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Board of Regents
Our Board of Regents is meeting this weekend. The meetings began Friday afternoon and continue today. The Board helps Conception Seminary College with strategic planning and offering various kinds of insight and direction. Yesterday afternoon the monastic and seminary community gathered for Mass and the principal celebrant and homilist was Archbishop George Lucas of the…
Bishop Kemme Visits
Bishop Kemme of the Diocese of Wichita is visiting his men at Conception Seminary College these days. He arrived Tuesday evening and will stay through our Board of Regents meetings this weekend. Bishop Kemme will have a chance to visit with the seminarians from his Diocese who are studying in our seminary college. There are…
Fr. Timothy Enters Eternal Rest
At 9:10 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 March 2016, our beloved confrere, Father Timothy Schoen, O.S.B., passed unexpectedly into eternity. Earlier in the evening, Father Timothy had informed our Infirmary staff that he was having difficulty breathing. He was taken by ambulance to the emergency room of the Mosaic Life Center in St. Joseph, MO, where efforts to…
Lenten Conferences
On Tuesday evenings during Lent, the monks have a community conference after Vespers. Abbot Gregory decided to have some of the members give presentations on the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy. These works are particularly good areas of reflection during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. This evening Br. Anselm gave a conference on the…
F.I.R.E. Retreat
I had the privilege of traveling to Prairie Star Ranch in Williamsburg, Kansas to help out with the 2016 F.I.R.E. Men’s Retreat. I was invited to help out with confessions on Saturday evening, but I arrived there Saturday morning to participate in the activities and interact with the 90 men attending the retreat. When I…
Blessing of New Crucifix
The new crucifix which was hand carved specifically for the monastery dining room was mounted on Tuesday. The monastic community gathered for the blessing of this crucifix before supper. Abbot Gregory blessed the crucifix which all of the monks will look upon whenever we gather in the dining room. It is situated between a mural of Martha…
Celebrating with our Neighbors
Every year for the Feast of St. Scholastica, the sisters (our Benedictine neighbors) invite the monks to join them for Vespers and supper. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are just 2 miles down the road and we have a great relationship and a long history. The Feast of St. Scholastica was transferred one day…
Lent Begins
The monastic and seminary community gathered today in the Basilica to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass. The formula used for imposition of ashes: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” Abbot Gregory presided and preached at today’s liturgy and Fr. Brendan Moss, Rector of Conception Seminary, helped distribute ashes. St. Benedict encourages his monks to live a…
Celebrating Culture
This afternoon monks and seminarians celebrated with the CMC Community, our Vietnamese brothers who are on campus studying at Conception Seminary. Tet or Vietnamese New Year, is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. We recognized the Vietnamese New Year by a presentation and plenty of good food. Above: Fr. Pat and Fr. Samuel enjoy the festivities. Below:…