On the Hill Fall 2018 • Vol. 57:4 Enrollment strong as school year begins New members join Overseers board Photos from 2018 Alumni Reunion Cover: Fr. Tobias Colgan, OSB, left, congratulates the Distinguished Alumnus Award winner, Archbishop Peter Wells, at the Alumni Reunion banquet on July 24. On the Hill Fall 2018 • Vol. 57:4 FEATURES 2-4 . .Monastery News 5 . .Photos 6-7 . .Student Profile 8-9 . .New School Year 10-11 . .New Overseers ALUMNI 12-13 . .Alumni Reunion Photos 14-15 . .Alumni Eternal and News 16 . .Day of Service 2019 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] Fr. Mateo Zamora, OSB, lays hands on newly ordained Fr. Peduru www.saintmeinrad.edu, © 2018, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Fonseka, OSB, at his ordination Mass August 11. Find more photos at http://saint-meinrad.smugmug.com Monastery News Fr. Denis Robinson traveled to Rome to Fr. Julian Peters directed a retreat titled up on the keynote address given at the lead a 10-day study tour for the Saint “Discernment and Conversion: It Goes On 2017 National Symposium for Religious Meinrad World Church Program in June. and On” for permanent deacon candidates Brothers. He then took a mini-sabbatical to London of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Casper, WY, for his jubilee of ordination during July. on August 10-12. Br. John Glasenapp traveled to Belgium on August 29 to continue his research for Fr. Columba Kelly received the Jubilate Br. Lorenzo Penalosa traveled to Urbania, his doctoral dissertation in historical Deo award posthumously from the Italy, on August 21 to attend language musicology. He’ll be living and working National Association of Pastoral Musicians school. He then traveled to Rome, where at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium. on July 12 in Baltimore, MD. Fr. Jeremy he resumed his liturgical studies at the King accepted the award in his honor. Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Sant’ Anselmo, Rome. Fr. Julian Peters and Alumni Director Christian Mocek hosted a gathering of Novice Christian Lumsden has been alumni and friends on behalf of Saint appointed in-house guestmaster and Meinrad in Memphis, TN, on July 16. bulletin board prayer lister. Order your CareNotes today! Br. Kolbe Wolniakowski returned home Br. John Mark Falkenhain spoke at the from a visit to the Abbey of Einsiedeln on annual Religious Brothers Conference in For info or to order: August 5. Washington, D.C., in July. The topic was Call us at 1-800-325-2511 titled “The Hard Work of Zeal,” a follow- or visit www.carenotes.com. 2 Monastery News continued Fr. Mateo Zamora professes first vows Novice Noel Assumption before deciding to study for University football team during the 2016- Zamora professed the priesthood. 17 season. his temporary vows as a He earned a Master of Arts in Catholic At the diocesan level, he served on the Benedictine monk thought and life in 2004 and a Master of school board (later renamed school in a ceremony on Divinity in 2007, both from Saint Meinrad council) from 2007-2012 and the August 6, at Saint School of Theology. presbyteral council from 2010-2015. He Meinrad worked in the Lexington Tribunal, first as Archabbey. He was ordained a priest on May 19, a case instructor and later as a defender of 2007, for the Diocese of Lexington, KY. the bond. With the abbot’s permission, he Fr. Mateo Zamora He has completed Fr. Mateo served at Mary, Queen of the will resume his part-time work as defender his novitiate, a Holy Rosary Church, Holy Spirit Parish of the bond for the Lexington Tribunal. year of prayer and study of the and University of Kentucky Newman Benedictine way of life. As is the custom Center, all in Lexington; St. Andrew In the monastery, he has been serving as during the profession of vows, he chose a Church, Harrodsburg, KY; St. Mary the custodian of Mass intentions and religious name. Novice Noel is now Fr. Church, Perryville, KY; Jesus Our Savior juniorate guestmaster. Mateo. Church, Morehead, KY; St. Julie Church, Owingsville, KY; and Morehead State Temporary vows are typically for three Fr. Mateo, 41, is a native of Angeles City, University Newman Center. years. This period offers a continuing Philippines. He earned a bachelor’s degree opportunity for the monk and the in communication from Ateneo de Manila He also was a guest columnist for the monastic community to determine University in 1998. For two years, he was Harrodsburg Herald from 2012 to 2015 whether monastic life is, indeed, the right a college instructor at the University of and chaplain of the Morehead State vocation for this