pÉêîÉ=çåÉ=~åçíÜÉê “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God,
with whatever gift each of you has received.” —1 Peter 4:10
^ÄÄçíÛë=tÉäÅçãÉ Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB
In this annual report of stewardship, we focus our stories on Saint Meinrad’s impact. As you probably know, our outreach spreads further than the students who come here to study, the retreatants who Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, OSB spend a few days with us nurturing their spiritual life, the visitors who come to pray with us, and the youth who stay for a week during the summer to learn about their faith. Although each Benedictine monk takes a vow of stability – pledging himself to live out his life tied to this geographic place – we know that our work and our prayer takes us out into the world. There are 80 monks in our monastic community, making us the third largest men’s Benedictine community in North America. We’re one of only two archabbeys on the continent, one of only 11 in the world. We have been blessed. And we don’t want to hoard those blessings. As you’ll read in this report, one of the 15 monks who lives and works full time off this Hill is Fr. Brendan Moss. His work as president-rector at Conception Seminary College complements our own work of priesthood formation at the graduate level.
You’ll also learn how an alumnus, Deacon Rick Cooper, serves those in his community who need a helping hand at a difficult time in their lives. Another story tells how Bloomington oblate Becky Boyle has found community and purpose through her connection to Saint Meinrad and her oblate chapter. The pastoral formation offered in our Seminary and School of Theology is also featured, as seminarians explain how reallife experiences in ministry are helping them connect their classroom education with the world. Finally, you’ll read about Dr. Richard Stern, a homiletics professor who “retired” this spring after nearly three decades on our faculty teaching seminarians and permanent deacon candidates. I put “retired” in quotes, because he continues to teach in our Permanent Deacon Formation Program. Ensuring that future priests and deacons can preach effectively is certainly an outreach all of us can appreciate! In closing, please remember that God has blessed us through you. And through you, many others have been blessed by our prayer and work here on the Hill, and away from it. We ask God to bless you with his grace, grace that inspires, supports, and brings to completion every good thing.
Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB Archabbot
“God has blessed us through you. And through you, many others have been blessed by our prayer and work here on the Hill, and away from it.”
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mêÉëáÇÉåíJoÉÅíçêÛë=ãÉëë~ÖÉ Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB
Greetings from Saint Meinrad. Our new formation year is off to a great start. We are blessed with 116 seminarians from 30 dioceses and 9 religious communities. Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB
There is a wonderful spirit in the house as we begin this new journey, preparing men for the priesthood. Likewise, our other programs are progressing well. We have a wonderful cohort of graduate students, a fine group of permanent deacon candidates, and an amazing continuing formation program that grows stronger every day. We are forming a new Church that will help us move forward, I believe, to a bright future. Our work, in many ways, never changes. We are doing what we have done for 150-plus years. We are serving God’s people in a meaningful way. We are a strong institution. Today, however, we are facing many challenges in our Church. We are looking at many questions that remain a part of the ongoing fabric of Church life: multiculturalism, the question of generations and the involvement of young people in the Church, the perceived shortage of clergy, the realignment of many diocesan structures, to name just a few.
Of course, our major question in the Church today is the abuse crisis, an issue that is tearing at the very fiber of Church life. Here at Saint Meinrad, I believe the only appropriate response to the crisis at hand is a direct one. We must face the question head-on and face the issues with which we are confronted with courage and candor. What else could we do? It is not serving any of our students to paint a picture of Church life today that is not candid and true. However, I also believe that here at Saint Meinrad we have the responsibility to continue to hold firm to the Truth of the Church, its meaning for the world, its apostolic origins, its value to every aspect of the life of men and women. Balancing this Truth with an honest appraisal of where we are is the ultimate challenge for a new generation of the Church’s ministers and for our schools today. To accomplish all of this, we rely on two things, your prayers and your support. Your continuing care for the work of Saint Meinrad also gives us hope. Know of our constant thoughts and prayers here for your families and communities. Remember us also in your thoughts and prayers.
Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB President-Rector
“Here at Saint Meinrad, we have the responsibility to continue to
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cêK=_êÉåÇ~å=jçëëW Helping young men find their vocation
During his 25 years as a monk, Fr. Brendan Moss has had many assignments. They range from teaching to program administration to parish ministry. But in 2015, he began a new assignment that would stretch his leadership skills. He was named the president-rector of the college seminary operated by another Benedictine monastery, Conception Abbey in Missouri. At the time, Conception College Seminary’s president was ready to retire, but none of the abbey’s monks was prepared to take the position. The abbots of Conception and Saint Meinrad conferred, and Fr. Brendan was asked to serve.
