Leaving a Legacy

Leave your Mark On the Future

Start being remembered today!

Do you want to leave a gift that will support the prayer and work of the monks of St. Benedict’s Abbey for years to come?

Do it today - with a legacy gift through your will or life insurance policy.

P Costs you nothing during your lifetime.P Preserves your savings and cash flow.P Can be changed or revoked as needed.P Allows you to be far more generous than you ever thought possible.P Easy to arrange.

All it takes is a simple paragraph can be added to your will designating a portion to St. Benedict’s

Abbey or naming the Abbey as a primary or contingent beneficiary of your life insurance.

Contact us or visit our website for more information. kansasmonks.org/planned-giving We’re here to help you every step of the way.

How will you make your mark? Contact us today:

Mark A. Reed, Sr. Director of Advancement Phone: 913-360-7897 Email: mreed@kansasmonks.org

St. Benedict’s Abbey 1020 N. 2nd St. Atchison, KS 66002- 1499

why I joined the St. Benedict’s Abbey legacy society

Larry & Tresa Buessing

We were both born into communities where the monks were serving. Fr. Phil O’Connor came to St. Bridget, a country parish in Marshall County, Kansas, to prepare to go to World War II. After Mass he would work with the farmers to get into shape to serve as a military chaplain, so their model of prayer and work was instilled in us at an early age. That prayer and work is an example for all of us; that this is what we ought to be doing everyday. The monks were involved in establishing a lot of the parishes in the area, so they were very influential, but they were also very hospitable and very charitable. It was Fr. Columban Clinch, a St. Benedict’s College history professor and the college’s placement director, that helped me [Larry] get my start with Met Life, which turned into my life’s work. We’ve included the monks in our will because we feel that the prayer and work of the monks is very important to the community, not just the Catholic community but to the world as a whole. Once you’re gone, you can’t make your annual gift, so this is a great way to leave a lasting impact on the Abbey. Leaving the Abbey in our estate also enables us to make a much larger gift than what we’re able to do annually. The monks have been a light to our community for many years, they’re not some new idea, but they are a stable presence in our community. They’re focused on serving the people: offering the sacraments, serving at their college and high school, and creating the educational standards that continue today in our institutions. We’re happy and proud to support the monks today, and are glad we are able to leave a legacy gift through our estate to St. Benedict’s Abbey.