Category Archives: Columba Stewart

Abbey Monks on the Web

Posted on July 26, 2010
Posted in Aelred Senna, Anthony Ruff, Bob Pierson, Brennan Maiers, Columba Stewart, David Paul Lange, Dennis Beach, Finian McDonald, Isaac Connolly, J.P. Earls, Jerome Tupa, John Klassen, John-Bede Pauley, Luke Mancuso, Michael Patella, Nickolas Becker, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Peter Sullivan, Publications, Restricted List, Richard Oliver, Robert Koopmann, Stephen Warzecha, Tim Backous, Tom Andert, William Schipper

The following monks from St. John’s Abbey have web sites: Fr. Tom Andert Fr. Timothy Backous Br. Dennis Beach Fr. Nickolas Becker Br. Isaac Connolly

Force of Habit

Posted on May 20, 2004
Posted in Angelo Zankl, Columba Stewart, Garrison Keillor, J.P. Earls, John Gagliardi, John Klassen, Matthew Luft, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Simeon Thole, Tim Backous, Timothy Kelly, William Skudlarek

The bells have been ringing for thirty minutes, but it is the sound of a cane rattling through the empty, cavernous church that suggests prayer. It is held by an old man, his stooped body covered in the flowing black … Continue reading →

Movers & Shapers: Abbot John Klassen

Posted on April 9, 2003
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Columba Stewart, Fran Hoefgen, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

COLLEGEVILLE — He’s the man they call on to get the job done whether on the farm, with soon-to-be monks, in the chemistry department or now as head of the St. John’s monastery.

Monks suffer with abusers in the family

Posted on December 27, 2002
Posted in Columba Stewart, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, John Klassen, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, William Skudlarek

The shame, anger and soul-searching that have gripped much of the U.S. Catholic church in the wake of an avalanche of sex abuse scandals this year have been felt acutely by the band of Benedictines who comprise the monastic community … Continue reading →

Decades Of Abuse And Secrecy At St. John’s Abbey

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Columba Stewart, Dunstan Moorse, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Robert Stich, SG

As allegations of sex abuse and coverup in the Catholic Church shook the nation this year, St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., confronted its own dark past. Former students came forward, some for the first time, to talk about what … Continue reading →

A Homily by Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Columba Stewart

Responding to Sexual Misconduct at Saint John’s… Some years ago a few of us monks who work in Abbey liturgy were looking at the opening line of a favorite Lenten hymn. The text read: “Turn back, O man, foreswear thy … Continue reading →

Abuse Victims, Abbey Settle Claims

Posted on September 27, 2002
Posted in Columba Stewart, Jeff Anderson, Robert Stich

Victims of sexual abuse by monks from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., have reached a broad financial settlement with the abbey, attorney Jeff Anderson said Thursday.

A Homily by Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB

Posted on April 7, 2002
Posted in Columba Stewart, ToDo

The church today is full of doubt and mistrust. We are rightly shocked and embarrassed that betrayal, and heinous abuse can come from those who minister in Christ’s name. For whatever reason, many here this morning have very good reasons … Continue reading →