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THE ABBEY CHRONICLE April 2003 ■ The Easter Triduum was celebrated at the abbey with its special solemnity and reverence. The Easter Candle, made by Dunstan Moorse, OSB, was a fi fty-day reminder of the new light and life of the risen Jesus. A small and motley group of confreres continued the tradition of the Emmaus Walk (see Luke 24:13ff.) on Easter Monday with a four-mile hike to the rectory of St. Joseph’s Church in St. Joseph. There the pastor, Greg Miller, OSB, page 18 The Abbey Banner Fall 2003 The 2003 Easter Candle photo by Daniel Durken, OSB What’s Up? The Abbey Chronicle by Allen Tarlton, OSB served pizza and refreshments. The walkers rode back to the abbey. ■ On April 25, three hundred guests attended Saint John’s Day in honor of our benefactors. Jon Hassler, alumnus, former faculty member and internationally known author, received the Colman J. Barry Award for Distinguished Contributions to Religion and Society. Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, was recognized for his twelve years as university president and for his courage in accepting another six-year term. ■ Abbot John Klassen made a guest appearance on the April 26 Prairie Home Companion radio program with Garrison Keillor. In a skit that investigated French infi ltration in Stearns Coun- A review of major events at Saint John’s The Emmaus Walk—l. to r., Jerome Coller, Gregory Miller, Daniel Durken, Fransiskus Pranci Gale-Ea, OCSO, Xavier Schermerhorn, Christian Breczinski photo by Dolores Schuh, CHM ty, Abbot John cautioned, “You get rid of French and you lose the idea of the femme fatale, the avant-garde, café au lait, the gourmet, the gauche.” The abbot thus joined an elite group of abbatial entertainers. The Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Order, Nokter Wolf, OSB, plays guitar and fl ute with a jazz band he organized in Germany. Garrison Keillor (l.) and Abbot John read their radio scripts. photo by Melissa Christiansen
New college oblates: l. to r., Kathryn Thompson, Thomas Reichert, Scott Crumb, Erik Aschenbeck, Michael Kwatera, OSB, director of oblates photo by Robin Pierzina, OSB ■ On April 30 Abbot John received the Final Oblation of three Saint John’s University students and one from the College of Saint Benedict. The ceremony, held during Evening Prayer, was followed by a reception hosted by the abbot. May 2003 ■ On May 3-4, the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research (IECR) and Saint John’s Abbey hosted Professor Jaroslav Pelikan as part of a national lecture series celebrating his 80th birthday. A renowned theologian and author of more than thirty books, Dr. Pelikan was a charter member of the Board of Directors of IECR and an early recipient of Saint John’s highest honor, the Pax Christi Award. His book, Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture, is dedicated to the monks of the abbey. Jaroslav and Sylvia Pelikan photo by Patrick Henry ■ Saint John’s University held its 146th commencement ceremony on May 11. Mr. Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS’s The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the commencement speaker, led the four hundred undergraduate men and 36 School of TheologySeminary graduates in a public promise—“I will never be bored. I will never be boring.” Dr. John Page, former executive secretary of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, received the Pax Christi Award. ■ On May 18, Abbot John conferred the sacrament of confi rmation on 52 young people from four faith communities—St. John the Baptist Parish of Collegeville, Saint John’s Preparatory School, Saint James Parish of Jacob’s Prairie and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish of Richmond. ■ Saint John’s Preparatory School graduated 63 students on May 24, including ten from China, Japan, Taiwan and Poland. June 2003 ■ The monastic community’s annual retreat, June 2-6, began with the abbot’s delivering the fi rst of an annual “State of the Abbey Address.” Included in his talk were reports on the state of abbey fi nances, vocations, plans for the upcoming sesquicentennial celebration (2006- 07) and the status of Saint Augustine’s Monastery and College in the Bahamas. Conferences on various aspects of celibacy and sexuality were given by four visiting theologians. The retreat concluded with the ordination to the priesthood of Deacon THE ABBEY CHRONICLE Julius Beckermann, OSB. This was the fi rst priestly ordination of a Saint John’s monk in four years. ■ Five young men entered the abbey’s annual Monastic Experience Program on June 16. For a month they lived the full monastic routine of prayer and work. ■ The abbey’s 18th Annual Monastic Institute was held June 28-July 2. Columba Stewart, OSB, led 118 participants from thirty Benedictine communities in a study of the distinctive character of monastic prayer. Topics presented included “Liturgical and Individual Prayer” and “Psalmody and Lectio.” The Feast of St. Benedict, July 11, 2003 front and center: Gunther Rolfson second row: l. to r., Gordon Tavis, Alberic Culhane, Abbot John Klassen, Don LeMay, James Reichert, Christopher Fair, Xavier Schermerhorn July 2003 photo by Robin Pierzina, OSB ■ This month’s highlight was the celebration of the Feast of Saint Benedict, July 11th. The diamond and golden anniversaries of monastic profession of fi ve monks and the solemn profession of two monks are described in separate articles in this issue. Allen Tarlton, OSB, is a monk of Saint John’s Abbey. The Abbey Banner Fall 2003 page 19
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