Category Archives: Tom Andert

Message from Father Timothy Backous (re Andert)

Posted on October 26, 2007
Posted in Tim Backous, Tom Andert

Dear Students, Parents, Regents, Alumni and Friends, I have just received information that there will be a news conference this afternoon concerning allegations against one of the members of Saint John’s Abbey who served as Saint John’s Prep Headmaster in … Continue reading →

Email to Kate Lally and John Klassen

Posted on October 25, 2007
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, David Baraga, David G. Farrington, Gordon Tavis, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Kate Lally, Michael Bik, Pat Marker, Paul GoPaul, Review Board, Timothy Kelly, Tom Andert, Tom Frost

Ms. Lally, I would like to attend the next Review Board meeting to discuss the following information.

Abbot John Names New Prior

Posted on June 15, 2007
Posted in John Klassen, Tom Andert

Collegeville, MN — Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B., has appointed Fr. Thomas Andert, O.S.B., to be prior of Saint John’s Abbey effective July 1, 2007. In a Benedictine abbey the prior is the abbot’s primary assistant in serving the monastic community. … Continue reading →

Abuser monks out of the ministry, still in jobs

Posted on June 20, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Bruce Wollmering, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jim Phillips, John Kelly, John Klassen, Monk Travel, Richard Eckroth, Robert Blumeyer, Thomas Gillespie, Tom Andert

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops returned from Dallas with an explicit mandate to deal with sex abusers in the clergy. The “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” binds bishops around the country to the same “one-strike” policy.

SJU Student Development

Posted on October 10, 2000
Posted in BS, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Tim Backous, Tom Andert

Br. Isaac Connolly, dean of students and director of residential life, is on an administrative leave for the 2000-01 academic year. During the year, Br. Isaac will be visiting other college and university residence life programs to study residential learning … Continue reading →

Headmaster, Father Thomas Andert, Resigns

Posted on November 1, 1993
Posted in Timothy Kelly, Tom Andert

Father Thomas Andert, Headmaster of Saint John’s Preparatory School for the past six years, submitted his resignation, effective 1 June 1994, to Abbot Timothy Kelly early this fall.

Saint John’s Summer Leadership Camp

Posted on October 1, 1988
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Ian Dommer, Isaac Connolly, John Kelly, Michael Bik, Otto Webber, Tom Andert

Upon the unexpected death of Father Otto in July, 1987, Mr. Robert Alpers, a member of the Prep School faculty, was appointed Leadership Camp director, and Brother John Kelly assumed Fr. Otto’s other role – overall Director of Summer Camps … Continue reading →