New Year's Message from Pope Benedict XVI

In the shadow of a year that has been marked with frustration and anxiety, Pope Benedict invites us to look to the New Year with an attitude of confident trust. In his 1 January 2012, World Day of Peace message, Pope Benedict emphasizes the importance of education: "Educating Young People in Justice and Peace, in the conviction that the young, with their enthusiasm and idealism, can offer new hope to the world". This is a primary duty of society as a whole, for the sake of building a future of justice and peace: "Peace is not a blessing already attained, but rather a goal to which each and all of us must aspire. Let us look with greater hope to the future; let us encourage one another on our journey; let us work together to give our world a more humane and fraternal face; and let us feel a common responsibility towards present and future generations, especially in the task of training them to be people of peace and builders of peace."

For the complete New Year's Message from Pope Benedict:

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/peace/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20111208_xlv-world-day-peace_en.html

Saint Vincent College Founders' Day

Vision for the Future

In celebrating the mission of Archabbot Boniface Wimmer and the founders of Saint Vincent, Archabbot Douglas noted: “Fidelity does not mean simply to repeat the past. While celebrating the past with gratitude, the primary focus of our celebration will be on the future. Our annual observance of the founding of Saint Vincent by Boniface Wimmer is an important milestone because of the creative and energetic community that makes Saint Vincent. It is a community which can join fidelity to our heritage and vision for the future to the reality of the present.”

From the Program for Founders’ Day Vespers – 11/17/2011

Vocation Awareness Day at St. Benedict's Prep

St. Benedict’s Prep School, established by the monks of Newark Abbey in 1868, a daughter house of St. Vincent Archabbey, recently hosted a Vocation Awareness Day. Click on the link below to view more pictures!

http://www.framingthelight.com/Vocation-Awareness-Day/2011-Vocation-Awareness-Day-at/19987387_JQqgsc#1574789329_hwsMX95

Remembering our deceased monks of 2011

Fr. Wilfred: Fr. Wilfred, who died on 23 September 2011, was unselfishly committed to his students at Saint Vincent Prep and then for several decades at the Benedictine Military School in Savannah. Although a Pennsylvanian, he easily became an exemplary embodiment of generous Southern hospitality.

Br. Fred: Br. Fred died on 17 April 2011. He was a gentle soul with a quiet humor marked by a sly twinkle in his eye and a soft chuckle. After helping in our priory in Brazil, he worked behind the scenes for many years as purchasing agent in the Facilities Management Office on campus and was always ready to assist monks with computer questions.

Fr. Omer: Fr. Omer died on 17 January 2011. He was Professor of Homiletics in the Seminary for decades as well as subprior and archivist in the monastery for over a quarter century. He was an historian and storyteller by nature who relished recounting the humorous dimension of common human foibles.

We pray today for our brothers who have passed from death to life in company with our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace.

Amen.

Alumni Day at St. Vincent Seminary

Cardinal Wuerl speaks about St. Vincent Seminary and the unchanging nature of the priesthood.