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On the Hill Summer 2020 • Vol. 59:3 COVID-19: How Saint Meinrad has fared Four monks honored as jubilarians Alumni Reunion: Virtual for the first time Cover: Archabbot Kurt Stasiak catches a ball thrown by Br. Simon Herrmann during evening recreation on May 22. On the Hill Summer 2020 • Vol. 59:3 FEATURES 2-3 . .Monks’ Personals and Monastery News 4 . .CARES Act 5 . .Retiring Overseers 6 . .Student Profile 7 . .Graduation 8-11 . .COVID-19 12 . .Photos 13 . .Fr. Isidore Hobi ALUMNI 14 . .Alumni Eternal 15 . .Alumni News 16 . .Virtual Alumni Reunion On the Hill is published four times a year by Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary and School of Theology. The newsletter is also available online at: www.saintmeinrad.edu/onthehill Editor: . .Mary Jeanne Schumacher Copywriters: . .Krista Hall & Tammy Schuetter Send changes of address and comments to: The Editor, The Development Office, Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary & School of Theology, 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad, IN 47577, (812) 357-6501 • Fax (812) 357-6759, [email protected] You can find more photos of Saint Meinrad events at www.saintmeinrad.edu, © 2020 Saint Meinrad Archabbey http://saint-meinrad.smugmug.com Monks’ Personals Br. Stanley Wagner had an article Br. John Glasenapp successfully Br. Jean Fish has been accepted to the published in the June 2020 issue of defended his dissertation and was master’s program in art at the University American Benedictine Review titled “‘A awarded a PhD in historical musicology of Birmingham in Alabama. Strong Sign of Unity’: The Divine Office from Columbia University. He will offer a Fr. Meinrad Brune and Fr. Bede Cisco and Community Integration at Saint course titled “The History of Sacred were elected to two-year terms on the Meinrad Archabbey, 1870-1970.” Music from Augustine to the 21st Abbot’s Council. Br. John Mark Century” in the fall semester of the Falkenhain was elected to a one-year Br. John Mark Falkenhain, Br. Joel Seminary and School of Theology. term. Fr. Joseph Cox and Fr. Luke Blaize and Sr. Jeana Visel conducted a Waugh were appointed to one-year terms. series of Gregorian Chant distance Fr. Raymond Studzinski had the first learning sessions for the National issue of his academic journal, The Br. John Mark Falkenhain’s book, How Association of Pastoral Musicians June International Journal of Evangelization We Love: A Formation for the Celibate 13-27. and Catechetics , published by Catholic Life , received a third-place award from the University Press in May. Association of Catholic Publishers in the Fr. Guerric DeBona started his “General Interest” category. sabbatical June 1 and will continue Br. Joel Blaize was accepted into the through mid-January 2021. During his master’s program in Gregorian chant and absence, Fr. Harry Hagan was appointed ritual song at the University of Limerick, Mass & Vespers pro-subprior, Fr. Joseph Cox was Ireland. appointed acting novice-junior master, and Br. Simon Herrmann was appointed Fr. Mark O’Keefe was re-elected to the Join the monks for Mass and assistant to the acting novice-junior Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Vespers daily via livestream at master. Theology Board of Trustees for a two- www.saintmeinrad.org/live year term. 2 Monastery News Four monks celebrate jubilees The Benedictine monks at Saint Meinrad He earned a director of academic and administrative Archabbey will celebrate the jubilees of licentiate in computing, associate formation dean, four of their confreres on July 26, 2020. sacred theology director of human formation, director of The celebration will combine Br. Raban from Collegio di pastoral formation, and assistant professor Bivins’ and Fr. Colman Grabert’s 60th Sant’ Anselmo in of canon law in the Seminary and School anniversaries of monastic profession, the 1969. He began of Theology. 25th anniversary of profession for Fr. teaching at Saint Patrick Cooney, and Fr. Germain Meinrad School He also served as a chaplain (lieutenant Swisshelm’s 60th anniversary of of Theology in colonel) in the Kentucky Air National priesthood ordination. 1967, where he Guard, retiring in 2014 after 21 years of Fr. Colman Grabert was an assistant active duty in the Air Force and Air Br. Raban professor of National Guard. He served as the professed vows systematic theology until 1994. defender of the bond for the Archdiocese as a Benedictine of Indianapolis tribunal from January monk on May 7, For many years, he served as one of the 2005 until July 2017. 