Saint John's Abbey

06/08/2026

"The younger monks, then, must respect their seniors, and the seniors must love their juniors." -Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 63

06/08/2026

A Monk’s Chronicle: 8 June MMXXVI — Pilgrimage: a Microcosm of Our Lives

Pilgrimage: A Microcosm of Our Lives It was unusual to see my friend Scott sitting in the church at midday. He and his wife often come to Mass, but I couldn’t recall seeing him there for noon prayer. But this was no ordinary day for him and his son. That afternoon they were flying to Spain, where they would walk a hundred miles on the Camino to Santiago....

Pilgrimage: A Microcosm of Our Lives It was unusual to see my friend Scott sitting in the church at midday. He and his wife often come to Mass, but I couldn’t recall seeing him there for noon praye…

06/05/2026

Yesterday, during evening prayer, our community renewed our monastic vows of stability, obedience, and conversatio morum.

"Our vows provide the framework with which lifelong conversion takes place. They anchor us in community, open us to the will of God, and continuously call us beyond ourselves. Through them, we learn day by day to seek God with an undivided heart, following the path of God's kindness as we surrender all that adheres." -Abbot Douglas Mullin, OSB

06/04/2026

Congratulations to our brothers who celebrated their 50th and 60th anniversaries of priestly ordination yesterday! May their years of faithful service continue to inspire us all.

06/03/2026

Fr. Michael Peterson, OSBSaint John's AbbeyCollegeville, Minnesot...

06/03/2026

OSB vs BVC

The annual Benedictine Volunteer Corps (BVC) retreat always includes a volleyball match between our community of monks and the new BVC volunteers!🏐

Soon, each volunteer will be sent to their mission site to spend a year living, working, and praying in Benedictine monasteries around the world.

Pictured from the community are Fr. Lew, Fr. Nick, Br. Jacob, Br. Benedict, Br. Travis, and Br. Placido.

06/02/2026

Our community is on retreat this week, spending time in prayer and community life, with retreat conferences led by Abbot Mauritius.

Pictured is Retreat Master Abbot Mauritius Wilde, O.S.B., from Maria Laach Abbey in Glees, Germany with Abbot Douglas, O.S.B.

06/02/2026

Register Now. Participants will experiment with several different entry-points for approaching an issue or decision currently facing them in their own lives; each entry point will ground a different facet of a complex discernment. They are invited to reflect and pray ahead of the session on a person...

06/01/2026

A Monk’s Chronicle: 1 June MMXXVI — Moses and the Spiritual Journey

Moses and the Spiritual Journey One of my favorite covid-era cartoons shows Moses at the head of a column of people, lost in the wilderness. He’s staring at his GPS, stunned at what he reads: “Time to destination: forty years.” His response? “That can’t be right.” To my mind Moses is one of the most fascinating people in the Bible. On the one hand, he was a deeply flawed person, as we might assume of anyone who would murder a total stranger....

Moses and the Spiritual Journey One of my favorite covid-era cartoons shows Moses at the head of a column of people, lost in the wilderness. He’s staring at his GPS, stunned at what he reads: “Time…

05/31/2026

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________