2021 Congregational Catalog
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CATALOG OF THE CONGREGATION The Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation, under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was erected by Pope Leo XIII by a Brief dated April 5, 1881. ABBOT PRIMATE GREGORY POLAN TENTH ABBOT PRIMATE OF THE BENEDICTINE CONFEDERATION Born Jan 2, 1950, prof Aug 28, 1971, ord May 26, 1977, elected abbot of Conception Abbey Nov 6, 1996, blessed Dec 9, 1996, elected Abbot Primate Sept 10, 2016. Badia Primaziale Sant’ Anselmo Piazza Cavalieri di Malta, 5 I-00153 Rome, Italy Tel: 011 39 06 579 1319, Fax: 011 39 06 579 1374 E-mail: [email protected] ABBOT PRESIDENT VINCENT DE PAUL BATAILLE TWELFTH ABBOT PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS-AMERICAN CONGREGATION Marmion Abbey 850 Butterfield Road Aurora, IL 60502-9743 Tel: 630-966-7750 Fax: 630-897-7086 E-mail: [email protected] ABBOT PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL Abbot Justin Brown Saint Joseph Abbot Benedict Neenan Conception Father Patrick Caveglia Saint Benedict Priory Father Paul Thomas Mount Angel LEGAL COMMITTEE Father Timothy Joyce Glastonbury Father Paul Thomas Mount Angel CATALOG FINANCE COMMITTEE Father Patrick Caveglia Saint Benedict Priory Mr. Glenn Constantino Subiaco Father Charles Benoit Saint Joseph ARCHIVIST Father Meinrad Brune Saint Meinrad PROCURATOR GENERAL P. Geraldo Gonzalez y Lima (Abadia São Geraldo, São Paulo) Badia Primaziale di Sant Anselmo Piazza Cavalieri di Malta, 5 I-00153 Rome, Italy Tel: 011 39 06 579 1252 Fax: 011 39 06 579 1374 E-mail: [email protected] FORMER ABBOTS PRIMATE Hildebrand de Hemptinne 1893-1913 Maredsous Fidelis von Stötzingen 1913-1947 Maria Laach Bernhard Kaelin 1947-1959 Muri-Gries Benno Gut 1959-1967 Einsiedeln Rembert Weakland 1967-1977 St. Vincent Victor Dammertz 1977-1992 St. Ottilien Jerome Theisen 1992-1995 St. John Marcel Rooney 1996-2000 Conception Notker Wolf 2000-2016 St. Ottilien CATALOG FORMER ABBOTS PRESIDENT Fintan Mundwiler 1881-1898 St. Meinrad Frowin Conrad 1898-1922 Conception Philip Ruggle 1922-1936 Conception Columban Thuis 1937-1957 St. Joseph Stephen Schappler 1957-1961 Conception Gilbert Hess 1961-1965 Blue Cloud David Melancon 1965-1978 St. Joseph Raphael DeSalvo 1978-1984 Subiaco Jerome Hanus 1984-1987 Conception Patrick Regan 1987-1999 St. Joseph Peter Eberle 1999-2011 Mount Angel SENIORS IN THE CONGREGATION AGE Father Bonaventure Knaebel Saint Meinrad September 6, 1918 PROFESSION Father Bonaventure Knaebel Saint Meinrad August 6, 1938 PRIESTHOOD Father Bonaventure Knaebel Saint Meinrad June 5, 1943 CATALOG JUBILEES IN 2021 75 YEARS PROFESSED —1946 Fr. Norbert Schappler (Con) ..................................................... July 11 70 YEARS PROFESSED — 1951 Fr. Bernard Schaefer (Marm) ................................................. August 6 Fr. Richard Cleary (Con) ................................................. September 3 60 YEARS PROFESSED — 1961 Br. Joseph Koehler ((Sub)..................................................... March 19 Br. Dominic Warnecke (SM) ................................................... May 11 Fr. Charles Reichenbacher (Marm)...................................... August 10 Fr. John McMullen (SM) ..................................................... August 15 Fr. Warren Heitz (SM) ......................................................... August 15 Arbp. Jerome Hanus (Con) .............................................. September 1 Fr. Richard Walz ((Sub) ................................................... September 8 Fr. William Wewers (Sub) ............................................... September 8 Br. Mario Ibison (SM) .................................................... November 12 60 YEARS ORDAINED — 1961 Fr. Meinrad Brune (SM) ............................................................ May 7 Fr. Eugene Luke (Sub) .............................................................. July 11 Fr. Rene Guesnier (Con) ................................................ September 21 50 YEARS PROFESSED — 1971 Fr. Scott Underwood (StJ) .......................................................... July 9 Ab. Michael Liebel (MtM) .................................................... August 1 Fr. Tobias Colgan (SM) ....................................................... August 27 Br. Hugh Ernst (SM) ............................................................ August 27 Fr. Jeremy King (SM) .......................................................... August 27 Ab. Prim. Gregory Polan (Con) ........................................... August 28 Fr. Albert Bruecken (Con) ................................................... August 28 50 YEARS ORDAINED — 1971 Fr. William Hammelman (MtA) .............................................. May 20 Fr. Mark Dumont (West) ......................................................... May 22 25 YEARS ABBATIAL BLESSING —1996 Ab. Prim. Gregory Polan (Con) ........................................ December 9 25 YEARS PROFESSED — 1996 Br. Isidro Ramos (Con) ......................................................... March 17 Br. Anthony Pierce (Sub) .................................................... February 2 P. Orlando Perez Gomez (SanJ)............................................... May 14 Fr. Andrew Quillen (Glas) ........................................................ July 11 P. Hugo Lopez Hernandez ((Esq) ............................................. July 11 Fr. Michel Pham (PP) ......................................................... October 19 H. Bernardo Escamilla Espino (NSLA) ............................... March 21 CATALOG 25 YEARS ORDAINED — 1996 Fr. Samuel Weber (SM) ............................................................. June 2 NECROLOGY “MAY CHRIST BRING US ALL TOGETHER TO EVERLASTING LIFE.” (RB 72) The following is a list of monks of our Congregation who completed their earthly life between October 31, 2018 and October 31, 2019. Their names are placed here to encourage the living members of our Congregation to remember prayerfully our confreres who have preceded us into eternity. “Once a month, or twelve times in a year, every monk shall offer the holy Sacrifice of the Mass, according to his own participation in the one priesthood of Christ, for the monks recently deceased as well as for all the departed of the Congregation.” (Covenant of Peace, C 88) Br. Patrick Shea (Con) ....................................................................... November 6, 2019 Fr. Augustine DeNoble (MtA) ........................................................... November 9, 2019 Fr. Basil Foote (West) ...................................................................... November 11, 2019 Ab. Andrew Garber (Con) ............................................................... November 12, 2019 Br. David Whelan (West) ................................................................ December 14, 2019 Br. Mel Tichota (MtM) .......................................................................... March 27, 2020 Br. James Pope (MtM) ............................................................................. April 10, 2020 Br. Maurus de Klerk (West) ...................................................................... May 26, 2020 Fr. Michael Jung (StJ) ............................................................................... May 29, 2020 Br. Brian Clearman (MtA) ........................................................................ May 29, 2020 Fr. Andrew Baumgartner (Asc) .................................................................. June 2, 2020 SAINT MEINRAD ARCHABBEY ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS The monastery was founded by Einsiedeln Abbey, Switzerland, on March 21, 1854, was raised to a conventual priory on May 1, 1864, to an abbey on Sept 30, 1870 and to the status of an archabbey on March 21, 1954. Address: St. Meinrad Archabbey 100 Hill Drive St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1003 Telephone: Switchboard 812-357-6611 Abbot 812-357-6555 Prior 812-357-6558 Subprior and Formation Director 812-357-6549 Monastery Guest Master 812-357-6326 Oblate Director 812-357-6842 Vocation Director 812-357-6988 President-Rector 812-357-6522 Fax: 812-357-6551 E-mail: The e-mail address for each monk is the first initial of his first name (no space) and his full last [email protected] Website: Abbey: www.saintmeinrad.org Seminary: www.saintmeinrad.edu ARCHABBOT KURT STASIAK X ABBOT (VII ARCHABBOT) Born Oct 9, 1952, prof Aug 15, 1975, ord April 27, 1980, elected abbot June 2, 2016, blessed July 26, 2016. RESIGNED ABBOTS ABBOT BONAVENTURE KNAEBEL V ABBOT (II ARCHABBOT) Born Sept 6, 1918, prof Aug 6, 1938, ord June 5, 1943, elected abbot June 3, 1955, blessed Aug 31, 1955, resigned June 3, 1966. ABBOT LAMBERT REILLY VIII ABBOT (V ARCHABBOT) Born April 18, 1933, prof Aug 15, 1956, ord Sept 20, 1959, elected abbot June 2, 1995, blessed June 24, 1995, resigned Dec 15, 2004. ABBOT JUSTIN DUVALL IX ABBOT (VI ARCHABBOT) Born July 7, 1951, prof Aug 24, 1974, ord April 30, 1978, elected abbot Dec 31, 2004, blessed Jan 21, 2005, resigned June 2, 2016. SAINT MEINRAD DECEASED BISHOPS AND ABBOTS ARBP. DANIEL BUECHLEIN, Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Born April 20, 1938, prof Aug 15, 1959, ord May 3, 1964. Appointed third Bishop of Memphis Jan 20, 1987, ordained and installed March 2, 1987, appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis July 14, 1992, installed as eleventh Bishop and fifth Archbishop Sept 9, 1992, resigned Sept 21, 2011, died Jan 25, 2018. BP. MARTIN MARTY, I Abbot and Bishop, Diocese of St. Cloud. Born Jan 13, 1834, prof May 20, 1855, ord Sept 14, 1856, appointed abbot Sept 30, 1870,