 Achievements and Awards ...... 26 The Year in Sports ...... 33 Faculty Development ...... 35 Junior School Report ...... 36 College Counseling ...... 36 Admission News ...... 37 Aim High ...... 38 Campus Organizations ...... 39

FROM THE ALUMNI President’s Message ...... 43 Class Notes ...... 44 Alumni Picnic ...... 47

FROM THE PARISH The Parish Fortieth Anniversary: Benedictine Pastoral Work ...... 49 Pastor’s Message ...... 50 Parish Committees ...... 50

Saint Louis Abbey Year ...... 56 Organization ...... Inside Back Cover

At 3:00 p.m. we gathered in the Kline Theatre to hear a lec- ture by George Weigel, the noted Catholic commentator, and biographer of Pope John Paul II, on “Revolutionary Papacies: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and the Church in the Twenty-first Father asked Father Timothy Century.” Besides his biography of the late pope, Mr. Weigel cov- to write the following account of the ered for the major media his death and funeral, and the election inaugural weekend events of the and inauguration of his successor. His main comments on Pope Golden Jubilee of Saint Louis John Paul II painted him as a revolutionary, but in what he called Abbey. The celebration took place the Polish sense of going back to the roots, not in the political the weekend of October 15-16, sense of overturning what was there and starting afresh. But 2005. before that he said that the late pope was an optimistic reaction against the view, not uncommon after the reign of the perfectly prepared Pope Paul VI, that the papacy was becoming a job too big for one man. Pope John Paul turned away from the CEO model back to a New Testament model of witness, evangelizing, Abbot Thomas Frerking, (thirty shelf-feet of teaching, providing a key to the interpretation of Vatican II), unity, and even martyrdom. He listed ten revolu- The Abbey Golden Jubilee tionary aspects of John Paul II's papacy, (of which his emphasis on n October 19, 1955, three arrived at ecumenism in general and relationship with Judaism in particular; 3:50 p.m. at Saint Louis Union Station. The tempera- his theology of the body; his involving the papacy in aspects of Oture was in the 80s and we were wearing heavy woolen international policy may be the most significant) but, as he said, suits and overcoats. The one thing we wanted was to reach our he did not have time to comment at length on them. This was a new home and get comfortable. Instead there was a reception pity, but his list served as a guide to his excellent but lengthy biog- committee on the platform along with photographers. We were raphy. then whisked off to a cocktail party to meet a large crowd of our He saw Pope Benedict XVI as hoping to lead the world, espe- future friends, and it was not until about three hours later that we cially Europe, back to a sense of the sacred; a theologian well reached Saint Louis , our new home. The golden jubilee of equipped to deal with problems of medical, scientific, and sexual this event was celebrated at Saint Louis Abbey on October 15-16, ethics. But would he be able to challenge a Europe with a rapidly 2005, a Saturday and Sunday. falling birth-rate, a continent, he thought, dying of spiritual bore- The first event, at 10 a.m., was our Conventual Mass. It was a dom stemming from the conviction that the God of the Bible is votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of the enemy of human progress? Grace, asking for her continued intercession. The Ampleforth He thought there might be, under the new pope, a new monks had chosen Mary as the patron of the new monastery approach to inter-religious dialogue with Muslims: Can the under the title of Mediatrix of Grace, since it was through her that from its own experience help Islam to educate its Jesus, the fountain of all grace, had come into the world. As extremists out of violence towards political persuasion and civility? Abbot Thomas Frerking of Saint Louis Abbey noted in his homily, There might be a more theocentric understanding of our liturgy, we had for some years wanted an outside shrine or grotto in stressing it as our participation in the heavenly liturgy. There Mary's honour. Thus when Ceil and Michael Pulitzer offered to might be reform of the Church, with a leaner administrative struc- commission a statue for us and asked us to choose a subject, Our ture in Rome. Prophecy is always interesting, especially for those Lady of Grace came at once to our minds. So Philip Howie of who will live to see it fulfilled or otherwise. After time for ques- Catskill, New York, made us a wonderful bronze of Our Lady, car- tions, there was a reception. rying her Child on her shoulder and sheltering representatives of At Vespers on Saturday evening Abbot Cuthbert of Ampleforth the Abbey family with a mysterious, a marvelous cloak. The stat- reminded us that the basis of that hope for which so many are ue stands just over six feet tall and is outdoors on the southwest looking is, for us, fidelity to our monastic way of life. It was good, side of the church. he said, to have some of the founding monks still with us because At the end of Mass, Philip Howie, told us of some of the they reminded us that life based on the Gospels would produce influences on the final statue, more Italian and Spanish than good results, but also because they could be seen to be ordinary northern European, and how he had tried to adhere to the basic men like ourselves, which gave us hope. We rounded off that principles of strength, openness and grace. day's celebration with a special dinner given us by Food Service, Then we had the blessing itself with the prayers said by Abbot our regular suppliers of food for boys and monks. Thomas and the sprinkling done by Father Timothy, our initial On Sunday we had the main event, Mass celebrated by liaison with the Pulitzers. Then there was a reception. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke and attended by a sell-out crowd 3 of the Abbey Family. In his Abbot Richard Yeo, Abbot of homily Abbot Thomas reminded Downside and President of the us that as we give thanks to God English Benedictine for the blessings that he has given Congregation, spoke next. What us, whose results we can see all monks are is more important around us, we must also and than what they do: they may equally rededicate ourselves to his teach or farm or run hospitals, service. He asked the Archbishop and may be very busy with these to accept this rededication. A affairs, but they are not teachers monastery is truly a school for the or farmers or doctors; they are Lord's service, where we learn to monks. He quoted Pope John Abbot Luke Rigby, OSB serve the Lord and, having learnt, Paul II, “All Christians are the Father Timothy Horner, serve him. Great and wonderful light of the world . . . However, are the works of the Lord. the monastery . . . radiates a more intense and constant light . . .” After Communion, Archbishop Burke accepted the rededica- It does this by showing the world the beauty of God. In Croatia tion offered by Abbot Thomas and added kind and observant the word for a Benedictine nun is “koludrica” etymologically con- words of his own. He approved the mission and aims of the priory nected with the Greek “kalos” beautiful. The beauty the and abbey in education, and later in pastoral work, and believed shows the world is not his own but that of community life and that they had been well carried out. He showed remarkable famil- especially of our life of worship. At its centre may be an empty iarity with our early history, and especially with the bond that had space in which the beauty of God can appear and shine intensely existed from the earliest days, and still exists, between the laity and constantly so that the world may see it. and the monks. We felt that his words were much more than a Abbot Richard was followed by the of Saint Louis Abbey, routine tribute, and came from the heart. We were encouraged. Prior Gregory Mohrman. The Catholic world of 1955, he said, After Mass, there was a short break, and we then embarked on was very different from that of today. There was then what could a marathon of speeches, seven in