Fr. Jeremy King has been appointed in-house guest master for the monastery. He was the first monastery guest manager in 1982 when the monastic community moved into the current monastery.
Br. Stanley Rother Wagner gave a talk at Quincy University in Quincy, IL, titled “I Surrender: Christian Perfection and the Monastic Journey,” on March 2. He also defended his master’s thesis, “Their Rank in the Community: The Evolving Vocation of Benedictine Brothers at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 1854 to the Present,” at the University of Louisville on March 29.
Br. John Mark Falkenhain presented a talk on addressing mental health issues at the joint meeting of abbots and prioresses held at St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, AL, in February.
Fr. Eugene Hensell presented a Lenten Scripture program for the Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, on March 25-April 3.
Fr. Adrian Burke preached a retreat for priests of the Archdiocese of Louisville at Gethsemani Abbey in March. He also preached parish missions at Holy Angels in Chagrin Falls, OH, and St. Gregory in Bardstown, KY.
Fr. Christian Raab gave the men’s and women’s retreats for Evansville’s Holy Redeemer parish on February 10-12 and March 10-12. He also led a series called “Mass in a Month” at St. Joseph Parish, Jasper, IN, as part of the Year of Eucharistic Renewal.
Fr. Harry Hagan published “Have Mercy Son of David” with Oregon Catholic Press, with music by Steve Angrisano and Curtis Stephan. Fr. Harry’s translation of The Holy Rule of Our Holy Father Saint Benedict is now available as a digital publication at Palni Press.
Br. John Glasenapp presented his research to the Seminar on Religion and Writing at Columbia University in February, while teaching music history at St. Anselm College, NH. He also led a session on chant for music students at New York University in March. His article, “Nuns, Cistercian Chant and Observant Reform in the Southern Low Countries,” appeared in the volume Women and Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 1000-1500 in April.
Br. James Jensen and Fr. Simon Herrmann attended the Testify event, a gathering hosted by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for parish and diocesan leaders who work with youth, young adults, and catechetical ministry, at St. Paul’s Parish in Bloomington, IN.