Mount Angel Abbey & Seminary

09/03/2026

"The core of monastic life is certainly prayer. If prayer is worth something, then the monastery is worth something."

On the latest episode of "Hilltop Hangouts," Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B., shares the two-fold aspects of prayer and what happens when 50 monks vow to dedicate the rest of their lives to this.

Catch the full episode on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fJreQx8XSU&t=2s

09/03/2026

On Saturday, September 12, Brother Albert Klotz, OSB, will make his solemn profession of monastic vows during Mass in the Abbey church at 9 am. All are welcome to attend.

Please pray for Brother Albert as he prepares for the solemn rite of mystical burial with Christ and makes his monastic vows permanent before God and his brothers.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺.
𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺.

09/03/2026

We pray for the eternal rest of one of our Mount Angel Seminary alumni, Fr. Patrick McNamee, of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

Fr. McNamee attended Mount Angel Seminary High School and then returned to Mount Angel for college. Ordained a priest in 1970, he faithfully served the people of the Archdiocese of Portland for over 50 years.

Archbishop Alexander K. Sample will celebrate Fr. McNamee's funeral Mass at All Saints Parish in Portland on Saturday, September 12, at 10 am.

“𝙀𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙁𝙧. 𝙈𝙘𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙚, 𝙊 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙣.”

With great sadness, the Archdiocese of Portland shares the passing of Fr. Pat McNamee.

09/03/2026

Join us as we celebrate and pray for our confrere, Abbot Gregory Duerr, OSB, on his name day! Today the Church honors Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

“𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢, 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵…” —Abbot Gregory, OSB

𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀.

09/02/2026

On Tuesday, September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Brother Novices Andrew McCullough and Allen Golan will make their first profession of monastic vows during Mass in the Abbey church at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Please pray for these novices as they prepare to make vows of stability, obedience and fidelity to the monastic way of life for a period of three years.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

09/01/2026

On Monday, September 7, the monks of Mount Angel will welcome Postulants Noe Contreras and Cole Fox into the novitiate at 5 pm, right before the celebration of Vespers in the Abbey church. All are welcome to attend.

Please pray for these postulants as they prepare for this new stage in their monastic formation where they will focus on the Scriptures, the Psalms, the Rule of St. Benedict and the customs and history of Mount Angel Abbey.

08/31/2026

The Business Office at Mount Angel Abbey is hiring for an 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁.

The Accounting Assistant works with the Assistant Controller on the financial aspects of the Abbey and uses independent judgment and discretion to make necessary day-to-day decisions for the effective administration of the various business-related functions of the Abbey.

If you or someone you know is qualified and interested, visit mountangelabbey.org/employment to see the full job posting and apply.

08/27/2026

The 2026-27 academic year at Mount Angel Seminary began with the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit and Inaugural Address on August 24. As Abbot Jeremy stated in his homily at the Mass, it was an opportunity to pray "for the descent of the Holy Spirit on the whole Hilltop community and on the efforts of our Seminary.”

Dr. Anna Lesiuk-Cummings gave the Archbishop Dwyer Inaugural Address titled, “A Poet and a Mountain; or, Why the Humanities Matter.”

Read more about the event on our website: https://www.mountangelabbey.org/mount-angel-seminary-begins-138th-academic-year/

View photos on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD3dsr

08/26/2026

The summer issue of the 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 is now available to read on our website:

https://www.mountangelabbey.org/giving/mount-angel-letter/

It is a commemorative issue highlighting Abbot Jeremy’s 10th anniversary as abbot and also includes articles about the sale of Abiqua Falls, the Abbey's summer festivals, Mount Angel Seminary's 2026 Commencement, the renovation of Saint Joseph Chapel, and more.

If you would like to receive future issues in print, visit mountangelabbey.org/update.

08/25/2026

August is National Make-A-Will Month. Having an up-to-date will is one of the best ways to honor and preserve your legacy while giving you and your family peace of mind.

If you have not made a will, or need to update your existing one, we invite you to explore the Wills Planner tool on our Planned Giving website. The Wills Planner allows you to create a will at no cost, with the option of having it reviewed by an attorney or other qualified estate-planning professional.

Thank you for considering Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary as you plan your legacy.

Wills Planner: https://mtangel.giftlegacy.com/wills/Login.jsp