all, from the Abbot of fairly be called a Catholic culture that touched the whole life of a Ampleforth, Mr. James D. Switzer, Abbot Richard Yeo, Prior Catholic: worship, morality, social mores, politics, art and so on. Gregory Mohrman, Abbot Thomas Frerking, Abbot Luke Rigby It smacked somewhat of the ghetto, but it was also a centre, a and Prior Timothy Horner. The last two are the two survivors of base, a mooring, a security. In the 60s and 70s much of this faded the original three of 1955. or disappeared. It may be our great challenge “to create an authen- Abbot Cuthbert Madden, Abbot of Ampleforth, spoke of tic manifestation of 'Catholic culture' for the people of our time the heritage bequeathed by Ampleforth to Saint Louis: first, a and place.” This would not be a nostalgia for a golden age but a great love of the Gospel and of the ; sec- spirit-filled expression of the meaning of being a Catholic here ondly, a spirit of hard work, but without becoming workaholics; and now. Our school and parish could be a fine workshop for and thirdly a spirit of friendship and hospitality, a genuine such an experiment, and our monastic life of prayer, worship, attempt to see Christ in the other, as the Rule urges. That is sur- work, community, and stability could provide excellent resources prisingly similar to what our very first brochure outlines as our on which we could aims and our heritage. draw. Mr. James D. Switzer, nephew of the first President of Inc, Abbot Thomas then noted as admirable the achievements of the first fifty years but paid tribute to our added that, to his mind, the most significant development had founders, so many and been the Abbey Family, a group of thousands of “individuals and so various, lay and families sharing one common characteristic – this Abbey and its monastic, and men- monastic community are a significant part of their lives.” For stu- tioned in particular the dents and their parents the link continued long after graduation, original three and for parishioners and other friends it was no less durable. He Ampleforth monks. found the origin of this in the remarkable, reciprocal trust that He asked us especially existed from the very beginning between the monks and their sup- to remember in our porters. The original covenant was that the monks would found a prayers Abbot monastery and school and that the supporters would take care of Columba, our first their material needs. Each party had done so faithfully and gener- Prior, and then to Abbot Cuthbert ously. He believed that this would continue far into the future. stand and recognize the Madden and Abbot President

4 The Abbey Golden Jubilee Inaugural Weekend October 15 – 16, 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Pulitzer with Sculptor Philip Howie and Timothy

Mr. George Weigel

5 other two, who were present. solidarity between them as they took part in the heavenly liturgy, This was done, and Father and us as we took part in ours on earth. They were praying for us Gregory introduced Abbot Luke and also with us, just as we were praying for them and also with Rigby. them. After Vespers the Keller family, who had already provided Abbot Luke, our first us with spiritual and intellectual sustenance by making possible Procurator or business manager, the presence of Mr. Weigel, now provided culinary sustenance in was appointed Prior in 1967, the shape of a wonderful concluding meal for the monks and their then elected Prior in 1973 when guests. we became an independent Three publications were produced at the time of the Jubilee Priory. He was re-elected in weekend: the Mothers' Club Jubilee Calendar for August 2005 1981, and elected Abbot in through May 2007, A School for the Lord's Service, and Christ-Our 1989. He retired in 1995. It Love for All Seasons. The Calendar includes full-page illustrations was no mean physical effort for for each month; A School for the Lord's Service contains essays or him to be there at all, and his photographs by each of the monks followed by an album of 58 Archbishop Raymond Leo speech was short. He told of an pages of photographs arranged by decades of our existence. It cov- alumnus who had been a bit of a ers both Abbey and school; Christ-Our Love for All Seasons by rogue in the school, but had attended a class reunion and made a Father Ralph Wright has the sub-title A for speech there. Father Luke remembers thinking at the time, “If I Everyone. It starts with a selection of Father Ralph's poetry, fol- never hear another word in praise of . . . this place, what he has lowed by an arrangement of hymns, poems, psalms and readings just said has made it all worthwhile . . .” The applause and stand- for each season of the year. ing ovation showed how glad everyone was to see Abbot Luke It remains only to add that all the events were followed by there. Receptions – they really deserve a capital letter – arranged by the Father Timothy Horner, our first headmaster and later first indefatigable Ladies of our Hospitality Committee. It is fitting to Benedictine pastor of Saint Anselm Parish, followed him. He end with great gratitude to them. started by saying that as everything pious, uplifting, inspiring and edifying had already been said, he would not add to it. If you bear in mind that what you have read so far is only a very brief summary of what was said, you may see his point. He thanked the Archbishop, who had had to leave, for his very kind words and observed that so many people had done so much for our development in these fifty years. He noted the importance of the liaison between Father Columba and Fred Switzer, and in general between the monks and the laity. He told of his conversations with Abbot Herbert, which culminated in the phrase, “Father dear, I'm going to uproot you.” Earlier the abbot had asked Father Timothy whether he wanted to go to Saint Louis. Father Timothy said no, but it made no difference. He commented on two sub-plots in our story here: the problem of language and the providence of God, giving examples of each, and concluded by answering the question, “Would I have been happier if I had stayed at Ampleforth?” He thought that, had he stayed, he would have grown with Ampleforth and been very happy there. As it was, he knew that he had grown with Saint Louis and, despite rough spots, been very happy here. He too received a standing ovation. For both 'survivors' this was the third in one day; a first and assuredly a last. That evening Abbot Richard spoke at Vespers: in our celebra- tion we had recalled in prayer those who had died during our fifty years here, especially the four solemnly professed monks. They had completed the journey which started with the Sacraments of Christian Initiation, continued with their vows and ended with the last word of the Rule, pervenies, you will arrive. There was a 6 people, and world-wide journeys – quite a program, and one which Benedict can hardly be n February 12, 2006, Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, deliv- expected to match. ered a lecture here continuing the celebration of our Benedict was born in 1927, Golden Jubilee. His topic was John Paul II to Benedict O made archbishop in 1977, and in XVI: Continuity and Contrast. The following is a summary. 