site. The ''Meet the Monks'' section of this web site lists 734 different monks at Saint John's Abbey between 1950 & 2012.   To view a list of monks with credible allegations of misconduct, click Here   This monk has no known allegations of misconduct.   Search | Back   Br. Nicholas (Claude) Thelen, O.S.B.   Current Monk at St. John's Abbey: Yes     Dates |  Images |  Notes |  Names       Miscellaneous Notes   After graduating from Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, Brother Nicholas earned a diploma from Commercial Art and Photography in Minneapolis. During his first dozen years as a Benedictine monk, he served the abbey in the woodworking shop and plumbing shop and as an attendant in the porter's office and at the St. John's Abbey and University information center. He spent four of those years, from 1962 to 1965, working in food service at St. Maur's Priory in South Union, Kentucky. From 1970 to 2008, Brother Nicholas served as maintenance supervisor at St. Anselm's Priory and Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery in Japan. (2009)     Dates   Born: Available but not Published Hometown: Available but not Published   Professed: March 21, 1959   Listed as an Active Monk in 2012: Yes   First Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 1960 Last Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 2012*   * Ordo data available not yet available for 2013 or 2014.     Names   Possible names for Br. Nicholas (Claude) Thelen, O.S.B.:   Br. Nicolaus Thelen, Brother Nicolaus Thelen Br. Nicholas Thelen, Brother Nicholas Thelen Br. Claudius Thelen, Brother Claudius Thelen Br. Claude Thelen, Brother Claude Thelen     Images of Br. Nicholas (Claude) Thelen, O.S.B.:   Images of this monk are available. Click Here to request.       This web site is provided solely for educational purposes. Every effort has been made to verify the information posted on this web site. However, no claim is made regarding the accuracy of the information posted herein. Have a Question? Click on the feedback link (above).   Updated December, 2013