Congratulations to Peter Vanderwaal!

Congratulations to our organist, Peter Ambrose Vanderwaal, on being received into full communion in the Catholic Church last Sunday evening!  (His reception occurred along with the family of Stephen Aethelwold Hilgendorf, Obl.S.B.)  Peter was the organist of St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota (a suburb of Minneapolis), and is currently studying at the St. John’s School…

Thanks for Bishop Lopes’s Visit.

In addition to the immense blessings of adding several new oblates to the St. Benet Biscop Chapter of St. John’s Abbey Oblates last weekend at St. John’s Abbey as well as at other places in the country, we were graced with a visit from Bishop Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.  Attached below…

Congratulations, Stephen Aethelwold Hilgendorf, Obl.S.B., and Family!

Congratulations to oblate Stephen Aethelwold Hilgendorf, Obl.S.B., his wife Hannah, and their two children, Maria and John, on being received into full communion in the Catholic Church!

Bishop Michael Aidan Smith, Obl.S.B.’s Homily Delivered at Evensong, 16 September 2017.

Guest homily: “On Rebuilding the House of God” Offered to the Saint Benet Biscop Chapter of Oblates, Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville MN, by the Rt Rev. Michael G. Smith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota, September 16, 2017 “Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the…

Congratulations, Fr. Steve Lambert Rice, Obl.S.B.

Congratulations to Father Steve Lambert Rice, Obl.S.B. of St. Timothy’s, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on making his act of oblation today (17 September 2017).  Abundant blessings to you, Fr. Steve Lambert, and blessings on your oblate patron’s name day as well!

Congratulations, New Oblates of the St. Benet Biscop Chapter!

Congratulations to Father Jack Augustine [of Canterbury] Barker, Obl.S.B., Father Matthew Cuthbert Dallman, Obl.S.B., and Bishop Michael Aidan Smith, Obl.S.B. on making acts of oblation today (16 September 2017) at St. John’s, Collegeville, Minnesota!  Many blessings to you! We were also privileged to welcome a visit from Bishop Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair…

Congratulations, Karen Patrick Lee-Thorp, Obl.S.B.

Congratulations to Karen Patrick Lee-Thorp, Obl.S.B.–of the California contingent of the St. Benet Biscop Chapter of St. John’s Oblates–on making her act of oblation today (16 September 2017).  Abundant blessings to you, Karen Patrick!