1981 called to Rome to be Any papal transition is both exciting and disquieting. We have Prefect of the Congregation for to reimagine the papacy each time, but it will be easier this time the Doctrine of the Faith. He was because Benedict XVI will not be a radical innovator. then the pope's chief doctrinal John Paul and Benedict have many characteristics in common: advisor. Three times he tried to both were brought up in small towns by devout Catholic parents; resign, but each time John Paul both in adolescence experienced Nazi brutality; both completed Cardinal Dulles, SJ persuaded him to stay. their seminary training after World War II and were ordained Biographers say he dissuaded John Paul from defining several priests, in 1946 and 1951 respectively. Both completed graduate new dogmas on his own, and in general John Paul was more cre- and doctoral studies and became professors, combining classical, ative and impulsive, Benedict more cautious and scholarly. medieval theology with the study of personalist phenomenology. We know of many points of full agreement between the two: John Paul was a Thomist and Benedict a follower of Saints Christology, confession of past faults, separation of Church and Augustine and Bonaventure. Both attended all sessions of Vatican State, religious freedom, ecumenism, reunion with the Orthodox, II. Both were made Archbishops and from 1981 to 2005 were the danger of technological advances without ethical controls, the together in Rome. But John Paul was activist, extrovert, charisma- recurrence of dissent, due partly to misunderstanding the docu- tic and an innovator: Benedict is quiet and reflective, happy in his ments of Vatican II. study with his books. And yet, though he never seeks to domi- At the Synod of Bishops in 1985, both emphasized the conti- nate, he has leadership, presides well at liturgies and preaches well. nuity of Vatican II with Catholic Tradition, and more recently Their backgrounds gave them a different perspective on theol- Benedict has emphasized a 'hermeneutics of continuity' rather ogy. John Paul started with the human being journeying, like the than of rupture. Good seeds were sown at Vatican II and are church, toward God. Benedict starts from above with grace and growing, even if slowly. revelation, and as an Augustinian is distrustful of human nature Another common concern of both popes is the de- Christianization of Europe and the need to help Europe to rebuild There is every sign that he herself by revitalizing her Christian roots and remembering her [Benedict XVI] will rank high inChristian history. After the Enlightenment and increasing secular- the series of great Popes who ization came the growth of the nation-state and wars between have reigned since Benedict nations, culminating in the two World Wars. Benedicts adds that XV. the hope that technical-scientific progress without God can lead to a new messianic age of peace and prosperity is an illusion. To acting without God's prior gift of grace. Consequently John Paul destroy the ethical foundations of civilization can lead only to a showed special interest in Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on culture of death, expressed in drugs, violence and terrorism, and The Church in the Modern World but Benedict is more interested leading to self-destruction. In his most recent book, Without in the documents on the Liturgy and on Revelation. For him Roots, Benedict urges recognition for the unconditional nature of the Dogmatic Constitution is too optimistic about the capacities human rights and human dignity, for monogamous marriage as of fallen human nature. John Paul praised and promoted dia- the basic cell of society, and calls for faith in God and respect for logue, Benedict stresses proclamation; John Paul valued the idea of the sacred. We must, he wrote, develop a Christian civil religion the Church as communion, Benedict fears this may diminish ver- to inform the consciences of Europeans. tical communion with God. Both welcomed the idea of the colle- After some comments on Pope Benedict’s first encyclical, giality of bishops but for the former it meant solidarity with the Cardinal Dulles concluded that Pope Benedict has acted quite dif- Pope, the latter favored a degree of decentralization. John Paul ferently from the Cardinal Prefect, perhaps in reaction to the cari- was the more enthusiastic of the two in his devotion to Mary. catures of him as the Panzerkardinal. There may be more encycli- John Paul was elected pope when he was fifty-eight, Benedict cals on topics such as the Liturgy and Scripture. It is unlikely that when he was seventy-eight. John Paul was extremely active: his there will be travels on the scale of his predecessor, and yet he is memory is associated with Solidarity, pro-life, the theology of the likely to be a distinguished public presence. He is attracting larger body, new evangelization, world youth days, collective repentance, crowds to his audiences than did Pope John Paul. “There is every the bimillennial Jubilee of 2000, reconciliation with the Jewish sign that he will rank high in the series of great Popes who have reigned since Benedict XV.” 7 the renovation of its Science Wing and Junior School. It is no exagger- ation to say that Andy is one of the small circle of friends to whom we most owe the beautiful restoration he Luke Rigby Award for Outstanding Service to The of our Church to its original award- Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis was presented to winning architectural form, and the Mr. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer at the nineteenth annual din- provision of our School with facili- T ties which have more than doubled ner held on October 28, 2005, at The Ritz-Carlton in Saint Louis. Mr. Theodore J. MacDonald, Chairman, welcomed guests its physical size and given it the and introduced Father Abbot. Kline Theatre as well as state-of-the- art classrooms, laboratories, and Father Abbot commons and administrative Andrew R. Zinsmeyer, Honoree May I add my welcome, on behalf of the Priory School and spaces. From this point of view, if you seek our honoree's tribute, especially myself and the monastic community of Saint Louis stand on our campus and look around you. Abbey, to all of you who are with us this evening, and whose pres- But there are two qualities in our honoree which underlie this ence, we know, signals your most generous support of the School great service; about each of them I must say a word. The first I and the Abbey. can only intimate to you by saying that there is about our hon- Each year it is the Abbot's honor and privilege to present The oree's service and friendship to us something which conveys that Luke Rigby Award to some member of the Abbey Family who has he always has been there for us, always is there for us, always will given notable service to Saint Louis Abbey. In 1986, Andy and his be there for us. How great a blessing fidelity and friendship is, wife, Jean, decided to enroll Jonathan in Saint Louis Priory especially in our world where faith between human beings is so School. Thus there began a close friendship between the often broken. Such fidelity is founded on a deep sharing of the Zinsmeyers and the Abbey and School which perdures to this day. highest moral and spiritual ideals. It means so much to those here Andy served as Fathers' Club Black Tie Dinner Chairman in with the greatest responsibility for the continuation of this Abbey February 1989 and again in 1990. In 1990 he was appointed to and its works in this world, a world so much of which is indiffer- the Saint Louis Abbey Society Board of Directors. In 1991, he ent or hostile. became a charter member of the Saint Louis Priory School Then, one other quality. It began to become so visible during Advisors, the advisory group which since then has been such an the fall of last year, when our honoree and his wife Jean, their son enormous help to the monastic community in its governance of Jonathan, our own alumnus, and all their family began to undergo the School. Andy first served as Co-Chairman of the a great trial, the serious illness of a little granddaughter, the Development and Public Relations Committee of the Advisors, daughter of Jonathan. How powerfully a simple and deep faith and we were much helped by his advice and expertise. Then he began to shine out, present in the family as a whole, but so moved on to co-chair two large capital campaigns for the Abbey, strongly supported by the paterfamilias, our honoree - how power- the first in 1994 for the renovation of the Abbey Church, and the fully that faith began to shine out as urgent requests for prayers second in 1998 for the building of the School's Weld Center and were addressed by our honoree and his family to the entire Abbey Family. As has so often happened in the past, so on this occasion it was when a hard trial began that what is at the heart of the Abbey Family began to become most visible, that the deep bonds among that Family were revealed and strengthened. Today the lit- tle granddaughter is healthy and well, the illness is gone. The bonds with our honoree and his family, and among all the Abbey Family, remain. What a happy circumstance, then, that we are able to honor this man of generosity, fidelity and faith in this Golden Jubilee year when we reflect on those fundamental values which made the Abbey what it is during its first fifty years and which, if by the Lord's grace we remain faithful to them, will carry it forward long into the future. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege and happiness to pre- The Zinsmeyer Family: left to right: Amy Fouke, sent The award to Mr. Andrew R. Zinsmeyer. Jonathan 92, Daniel and Andrea Wiser