individual. Novice joins Benedictine community In a brief Previously, he served as director of music As a novice, he takes a year off from ceremony, for the deanery of Kent in the United formal studies and trades. The novitiate is Novice Christian Kingdom and as director of music and a time of prayer and learning intended to Lumsden was liturgy for the Diocese of Hamilton, help a novice discern his vocation as a clothed in the Bermuda, where he also served as monk. At the end of this year, a novice Benedictine habit cathedral organist and master of the may be permitted to profess temporary at Saint Meinrad choristers. vows of obedience, fidelity to the Archabbey on monastic way of life and stability in the August 5. He Most recently, he was a junior monk at the community of Saint Meinrad. now begins a Benedictine monastery of Quarr Abbey on Novice Christian Lumsden year of monastic the Isle of Wight, UK. formation, including study of the Rule of St. Benedict and monastic history. Sign up for the e-newsletter Novice Christian, 44, is a native of Trinidad. He earned degrees in music from Trinity College of Music in London If you’d like to receive brief updates on what’s happening at Saint Meinrad, and Canterbury Christ Church University you can sign up for a free e-newsletter. Every few weeks, you will receive a in the United Kingdom. He also studied newsletter in your email’s inbox. liturgy in the graduate program at The To sign up, go to the “Newsletters” link on the front page of the website: Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, IL, and www.saintmeinrad.edu. Or, send an email to [email protected] canonical monastic studies at the University of Oxford. 3 Monk professes solemn vows in August 15 ceremony Br. Lorenzo In May 2017, he graduated from Saint Penalosa Meinrad Seminary and School of professed solemn Theology with a Master of Divinity and a vows as a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology. He has Benedictine been serving as monastery guestmaster monk of Saint and as assistant to the director of the Meinrad Institute for Priests and Presbyterates. Archabbey in a ceremony on Later this month, he begins graduate August 15 in the studies at the Pontifical Liturgical Br. Lorenzo Penalosa Archabbey Institute of Sant’ Anselmo in Rome. Church. In professing solemn vows of obedience, Br. Lorenzo, 27, is a native of the fidelity to the monastic way of life and Philippines. He is a graduate of Ben Davis stability in the community at Saint High School in Indianapolis and Marian Meinrad, he becomes a full and University, Indianapolis, where he earned permanent member of the Benedictine a bachelor’s degree in Catholic studies community. R Br. Lorenzo Penalosa, OSB, is all smiles at and history in 2012. He was a member of the conclusion of his solemn vows ceremony St. Joseph Parish. on August 15. Fr. Peduru Fonseka, OSB, ordained priest at Saint Meinrad Archabbey Fr. Peduru the monastery in 2011. He professed 2018 with a Master of Divinity degree. Fonseka, OSB, a solemn vows on August 15, 2016. He will begin work in the Seminary and monk of Saint School of Theology’s Institute for Priests Meinrad He graduated from Saint Meinrad and Presbyterates. Archabbey, was Seminary and School of Theology in May ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on August 11 by the Most Rev. Charles C. Fr. Peduru Fonseka Thompson, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The ordination was held in the Archabbey Church. Fr. Peduru, 35, is a native of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Battaramulla and attended St. Joseph’s College in Colombo, both in Sri Lanka. In 2008, he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. He then worked as a structural engineer at Barter R Newly ordained Fr. Peduru Fonseka, OSB, at right, walks outside the Archabbey Church & Associates Inc. in Mobile, until joining following his ordination, to the applause of priests and confreres. 4 Photos, beginning at top, left to right: The mayor of the Swiss town of Einsiedeln, Franz Pirker (center), and his guests visited Saint Meinrad Archabbey on July 26. They toured the grounds, prayed in the Archabbey Church and enjoyed lunch with Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, OSB (left). At right is the mayor’s usher, Bruno Kälin. Agnes Kovacs, right, helps Jacqui Rapp create a liturgical candle during the Parish Catechetical Leadership Institute in July. Fr. Mateo Zamora, OSB, receives the sign of peace from Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, OSB, after making his first profession as a monk of Saint Meinrad on August 6.