St. John’s Abbey set to celebrate 50 years

Posted on October 20, 2011
Posted in Frank Kacmarcik, Hilary Thimmesh, John Klassen, Marcel Breuer

COLLEGEVILLE — It’s a house of worship that belongs to the ages. The monks of St. John’s Abbey will celebrate on Sunday the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Abbey and university church in Collegeville.

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Abbey, Koopman Left Out

Posted on October 19, 2011
Posted in Jim Phillips, Robert Koopmann, St. John's Bible

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Saint John’s Bible to be featured on NBC

Posted on October 17, 2011
Posted in Robert Koopmann, St. John's Bible

The Saint John’s Bible is scheduled to be featured on NBC’s Today show during the second hour (8-9 a.m. Central) on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Donald Jackson and Fr. Robert Koopmann, OSB, are scheduled to be guests to discuss the completion of the project.

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Inmates on death row for Augusta

Posted on October 10, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte

Four men sentenced to die for Augusta-area murders continue to slog through the state’s justice system as they await their fate. Robert O. Arrington, Reinaldo Rivera, Willie W. Palmer and Ernest U. Morrison are at various stages of appeal, according to court documents.

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Top 20 Catholic Colleges

Posted on October 10, 2011
Posted in John Klassen, Robert Koopmann

St. John’s University was NOT named as one of the Top 20 Recommended Catholic Colleges by The Cardinal Newman Society.

At least three of the top 20 share their campus with a Benedictine abbey.

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Billboard Near Collegeville

Posted on October 8, 2011
Posted in Paul Marx

 

 

 

 

 

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Recent Feedback and Tips

Posted on October 7, 2011
Posted in Anthony Gorman, Anthony Smithwick, Bede Parry, Bruce Wollmering, Dan Ward, Daniel Durken, Francisco Schulte, Howard Oaks, Ian Dommer, Jim Phillips, John Klassen, Othmar Hohmann, Paschal Brisson, Pat Marker, Rene McGraw, Richard Eckroth, Robert Koopmann, Roman Paur, Tom Andert

Recently, visitors to the web site have provided information about Fr. Dan Ward, Fr. Othmar Hohmann, Fr. Agustin Cerezo, Br. Bernie Friedl, Fr. Timothy Kelly, Fr. Robert Koopman, Br. Paschal Brisson, Fr. Bruce Wollmering, Fr. Ian Dommer, Fr. Francisco Schulte, Fr. Tom Andert, Dennis “Hap” Glover, Michael W. Weber, Fr. Anthony “Cyril” Gorman, Fr. Anthony Smithwick, Fr. Bede Parry, Jim Graeve, Dan Carle and Fr. Richard Eckroth.

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Fr. Othmar Hohmann… 3rd Victim Comes Forward

Posted on October 7, 2011
Posted in Othmar Hohmann, Pedophilia, St. Joseph Parish

A third victim of Fr. Othmar Hohmann called this afternoon to share her story of sexual misconduct by the Saint John’s Abbey monk.

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Regents endorse plan to split SJU from abbey

Posted on October 7, 2011
Posted in John Klassen, Robert Koopmann

“The university will remain as a major educational and pastoral work of the abbey, and the monks of St. John’s will remain a vital part of the university.”

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Listen with the Ear of Your Heart

Posted on September 19, 2011
Posted in Eric Pohlman, Geoffrey Fecht, Isaiah Frederick, Matthew Luft, Nickolas Becker, St. John's Bible, Theophane Windschitl

Brother Eric [Pohlman] grew up near Toledo, Ohio, attended college at the University of Dayton, and recently received his Masters in Building and Maintenance Engineering at Ohio State University.

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Abbey requests Schulte’s files remain private

Posted on September 18, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Michael Ford

(SC Times) The attorneys representing St. John’s Abbey, St. John’s Prep School, the Order of St. Benedict and the Rev. Francisco Schulte are asking a Stearns County judge to keep secret any documents, information or evidence that they turn over in a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit.

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Fr. Tupa’s Wish Comes True

Posted on September 17, 2011
Posted in Jerome Tupa, Pat Marker

The final point in my complaint is that the advisor to the Record should be admonished and then replaced. – Email from Fr. Jerome Tupa, May 4, 2011

This fall, Record advisor Patty Candella was replaced by Kelly Smith.

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The Catholic Church’s Secret Sex-Crime Files

Posted on September 17, 2011
Posted in Richard Sipe

Even many of those who wind up being ordained fail to maintain their chastity: According to a 1990 study by psychologist [Former Saint John’s Abbey Monk] Richard Sipe, only half of all priests adhere to their vows of celibacy. It is not just the sex-abuse epidemic the church seeks to deny, but sex itself.

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Abbot Kelly Covered Up Misconduct by Fr. Andert

Posted on September 17, 2011
Posted in Timothy Kelly, Tom Andert

Andert had a great deal to drink and told the parents that his new assignment was his “perfect dream job.” And it was…“to be a prefect in a college dorm; have his desk across from the door of the showers where he could watch the young tight white asses of the boys going in and out.”

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The Saint John’s Bible: Final Pages Unveiled

Posted on September 17, 2011
Posted in John Klassen, Robert Koopmann, St. John's Bible

“There were times when we thought this day would never come, but we’d absolutely do it again because it’s such a great work of both art and spirituality, and it’s capable of profoundly moving the people who use it and see it,” – Fr. Bob Koopmann

[Webmaster’s Note: Now that Saint John’s Abbey has completed this massive public relations stunt, perhaps they will spend an equal amount of energy working toward full disclosure of all misconduct by members of their community.]

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Serial killer Rivera still awaiting final judgment

Posted on September 11, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, San Antonio Abad

Updates come in the mail every few months on letterhead from the Georgia attorney general’s office. But, they rarely say anything new the family of a slain army sargeant cares to hear about death row inmate Reinaldo Rivera.

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Former fire-eating circus performer finds new calling as St. John’s monk

Posted on September 9, 2011
Posted in Paul-Vincent Niebauer, PR Machine

COLLEGEVILLE — A fire-eating monk isn’t something visitors to St. John’s University see every day. After all, not many monks have a circus background.

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Seven Sunday Celebrants (Backous)

Posted on September 1, 2011
Posted in Tim Backous

According to Father Timothy Backous, “The Basilica is simply one of the best parishes in the United States,” he says. “I cannot tell you how privileged I am to be able to preside and preach in this community. I think if every parish aspired to be like The Basilica, the church wouldn’t have enough parishes to hold all the people. It is welcoming, generous, hard working, caring and liturgically superior to anything else in the American church.”

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Churches full of sinners, of course

Posted on September 1, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jerome Thiesen, Visiting Monk/Priest

Two sexual molestation lawsuits against yet another Catholic institution surfaced late this summer. Bede Parry was a priest and director for a boys’ choir at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo., about 17 miles southeast of Maryville. While supervising a boys’ choir camp in 1987, he allegedly engaged in sexual relations with a minor.

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More Misconduct From Fr. Dan Ward

Posted on August 20, 2011
Posted in Dan Ward

Fr. Dan Ward believed that a well-rounded and mature monastic needed to have an open-minded view of sexuality. The conversation started to become more physical as he began to be aroused by the topic.

I rejected his advances and strong sexual initiatives.

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