8 fabulous Golden Jubilee celebration. Interestingly, the following Mr. Zinsmeyer comment was made at the recent Golden Jubilee Mass – since Thank you, Father Abbot for this honor, The Luke Rigby 1955, fifty percent of the Priory community has been born. Thus, Award for 2005. I am deeply humbled in receiving this, as there I see a transition coming in future honorees – initially founders, are many who need to be recognized. I did not work alone. more recently fathers of alumni and the transition will continue Father Abbot, Father Luke, Fathers Timothy, Paul and with alumni recognized for their service, as there is great talent Gregory, the monastic community, my wonderful wife, Jean, my amongst you. I encourage this audience to become and remain brother, Jeff, our children Andrea, Dan, Amy and Jon, their active. Your gift is our future. This is Priory! spouses, all with us tonight, thank you to our friends and guests and the Priory community also with us tonight. Society Board of Directors Dinner What is important? With the tragic results of the Katrina Hurricane damage, many survivors reflected upon what was most important to them - family, faith and community. As a husband, father, brother and grandfather, I do understand what is most he Saint Louis Abbey Society Board of Directors held important. I also recognize that the essential values of life are at their annual dinner at the Deer Creek Club reminiscent Priory - family, faith and community. Tof the location of this dinner in the early years. At this A brief story to let you know my appreciation is that fourteen dinner in our Golden Jubilee year the program consisted of remi- months ago, Jonathan's then two year old daughter, Amy Rose, niscences of the early years by Father Timothy and other early was hospitalized with aplastic anemia. Today, she is a healthy, monks and lay faculty. Excerpts of speeches from this delightful active four year old – fully recovered. and memorable evening in the Deer Creek Club with approxi- I want to thank the monks and the Priory community for mately one hundred attending are as follows. their prayers and good wishes. Family, faith and community Board Chairman Louis F. Desloge, Jr. was first to welcome helped us through the fall of last year. When we returned to guests on this nostalgic evening. Abbot Thomas added his warm Clayton earlier this year, the Priory community was sincere in welcome and an opening prayer especially remembering recently their inquiry to me, “How's your granddaughter?” This is what a deceased Board members and friends Lucie Huger, Genie Brown, community and faith are all about. This is Priory! Margaret Switzer Marsh, Mildred Daake, and Marion Brunner. I have recognized my wife, daughters and spouses for their Mrs. J. F. Gerard Mudd entertained all with details of her complete support. There is an additional lady I would also like to original trip to in 1954 with Dr. Mudd and the other recognize and thank, Mrs. Marie Witcher, Jonathan's sixth grade founders, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Switzer, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. teacher. She is with our family at the head table. Marie, who Henry C. Hughes, Mr. William G. Weld and Monsignor James T. taught at Community School, said, “Take a look at Priory. You Curtin. Dr. Mudd's mother, Mrs. Dayton Henry Mudd accom- know they turn out fine young men.” Thus, as I recognize Marie, pied the group. I also want to recognize all those who teach our “fine young men.” Again, it is family, faith and community. This is Priory! Mr. J. Brian Barry I am both pleased and humbled to be the honoree during this Mr. J. Brian Barry, recently retired faculty member after forty-four years of outstanding service to Priory School, spoke next. “My recollections of Priory begin in 1960 when I retired from a sheltered eighteen years in the Royal Navy and came to Saint Louis – a place that Father Columba my old housemaster at Ampleforth described to me as “a frontier of the civilized world.” The Monastery was home to about eleven monks; a thor- oughly diverse and very English team headed by the Captain Timothy, JMTH, and a brilliant player at every position who ruled the School. Meetings were very rare, short, and always to the point. “Mr. Barry there is a rat in separate.” When the morning daily Mass was said by the head we could expect a twenty minute service with one of his famous short sermons such as the one that starts “God is God” and then after a pause finishes “and you are Father Gregory 76 with Andy and Jean Zinsmeyer NOT!!”

9 Announcements were cryptic and delivered with appropriate Ampleforth but possibly “King Lear” at Priory. He loved poetry, Latin embellishments – “those taking the SAT exams on the mor- rugger, music, tennis, singing, sailing, English and laughing. He row should prepare with a good night's sleep and a satisfactory LOVED LIFE and was a wonderful example to all who knew visit to the reredorter.” him. The School was owned by the Monastery, whose Prior was Fathers Augustine, Brendan, Nicholas and Bede rounded out Father Columba Cary-Elwes. This holy, soft-spoken, patrician the team – each individual yet all the same in their dedi- intellectual was at ease dismissing his friend Arnold cation and competence. Toynbee's religious problems with: “Oh he is just Of course there was a lay faculty – Cook, going through a stage.” Niven, Wilkes, Beckner, McCabe, Bannister, Father Luke, the Procurator, filled the build- Mudd, Bussmann, Medart and Barry. Tonight, ings with government surplus furniture and the Trudy and I salute “Catholic Preparatory School grounds with a bulldozer, tractors etc and the food For Boys, Inc.” and all who lured this monastic supply with battered cans from Cherrick's railroad faculty from the cold rain swept West Riding of salvage. Yorkshire to this outpost of civilization. Father Ian. This gentle, kind, gardener was every- Congratulations OSB!! one's friend and filled the position of running the Junior Father Timothy School as well as teaching, coaching, etc. Catholic Preparatory School For Father Thomas taught science – almost all Boys, Inc. Saint Louis County, MO On our arrival in Saint Louis we had Chemistry. He loved to visit “Alaaaska,” Cape three pressing problems: subsistence, driving, Canaveral and the Planetarium and was my mentor, boss and and architecture. I want to say a little about each of these, but wonderful colleague. first, as they say on television, a word about Father Columba. Father Paul, the outward-bound math wiz, was freshly minted His two great achievements, to my mind, were the monastic and coached anything and everything. He has broken all records character of the Priory and the liaison with Fred Switzer and Inc. with the longevity of his sixth form calculus course. He excels in Monastic character: When we finally reached the Stannard spotting errors, especially in my math exams. House, as it then was, on October 19, 1955, there were many Father Leonard was the gaunt disciplinarian. He loved model friends waiting there to greet us and dine with us. Father trains, ham radio, geography, drama, and smoking. In those days Columba insisted that our first action should be to say Vespers even the seniors had a smoking room. and Compline, ending with the sung antiphon of Our Lady, in Father Austin, the robust was known as “King Kong” at our chapel.

The J. Brian Barry Family in 1963: first row, Mark 74, John 75, Peter, Anne, Jamie 77; second row. Trudy 78 and Brian.

