Southern Indiana Living - Jan / Feb 2021

and German at Saint Meinrad and
was involved in parish work here in
Southern Indiana. He returned to the
Archabbey five years ago and still has
frequent calls and letters from past
students and those he knew from
service. “Being able to talk to people
is wonderful, since we cannot have
visitors at this time, and we only go
out for any necessary doctor appointments.”
Wellness Coordinator Jill Memmer
exercises with a group of monks
twice a week in the infirmary. “With
COVID, I have had to switch my
mindset from mainly face-to-face interactions
to virtual. I count my blessings
that I have been able to adapt my
programs and everyone seems willing
to adapt along with me.”
Memmer says that one of her
favorite memories is from a few
years ago when she asked the eldest
monk about the key to living so long
and he simply smiled and said, “just
keep breathing.” “The experiences
and knowledge the monks have to
share with me and the world make
our twice-a-week workouts a mutual
benefit to them and to myself.”
“I’m proud to call myself a
nurse,” said Phillips. “This profession
is definitely a calling, a lifestyle
and a passion; the monks have taught
me to view the profession as a ministry.
It takes a lot of compassion and
empathy to be a nurse. You have to
have the desire to make a positive impact
on the lives of our patients. Even
though the days are long, and, at
times, stressful, I leave knowing that
we did a darn good job.”
Stasiak easily sums up the compassion
of the infirmary staff: “I’ve always
said our infirmary staff is one of
our greatest blessings. As so many of
our co-workers have done, they have
proved themselves several times over
these past months as we’ve been living
under the COVID pandemic. Caring
for the sick while there’s a worldwide
sickness going on is certainly
not for the fainthearted. Our infirmary
staff shows their strong and caring
hearts day after day. They are among
the most ‘careful’ — that is, ‘full of
care’ — people I know.” •
For more information on Saint Meinrad
Archabbey, visit saintmeinrad.org.
“I’ve always said our
infirmary staff is one of
our greatest blessings.
As so many of our coworkers
have done, they
have proved themselves
several times over these
past months as we’ve
been living under the
COVID pandemic. Caring
for the sick while
there’s a worldwide
sickness going on is
certainly not for the
fainthearted.”
- Archabbot Kurt Stasiak
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