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Fr. Theophile (Waldorf) Brown has died at age 86 The monks of Mary Mother of the Church Abbey are mourning the loss of their beloved brother, Fr. Theophile (Waldorf) Brown...
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St Benedict, the Theology of the Body and Human Love At the beginning of the fourth chapter of his Rule, Saint Benedict emphasizes the primary importance of love as the...
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  • Fr. Theophile (Waldorf) Brown has died at age 860December 24, 2011

    Fr. Theophile (Waldorf) Brown has died at age 86

    The monks of Mary Mother of the Church Abbey are mourning the loss of their beloved brother, Fr. Theophile (Waldorf) Brown...
  • World Youth Day and vocations: Young want to be heard, invited, challenged0August 12, 2011

    World Youth Day and vocations: Young want to be heard, invited, challenged

    Any contact any religious has with a young person “is a vocational moment,” because youths are “trying to sort it...
  • A Monk Reflects on Divine Mercy and the Sacred Heart of Jesus0July 31, 2011

    A Monk Reflects on Divine Mercy and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

    In the message of Divine Mercy, Jesus expresses His intimate desire to enter into the temple of our heart, but...
  • Promoting and Nurturing Vocations and Consecrated Life0July 26, 2011

    Promoting and Nurturing Vocations and Consecrated Life

    VATICAN CITY, 16 MAY 2011 (VIS) – Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace...
  • St Benedict, the Theology of the Body and Human Love0July 25, 2011

    St Benedict, the Theology of the Body and Human Love

    At the beginning of the fourth chapter of his Rule, Saint Benedict emphasizes the primary importance of love as the...
  • A Monk Reflects on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Living Eucharistic Communion0July 25, 2011

    A Monk Reflects on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Living Eucharistic Communion

    In our personal encounter with the living Lord Jesus through Holy Communion, the believer’s individuality is opened up and transformed...
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    From early in my life I knew that I wanted to serve God as a Priest. I was accepted to attend seminary at Belmont Abbey and became a Benedictine, something my Father had predicted. I made my first profession in 1960. It was a great day, the greatest day of my life. I was ordained a priest in June of 1961. I came to Benedictine to teach French and typing the next year. I was privileged to be elected Abbot in 1989.

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