10 Through great trust on both sides, we were able to agree that there and make do with that for a year or two, and in fact for part Inc's role should be strictly advisory. The monks would give great of a third. In due course we chose Hellmuth, Obata and weight to Inc's advice, but the ultimate decision on monastic and Kassabaum (HOK) because we liked their buildings and were school matters would rest with the monks. This was strengthened impressed by Gyo Obata. when Inc made the school take a boy who was academically Let me end with two principles on which Fathers Columba, acceptable, but, as we thought, unlikely to make the best use of Luke and I all firmly agreed. First, admission to the school. When after a few weeks it was clear to all that he should leave, that greatly strengthened the school's hand. the monastic principle: the We turn now to our three pressing problems. monastery comes first and the Subsistence: this involved shopping and the burden fell mainly school’s schedule must reflect that. on Father Luke, who did not like to spend money. He had a penchant for shopping not at Straub's, of which he We thought that in a day school we could achieve this, and for was told that it was cheaper in the long run, but at railway salvage many years the monks were able to attend all the monastic duties. stores, or Holstein's secondhand furniture store or government Even when the school grew and its activities became more varied, surplus. we kept, and still keep, as close to that as we can. Secondly, On a happier occasion, we decided that a good way of getting to know people would be to have a tea-party. This would have the academic principle: been quite normal in England, and Inc thought it would be schools are about students, quaint. As the day approached and we noted the close connection boys in our case. Many other between hospitality and alcohol, we began to get cold feet, but it people benefit from the e-xis was too late to cancel. The day came and was a great success. Two tence of schools: parents, or three hundred guests came and seemed to be very convivial. teachers, architects, pub-lish Later we found out that the guests too had had cold feet, and had ers of textbooks and so on, fortified themselves by stopping at Busch's Grove on their way to but schools are not about us. them: they are about boys, Driving: The first thing was to get licences. We were sent to a and the good of the boys is friendly police station, where we took the written test and passed. the ultimate criterion in all When we arrived at the Stannard House, we found in the garage a school decisions. very long Cadillac with a row of control knobs rather like an organ's console. We had taken it out for a trial run, but only by daylight. I drove to the East Coast and made a tour of schools and col- Not that the boys always know leges, which gave us a basis for educational planning. Father best what is their good, any more Columba and I drove to the West Coast, which gave us a great than patients always know better feel for the country. Later we visited the Little Colorado Canyon, than doctors or clients than where there is a precipitous drop of some eight hundred feet, lawyers, but still in the end schools guarded then only by railroad ties. I parked with the front wheels are about boys. against a tie. When we had admired the canyon, Father Columba said he would drive, put the car into forward gear saying, “This is reverse, isn't it?” I was just able to knock the stick-shift out of gear in time. Father Luke also drove to the West Coast in a scarlet .. ndrzej Zahorski, our Corvette, which he claimed did 130 mph (How did he know?) ...Saint Anselm Parish Architecture: The basic question was the style in which we ...Director of Music, A Dr. Andrzej Zahorski wanted to build. Father Columba put it well: we wanted a style provided this report concerning Director of Music that was neither ultra-modern nor sunk irretrievably in the past. music in the Abbey Church. Raymond Maritz was the architect of the Stannard House and its This year was certainly very beneficial for the cause of good adjacent buildings. music in our community. Indeed, there was no shortage of con- We agreed to let Raymond Maritz draw up a plan, which we certs during this year. Unlike in previous years, the sacred space called the Cloister Plan, which used the Stannard House, the of our church was used not once, not twice, but several times as a barn, and the buildings near it. When the bids for that came in venue for sacred music. The series of concerts hosted in the 2005- so far over the estimates, we decided simply to remodel what was 2006 season was a part of the festivities commemorating the fifty

11 year jubilee of the existence of Saint Louis Abbey. The series start- the great potential of human exis- ed on a high note with a concert of a capella vocal music featuring tence truly revealed. Only in this one of the most prestigious choirs of our city, the Saint Louis friendship do we experience beau- Chamber Choir. Led by the Chorus' Artistic Director Philip ty and liberation. Barnes, this concert was a recreation of the very first program given It is this kind of excitement by the Chorus to the public fifty years earlier. This curious coinci- that I believe we at the Abbey are dence of the Abbey's and the Chorus' anniversaries makes one experiencing as we reach the half- reflect on how both the Abbey and the city's very distinguished way point in our two year twin musical institutions have intertwined to make an impact on the life Golden Jubilee celebrations for the of Saint Louis. Monastery and for the School. After the Chamber Chorus grand opening, we had an oppor- The statement is true whether we tunity to savor some Advent and Christmas music – old and new – let Christ into our lives as a single Father Ralph Wright, OSB graciously rendered by young singers from the Saint Louis person, a married person or a con- Vocations Director University Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Gerald secrated religious. But if a person Becker. That concert was followed by an event very different in finds his calling in this monastery and abandons his life to Christ style: a performance by the Saint Louis Collegium Vocale, a vocal- under the Rule of Saint Benedict here at Saint Louis Abbey, I can instrumental group specializing in historically informed perfor- promise him that, if he is wholehearted, he will “experience beauty mance pieces, of a Baroque music program demonstrating various and liberation.” Abandoning yourself to the Lord for the sake of stylistic trends of the period. It also illustrated how some popular the gospel is itself a gift from God that at times we barely dare to tunes were circulating from one composer to another over a long ask for. But thanks to the many prayers of the Abbey Family, the period of time. Lord has continued during this last year to bless our community It was perhaps due to the proximity of Mardi Gras that a truly with vocations. In this year of the School’s Golden Jubilee, we excellent musical group from Saint Mary's University in Winona, particularly wish to thank God for alumni who have found their Minnesota, did not draw an audience of a sufficient size worthy of vocation in our abbey or are, even now, discerning whether the their considerable talents. The Chamber Singers delivered a well- Lord is calling them here – some years ago, our new Prior and searched and inspiring program of compositions by Brahms, Novice Master, Father Gregory Mohrman ’76 – more recently and Nystedt, Palestrina and a new revelation of American choral music currently in simple vows, Brother Alban Salinas ’99 – preparing to by Eric Whitacre. take his solemn vows, Brother Maximilian Toczylowski ’00 – in the In March the Saint Louis Women's Chorale enacted a rarely novitiate, Brother Cassian Koenemann ’97 – soon to be postulants, seen medieval musical drama the Ordo Virtutum, or the Company Edward Elliott ’02 and Michael McCusker ’01. Besides these from of the Virtues. Born over nine hundred years ago, Hildegard creat- among our alumni, we are looking forward to Brother Sixtus ed in this drama role models for a religious community to which Roslevich taking his simple vows in September. In addition to this work was dedicated. Finally, we hosted a young vocal ensem- these, Brother Andrew Senay is currently in the novitiate and X X ble, the Armonia Early Music Singers, who gave us a performance recently became a postulant. While inviting you to of a capella sacred vocal music of such a purity and an intensity continue to thank God for all of these blessings and to keep pray- ing for the growth of our monastery in numbers and holiness, I would like to end with another extract from World Youth Day this that it elicited tears from the audience. The hearty applause with time taken from Pope Benedict’s homily at the Mass on August 21, which the people cheered the group after the concert left no doubt 2005. that the music reached straight to their hearts. We all felt blessed. We all eat the one bread, and this means that we ourselves n his homily at his Inauguration Mass, Pope Benedict made a become one. In this way, a-do statement that he repeated four months later on the 18th day ration, as we said earlier, Iof August in Cologne at the opening of World Youth Day. It becomes union. God no longer purveys a taste of that excitement, joy and hope that the vision of a recently elected Pope is expected to bring. If we let Christ simply stands before us as the into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of One who is totally Other. He is what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friend- within us, and we are in Him. ship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is