1960. A native of Archabbey’s principal organists. He also Owensboro, KY, has served as secretary to the archabbot, Fr. Patrick is a member of the Canon Law he came to Saint house prefect, gardener and in the mail Society of America (CLSA), where he has Meinrad to attend service. Fr. Colman is currently a director served on the Board of Governors and is school at St. for guided retreats as well as one of the currently the chair of the Publication Placid Hall in monks who offer preached retreats in the Advisory Board. He also serves as an Br. Raban Bivins 1957. Guest House Retreat Program. editor for CLSA’s Roman Replies and Advisory Opinions . Fr. Patrick is on the In the early 1960s, he worked in various Fr. Patrick is a board of directors for the Resource Center assignments at Saint Meinrad, including native of for Religious Institutes and is currently in the shoe shop, as a volunteer fireman Evergreen Park, the judicial vicar for the Diocese of and as house prefect for the monastery. IL. After earning Owensboro, KY. In 1965, he was sent to Saint Meinrad’s a bachelor’s mission in Peru, where he served until degree in Fr. Germain , a 1979. electronic native of Orrville, technology at OH, professed He then worked in Saint Meinrad’s Purdue monastic vows on Physical Facilities Department, where University, he August 15, 1957, he has been a locksmith since 1984. In Fr. Patrick Cooney served in the Air and was ordained 1996, he was appointed subprior (third Force as a on September 25, in leadership) for the monastery. The research and development engineer for 1960. He first Saint Meinrad brother to be five years. completed appointed to the position, he served as bachelor’s subprior until 2007. He then studied for the priesthood at Saint Fr. Germain Swisshelm degrees in Meinrad Seminary and School of philosophy and Currently, he assists in the monastery Theology. He earned a Master of Divinity history at Saint Meinrad. He also did infirmary, works as a locksmith, and is and Master of Arts in 1991 and was graduate studies at Indiana University, the Archabbey almoner and director of ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese Oklahoma University and San Marcos community outreach. of Belleville, IL, on June 1, 1991. He later University in Lima, Peru. earned a licentiate in canon law from The Fr. Colman , a native of Evansville, IN, Catholic University of America. From 1960-62, Fr. Germain taught at St. professed his monastic vows on August Meinrad’s Placid Hall. In 1962, he was a 15, 1960. After attending Saint Meinrad In 1994, he decided to join the monastery founding member of Saint Meinrad’s High School, College and School of at Saint Meinrad Archabbey and made his mission, Los Pinos, in Peru. He taught at Theology, he was ordained a priest on first profession of vows on August 6, the seminary and high school in Huaraz September 5, 1965. 1995. At Saint Meinrad, he has served as Continued on p. 4 3 continued from p. 3 and was an associate pastor at San Juan de For about 40 years, Fr. Germain has Lurigancho Parish in Lima. offered the weekly Saturday Mass at Monte Cassino Shrine. Since 1996, he has While in Peru, Fr. Germain undertook been in charge of preparing the readings Quechna studies and was founder of for the Divine Office in the Archabbey Estudios Culturales Benedictinos , which Church. He has found this service produced a Quechua-Spanish dictionary especially rewarding, as it provides the and several other texts, including a nine- opportunity to study Scripture and the volume manuscript of the New Testament works of the Church Fathers. in Quechua. CARES Act offers some charitable gift incentives In March, Congress passed the CARES Required Minimum Distributions Act with the goal of helping those affected Suspended Book helps by the coronavirus and the economic The CARES Act suspends the crisis. In addition to providing economic requirements for required minimum parishes focus on relief to millions of Americans, the bill distributions (RMDs) for the 2020 tax provided increased incentives for year from certain defined contribution hospitality charitable giving to both individuals and plans and IRAs. corporations. 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