Pope Francis
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Dedication to Pope Francis

P Peter’s successor O offering his life in service P prepared to bring Jesus’ mission to this time E everyone is God’s beloved child F focussed on the Lord Jesus R resolved to be faithful and faith filled A announcing the good…
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Obituary Brother Vincent Rohaley
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Brother Vincent notice of death

Brother Vincent Rohaley, O.C.S.O. Entered this life November 8, 1938 Entered Mepkin December 1, 1992 Entered Novitiate December 8, 1993 Professed Solemn Vows December 29, 2002 Entered eternal life April 10, 2025 Brother…
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Mepkin Abbey Annual Plant Sale – April 14th – 19th 9:00 am-2:00 pm

Mepkin Abbey Annual Plant Sale April 14th - 19th 9:00 am-2:00 pm We have your old favorites plus new flavors and exciting flowering and foliage plants. Succulent dish gardens are back this year! We have: over 250 coleus and new…
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The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth

An open, relentlessly honest life of seeking and suffering led Kyle Berceau ’12 to the best place of all. By John Nagy ’00M.A. Published: Spring 2025 Re-published with permission from:  https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-luckiest-man-on-the-face-of-the-earth/   Of…
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Covenant
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Covenant

“If a wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed…If he keeps my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall not die.” (EZ 18:21) “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands… the Lord…
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Time
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Time

The monastery bells ring out the liturgical hours defining the times of work and prayer. Somewhere in the busy life of a Trappist there is the grace of contemplation – untimed without a beginning or definite end.  When is an appropriate…
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Reflections on Mepkin Abbey
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Reflections on Mepkin Abbey

Porter Taylor Emily Dickinson wrote this about poetry: “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is…
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Efficiency
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Efficiency

The Mepkin Abbey Community is delighted to share with all of you, from time to time, the reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict. These are written by Benedictine Oblate of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe PA., retired Dr. Richard Fitzgerald,…
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The Italian Lesson
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The Italian Lesson

The Mepkin Abbey Community is delighted to share with all of you, from time to time, the reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict.  These are written by Benedictine Oblate of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe PA., retired Dr. Richard Fitzgerald,…
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Zeal, by Richard Fitzgerald
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Zeal, by Richard Fitzgerald

The Mepkin Abbey Community is delighted to share with all of you, from time to time, the reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict. These are written by Benedictine Oblate of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe PA., retired Dr. Richard Fitzgerald,…
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Orthotics, by Richard Fitzgerald
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Orthotics, by Richard Fitzgerald

The Mepkin Abbey Community is delighted to share with all of you, from time to time, the reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict. These are written by Benedictine Oblate of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe PA., retired Dr. Richard Fitzgerald,…
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Matthew Minerd, theology professor, comes to Mepkin
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Matthew Minerd, theology professor, comes to Mepkin

Matthew Minerd, a professor of theology at the Byzantine Seminary in Pittsburgh, came to Mepkin to offer a series of presentations in Christology.  Telling us that Christology and Moral Theology are deeply interrelated, Dr. Minerd…
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