12 “and may the Lord bring him Father Dominic’s Assignment in safely back to his home.” Then, there were as well the readings Washington, DC and prayers and blessings that are used by the Church in the send- ing forth of a missionary to aint Anselm's Abbey, in Washington, DC, is one of our preach the Gospel, for that is two sister English Benedictine Congregation in indeed the meaning of Father Sthe United States; the other is in Rhode Dominic's journey. As the rite Island. Saint Anselm's, while blessed with a very observant and says, the missionary is to preach able monastic community, with a thriving and excellent school, the Gospel both by proclaiming it and with many fruitful pastoral ministries in the Washington, DC new to those who have never Father Dominic, OSB area, has nevertheless had no persevering vocations to the monas- heard it – and Father Dominic tic community for a number of years; in consequence, over this will have the opportunity to do this in the national and interna- period the average age of the community has increased consider- tional environment to which he is going – and by bringing the ably, and the number of members is diminishing. In the summer Gospel's message of strength and comfort to “those already of the of 2005 the Abbey requested of the Abbot President and the household of faith” – and that will be Father Dominic's primary General Chapter of the English Benedictine Congregation that it task. We said the prayer of blessing for missionaries over him, and be allowed to embark on a program of reinvigoration of its then we gave him the Benedictine crucifix, the symbol of his mis- monastic life which would involve the stationing of several monks sion, which is to be an instrument of the Lord's drawing forth a of other EBC monasteries at Saint Anselm's for a three-year peri- share in his new and risen life from the darkness and sorrow of od in order that they might help the resident community with the pain and diminishment. program of reinvigoration. The Abbot President and the General On June 6 Father Dominic left on a trip to San Francisco and Chapter approved of Saint Anselm's request, and the Abbot to his hometown of Troy, , to say good-bye to his family. President asked that Saint Louis Abbey send a monk to Saint Then on June 30, he left for Washington, DC. Pray for him. Anselm's, and specified our Father Dominic. After much prayer, reflection and consultation, including with the School administration, on the part of Father Dominic and Father Abbot, Father Dominic consented to this request, and so did the Abbot. In addition, the monastic Council and the monastic community firmly supported them in this decision. This was of course an act of great generosity and courage on Father Dominic's part, and a very considerable sacrifice for us in the monastic community, as well as in our School and in our pas- toral ministry, in both of which Father Dominic has been much involved. However, we do believe that over the past fifty years Saint Louis Abbey has received enormous benefits from its mem- bership in the English Benedictine Congregation, and that it is only right and fitting that when a sister monastery is in need of help to sustain its life, we offer what assistance we can without imperiling our own community life and ministries, albeit with cost to both. We have also reflected much on the fact that this request has come to us in the year in which we are celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the foundation of our monastery through the generosity of another monastery. On June 2 of this year, we celebrated a Rite of Blessing for Father Dominic and had a farewell dinner for him. The Rite of Blessing comprised two elements. On the one hand, there were the ancient prayers used in Benedictine monasteries down the ages to implore God's protection for a brother who is leaving on a long journey. “May the angel of God travel with him,” we prayed, Our Lady of Grace

13 School. This effort was a resounding success with a recent ear friends and fellow members of the Abbey Family. I announcement that slightly more have been asked to report to you on the status of our than the target amount of DEndowment Campaign. As I do so, I cannot help but $1,200,000 has been raised. note that we are currently in the midst of an extended jubilee cele- Overall, we have made sig- brating sequentially; the founding of our Abbey, the founding of nificant strides with $9,300,000 the Saint Louis Priory School and the founding of Saint Anselm in hand or promised less than Parish. This, in turn, draws me to once again reflect upon that day twenty months from official com- in October of 1955 when three young monks from Ampleforth, mencement of the campaign in England, arrived in Saint Louis to take up new lives in service to December of 2004, but we obvi- the Saint Louis community. ously still have a significant way Mr. James D. Switzer 64 As we all know so well, their arrival was the act that forever to go to meet our goal of Endowment Campaign sealed that original bargain between the founding monks of the $20,000,000. To reach this goal Abbey and the lay founders, on behalf of all of us, which lies at will require a sustained effort and a continuing generosity on all the heart of this special community centered on the monastery, our parts. To those who have already given, once again, many this Abbey Family, and which also lies at the heart of all that we, thanks for that demonstration of your love and commitment to as the Abbey Family, have since accomplished. Were it not for the monks and their works. Please, strongly consider the possibili- those founders, both lay and monastic, and that original bargain, ty of supplementing your gift. To those who have not yet given, I in which the monastic founders agreed to come and found a can only ask you to reflect upon what you have received from the monastery and school, and the lay founders, in turn, agreed to monks of the Abbey directly or through their many works, includ- provide for their worldly needs, we would have no occasion for ing the Saint Louis Priory School and Saint Anselm Parish, and our jubilees. In fact, we as the Abbey Family would never have respond accordingly. If we all give commensurately with the bene- come to be. I cannot say for certain what my life would have been fits that we have received from our membership in the Abbey like without the monastery, the monks, and the Priory School. Family we will easily reach our Campaign goal. What I can say with some certainty is that my life would have been greatly diminished without them. It would seem that, based The Adam Cherrick Scholar In Residence Fund upon the results of our Endowment Campaign to date, I am far For from the only one who feels that way. In June 2004, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan B. Cherrick established I am happy to report that, as of June 30, we have received The Adam Cherrick Scholar-In-Residence Fund For Monastic cash, pledges, notices of planned gifts and other commitments to Education at The Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis in memo- the Endowment Campaign in excess of $9,300,000. In addition ry of their son, Adam, who died shortly before his birth, and in we are in discussions with a donor who has indicated a firm inten- honor of Abbot Thomas for his years of devoted friendship. The tion to make a seven figure contribution to the campaign as well purpose of the Fund is to provide annually a secular or religious as a number of other potential significant donors. scholar who will conduct an educational program for the monks. We have had very encouraging levels of participation from all The program will focus on one of the following principal areas: (i) solicited groups, with particular recognition due to the Saint Louis theological discussion of issues of common interest to Christianity Priory School Advisors with 100% participation, and the school and Judaism; (ii) prayer; (iii) the theory and practice of ethics; (iv) faculty and Abbey and school staff with participation levels religious education; (v) spiritual hospitality; or (vi) Benedictine approaching 100%. It cannot be overstated how important these values and monastic religious life. commitment levels will be as we shortly begin the corporation and The first lecture was held on November 28, 2004, provid- foundation phase of our campaign. One of the facts that is of ed by Professor Kenneth R. Seeskin, Department of Philosophy, most interest to potential corporate contributors is the level of Northwestern University. The thought provoking topic of forgive- commitment demonstrated by those most closely associated with ness and repentance provided a very interesting lecture. that activity for which you are soliciting their support. The above The second lecture was by Professor Menacham Kellner, have clearly answered that question. Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought, Department of Jewish With respect to the alumni parents segment of the campaign History and Thought, University of Haifa, Israel. He visited the I would like to express special thanks to Walter and Nancy Galvin Abbey on February 23, 2006, and lectured to the community on who not only took on the task of organizing and executing this Jewish Views of the Soul and the Afterlife. aspect of the campaign but, in addition, organized a core group of alumni parents who committed in excess of $700,000 toward a The Brunner Scholarship Trust Fund matching gift opportunity for alumni parents interested in fund- This fund was established by Headmaster Father Michael ing a Father Paul Kidner, OSB, Chair of Mathematics in the Brunner, OSB, in memory of his father, Maurice T. Brunner, to 14 honor a member of the junior class, which is the most intense year the needy, assisting in the School book store, assisting with mail- in our program, and through this award to recognize the work and ings, acting as ambassadors in admission and college guidance contribution of the entire junior class. efforts, and lending their expertise in management, finance and An award was established through this Fund. It was first pre- business as board members and advisors. Many volunteers are con- sented to Junior Peter L. Walz at Awards Day in April 2006. The fratres and pray with the monks. Rarely is there a need that can- award is for a student of sterling high character, high standards, not be fulfilled by a member of this Abbey Family. lofty goals and one who is a hard worker. It has been said that when a boy enters the seventh grade at Priory School, his entire family joins him and they quickly become lifelong members. It is our hope and prayer that this insti- tution will be here for generations to come. With God's blessing and the continued support of our friends, the next fifty years will his Golden Jubilee Journal with be even more successful than the first fifty years. More and more, articles about the great support we visualize, today, the words written in 1956 by Founding Prior Tof friends of the Abbey is evi- Father Columba Cary-Elwes in his Origins and Aims …It is our dence of the outstanding generosity that hope that Saint Louis Priory will be for the great City of Saint Louis exists at the Abbey, the School and the and its citizens what Westminster was to London and its citizens, Parish. All of the accomplishments in their abbey upon which they too can lavish their devotion and art, as these past fifty years are in part due to symbol of their appreciation that God comes first in the life of the this outstanding support from so many friends. Time and again, community. we have asked our friends to help us with our needs and they have never failed to fulfill them. We have launched many capital campaigns since 1955 when the monks arrived to build this great institution we see today. There have been capital campaigns for the acquisition of land in e, the monks, offer our the early days providing a campus today of one hundred fifty deep sympathy and acres. Campaigns were designed for raising funds needed for each heartfelt prayers to the phase of growth in the Monastery and the School. W family and friends of Viola, our Since the 1980s, capital campaigns were predominantly confrater and our gracious and dear focused on bricks and mortar; in 1984, a campaign was launched friend. She was the wife for sixty- to raise $2.5 million dollars for a monastery addition and an addi- five years of Mr. Fred M. Switzer, tion to the gymnasium; in 1994, a $5.4 million dollar campaign Jr. refurbished the Abbey Church, established a faculty development Death is a separation, but it is fund, and additionally raised funds for monastic needs and the also our only gateway to eternal endowment fund; in 1996, $7 million dollars were needed for the union and joy with God, if we are high school addition, science building renovation, junior school just. We need then to ask: how just Viola Marie Bardenheier south portico addition and monastic needs; in 2000, a new are we? How just is Viola? monastery was built debt free with a successful $8 million dollar Only God can say, but we know: Viola was devoted to her campaign; in 2005, our latest effort, we seek to raise $20 million husband, Fred, as he to her; she was the devoted mother of six, dollars to endow the Monastery, the Church and the School. This grandmother of nine, great grandmother of two, sister of three, most recent campaign is reported on by Endowment Campaign and happily related to many more; her family was the center of Chairman James D. Switzer ’64 on page 14 of this Journal. In her life, and providing for them was the center of her activities; twenty-five years and with the completion of our current cam- she gave unfailing support to Fred and especially when Priory was paign, contributions from our friends for capital campaigns total starting; she was persistent. I remember an extended transatlantic nearly $43 million dollars. Tremendous generosity and support correspondence between her and Father Columba about altar have been realized over the years for this very special institution. frontals, which Viola considered more important than we did. In a In addition to financial support and as important as financial sense, both sides won: the frontals were in place when we arrived; support, is the growth in the number of friends in the Abbey a little later they were not; she inspired her children always to do Family. Today, our data base lists nearly eight thousand families their best. Her advice to Harriet before her first League dance was, associated with the Abbey through the Monastery, the School and quoting Matthew 5.16, “Let your light shine before men” and the Parish. It is from these families that volunteers step forward to Viola practiced what she preached. fill so many needs whenever a request goes out for help. They She liked music and dancing, she liked and, I am told, had answer the call for prayers for vocations, vocations vigils, cleaning exquisite taste in clothes and jewelry - and Saint Francis de Sales the church, visiting the sick, nursing the sick, preparing food for urges women to pay due attention to their appearance. But more 15 important than these, she loved God. A lecturer suggested that the 7.30 a.m. Mass and was greeted by Father Benedict at the kiss there was no God. Viola walked out, left the campus, walked of peace, received Holy Communion and drove home – a little home and never went back. We could say much more. too speedily. She was given a ticket and paid on the spot, so her A propos of her love of God and of music, in Cardinal legal slate was clean. She went on to a meeting of the DAR, where Newman's The Dream of Gerontius, Gerontius' soul is transported she rested her head on the table in front of her and died. Many of by his Guardian Angel towards the throne of God. They arrive. us would like to die like that. There is an ecstatic musical gasp and the angel says, May she rest in peace. The eager spirit has darted from my grasp • And with the intemperate energy of love Anthony K. “Nip” Pandjiris, Flies to the dear feet of Emmanuel. the founder in 1946 of Pandjiris Having looked for a moment on the infinite majesty and Weldment Company in Saint beauty of God, and having responded in abundance of love, the Louis, died on Sunday, January 8. soul patiently awaits its future. So may it be with Viola. He was 91. • Mr. Pandjiris graduated from Lucie Furstenberg Huger died Christian Brothers College High on September 7, 2006, School in Saint Louis in 1933. at the age of almost 89, and was He was captain of the School's buried from the Abbey Church on first State Championship September 10. The readings were Basketball Team. He was also a chosen by her family – the three sprinter and hurdler in track and a Anthony Kimon sons are our alumni – after spirit- punter and receiver in football. He ed discussion. Two of those read- played in a city championship football game in 1932 that was ings, the famous passage on ''the held, because of inclement weather, in the old Arena with an 80- valiant woman” (Proverbs 31.10- yard field consisting of compacted dirt. 31) and the Beatitudes (Matthew He attended Marquette University on a track scholarship, 5.1-12), are easily applied to Lucie. Lucie Furstenberg where he tied a world record for indoor high hurdles and qualified She was a confrater, that is, she shared in our prayers and for the 1936 United States Olympic Track Team, but injury pre- was a close friend of the Abbey and of the monks. She was a vented his competing in the Olympics. parishioner of our parish for many years until she moved away, He graduated from Marquette in 1938 in mechanical engi- and even after she moved, attended Mass here daily at 7.30 a.m. neering. He later studied at the University of Missouri law school Before Mass she often led the Rosary for an end to abortion. and received his law degree. After working at Scullin Steel and She was devoted to her husband, her children, and her house- Medart Company, he was selected for his expertise in castings by hold. She was a faithful member of our Mothers' Club and its Robert Oppenheimer to work on the United States Government's president in 1965. Manhattan Project. She was active in civic affairs: wherever Lewis and Clarke In 1946, he founded Pandjiris Weldment Company, a manu- were involved, she was usually there, as currently in her campaign facturer of automatic welding equipment, where he served as pres- to secure a statue of them for Saint Louis. When she was regent ident until his retirement in 1974. He had numerous patents for of the Daughters of the Amercan Revolution, she arranged for automatic welding equipment. He always attributed the success of them to provide a red warning light for the top of the Arch – and Pandjiris Weldment in part to the efforts of his partners and chief not merely arranged it, she installed it. She went out onto the engineers. He was a vice president of the American Welding narrow, sloping top of the Arch, and the media would not follow Society and spoke often to local chapters of the society. His firm her. had a reputation, both nationally and internationally, for high She was intrepid, adventurous and versatile: besides what we quality welding products. have already recorded, she painted, wrote, and carried out histori- Nip and his wife were golfers and long-time members of Old cal research. She lived up to her name, which is derived from lux Warson Country Club. Nip was a member of the Serra Club, the meaning light. There was indeed a radiance about her, and her League of 1000 Men West, and the Manresan Club. He was active light, as Jesus recommended, was not hidden under a bushel mea- in Our Lady of the Pillar and Saint Louis Priory School Mens' sure, but was there for all of us to see by. Clubs, and was on the board of directors of our Saint Louis Abbey It would perhaps be presumptuous of us to try to judge just Society for many years. how far Lucie lived up to the Beatitudes, and there is, in addition, He is survived by his four children, including James of our the danger that if we give her high marks, that may reduce the class of 1970, and four grandchildren including Anthony F., class intensity of our prayer for her. But, also perhaps, we can say that of 1994. Mary Louise Sackbauer Pandjiris, his wife of sixty-five her happy death was a sign of God's favor: she came as usual to years, died just four days before his own death. 16 Charles R. Jones, grandfather of Bobby '09 and Matthew '10 Isabel Jorgen, grandmother of Ted and Stephen Penninngton '08 John David Keating, father of David '69, Mike '72 and Rick '74, e were deeply sad- grandfather of Brendan '06 dened to learn of the Richard C. Lake, deacon at Saint Anslem Parish Wdeath of our alumnus Marie S. Marsh, parishioner and past Alumni Association John J. McAleenan, grandfather of Tim '08 President Dennis G. Yemm on Robert L. McCaffrey, friend of the Abbey March 11, 2006, of cancer, at the Francis F. “Paddy” McCarthy, friend of the Abbey age of 50. Our heartfelt prayers David J. McKay, Jr., father of David '72 are with his wife, Jean, daughters Sister Mary Gray McNally, RSCJ, friend of the Abbey Kristen and Lisa, and two sons Arthur Jay Meier, parishioner Ted ’06 and Mike ’09. May he Michael D. Metzger, faculty member rest in peace. Prayers are also Daniel P. Mooney, friend of the Abbey asked for the following deceased Dennis G. Yemm 73 Ann G. Morrissey, mother of Joe '74 (deceased), and John '75, friends. grandmother of John, Jr., '04 Mary Jane Niedermeyer, mother of Pat '69, Michael ’70 and Brian ’76 Helen K. Albright, mother of Tom Kruckemeyer '72 Daniel F. O'Sullivan, MD, father of Jody '78, grandfather of Carl J. Artman, MD, father of Carl '83 Joseph ’12 Marilyn Baker, mother of Jim '76 Anthony K. “Nip” Pandjiris, father of Jim '70, Society board member Alice H. Barnes, mother of Ellis III '65 Mary Louise Pandjiris, mother of Jim '70 Mary Louise Barry, grandmother of Ryan '08 and Everett T. Peters, father of Ted '72 Colin Linkul '11 Lorraine Petti, grandmother of Clayton '11 Robert W. Broeg, step-father of Greg Emmenegger '76 Elinor F. Qualy, mother of Bill ’78, Scott ’80, Chris ’81, grandmother Sister Mary Byles, RSCJ, friend of the Abbey of Will ’06 and Andy Wright ’12 Al Collier, grandfather of Luke Wenger '06, father-in-law of Ruth R. Rapp, parishioner faculty member Jacob Wenger Robert Z. Reed, Jr., father of John '85 Mary Cody, friend of the Abbey John H. Rice, father of John '60 and Jim '66 John J. Cole, father of Tom '62 and John '65 grandfather of Julia M. Sauer, mother of Fred ’63, grandmother of Fred ’89, John ’93, John '11 Charlie ’80 and Dean Pollnow ’92, and David Sliney ’88 Florence E. Dahm, grandmother of Clayton '10 Milton F. Schmidt, father of Alan ’70, grandfather of Andrew ’06 Donald R. Daues, parishioner Mary Margaret Shields, grandmother of John Sanders ’07 John D. Dwyer, grandfather of Jerry '09 Margaret V. Smith, mother-in-law of Karel Smith, faculty member Agnes D. Ellinwood, mother of Tom '73 and Mark '75 John A. Stevens, grandfather of Scott Horan '10 Robert F. Erbs, father of Bob '80 Jacqueline Collier Sullivan, mother of Jim '85 Amy Fernandez, wife of Diego ’85 Viola M. Switzer, mother of George '61 and Tom '63, Confrater James B. Finn, friend of the Abbey Sherwin “Win” L. Tobias '74, alumnus, brother of Joe '77 John P. Flanigan, father of John, Jr. '65, Philip '67, Peter '69 and Louis C. Trout, friend of the Abbey David '78, grandfather of John III '87 Barbara C. Tull, grandmother of William Sarni '09 John Guignon, grandfather of Robert '06 Father Wilfred Tunink, OSB, friend of the Abbey David J. Harrington, parishioner Alvin D. Vitt, friend of the Abbey Jeanne Hauck, grandmother of Joe Lohmuller '11 Bernice B. Vournas, mother of George '66, grandmother of Alex ’98 Carl V. Haueisen, grandfather of Greg '07 and Mikey '10 Mary B. Wuschke, mother-in-law of faculty member Joseph Gleich Harry William Henry, Jr., father of faculty member Dennis G. Yemm '73, alumnus, father of Ted '06 and Mike '09, H. William III brother of Ted '71 Reva G. Hord, grandmother of Jon Van Breusegen '10 Lucie F. Huger, mother of Bernie '63, Greg '64 and Ray '66, grandmother of Bernard '94, Society board member, Confrater Aloysius Jendrisak, grandfather of Nick '05 and Adam '07 Alan G. Johnson, father of Marc '95 Dr. Elizabeth Jonason, friend of the Abbey James H. Jones, MD, father of Jim '78 17 18