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This fall, he began his fourth year as leader of a seminary of about 70 young men. “College seminary really is a place to help men discern their vocation,” he explains. These men have been considering priesthood, but now they are taking the next step by making their discernment public and seeking input from others and the Catholic Church. The job of Fr. Brendan and his staff is to help the seminarians answer two questions. The first is: Who am I? The second: Whose am I? “Our guys are discerning a call to priesthood, and ‘Whose am I?’ is that sense of how am I to love and who am I to love, in the person I’m becoming? Is God first and foremost in my life, and in an exclusive way?” Fr. Brendan explains.
In his work as pastor, teacher and administrator, Fr. Brendan often finds himself in conversations with students at pivotal moments. When students are dealing with personal struggles or moments of growth, Fr. Brendan gets to observe as they find a deeper understanding of who they are and who God is. “That’s just amazing,” he says. “Because even when a fellow has struggled with something or has made some sort of mistake, one of the questions that we want to ask is: So where do we go from here? What do you learn from this?” By working away from his home at Saint Meinrad, Fr. Brendan is able to expand Saint Meinrad’s ministry. “I’m working with the young Church,” he explains. This enhances and expands Saint Meinrad’s ministry in priesthood formation – reaching more men who will minister in more parishes.
“It’s helping me see and understand that priesthood never really belongs to a particular diocese or a particular community. The priesthood really is about service to the Church.” Fr. Brendan believes that Saint Meinrad has been blessed with talented people and noteworthy programs. “We have a responsibility to share the great gifts we have as widely as we can,” he says. In addition, that outreach helps to build up Saint Meinrad, bringing back to the monastery ideas and practices that can enrich the monastic life and its works. In effect, Saint Meinrad receives blessings from the people and communities it serves. “So my work at Conception is just one drop in the ocean of the Church that Saint Meinrad serves, and it has its own ripple. And I think that’s been a pretty amazing thing.” F
“So my work at Conception...
is just one drop in the ocean of the Church that Saint Meinrad serves, and it has its own ripple. And I think that’s been a pretty amazing thing.”
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Seeking a deeper faith through community
As a Benedictine Oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Becky Boyle carries the monastic values out into the world. Oblates are Christian men and women of different denominations who are looking for a deeper relationship with God. Oblates form a community that seeks God daily through praying the Liturgy of the Hours, reading the Rule of St. Benedict, and sharing the values and beliefs of the monks of Saint Meinrad. There are about 1,400 oblates of Saint Meinrad out in the world. “We find a deeper understanding of our faith and a connection with each other through prayer and work,” says Becky. “As oblates, we’re a praying community and a working community.”
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Becky has been an oblate for two years and is a member and a chapter coordinator of the Bloomington, IN, oblate chapter. It’s the community aspect of being an oblate that really clicked for her. She was raised Protestant, but converted to Catholicism when she married her husband. She says she’s always had a heart for knowing God in a special way and, as an adult, she began looking for like-minded, likehearted people. “God wanted me to be in a community. Small, large, whatever, but He wanted me to connect with other people in that way,” she says.
The first time she attended an oblate meeting at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington, she felt like she was home. “This community, this group, brought a sense of peace and settlement to my own heart,” she says. She feels most connected to the oblate community when she’s praying the Liturgy of the Hours. “At 4:30 in the morning when I’m praying lauds by myself in my family room, I am at home with my oblate community. I know someone else, somewhere, is also praying what I’m praying,” says Becky. “I don’t necessarily have to be physically present with my oblate community to know I have a family in that community.” Being an oblate helps her through dayto-day life. Her prayers will come back to her in her interactions as a public school teacher, and she feels she can be a source of support and encouragement for her students, friends and family. “The more I understand and study and apply the Rule of St. Benedict and the more I’m praying and taking the Scripture to heart, the more I’m able to be there for other people.” The prayer and work of the Bloomington Chapter also creates opportunities for Becky to support and encourage others. “We are a very busy, vibrant and alive chapter. People have a lot of ideas. It’s a very caring community,” says Becky. “We very much see ourselves as Christ’s hands and feet to the world.” As a community of about 54 members, they make a care basket every month for
an oblate who is sick or shut-in. They offer Vespers at St. Charles Borromeo Parish every Wednesday evening, providing all of the materials. They also participated in the Saint Meinrad Day of Service this past March by volunteering at the Shalom Community Center in Bloomington. This summer, the Bloomington Oblates sponsored one youth to attend the “One Bread, One Cup” liturgical leadership conference at Saint Meinrad. While being an oblate helps Becky be there for others, it also offers her support. “Sometimes you’re kind of down and you’re feeling low and it’s just not clicking for you. Well, you’ve got this community to go to that helps build you up so that you can get back out there and do what God wants you to do – and that’s pretty special,” she says. F
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aÉ~Åçå=oáÅâ=`ççéÉêW Feeding the hungry in his neighborhood
Standing in the warehouse in a pair of Dockers, comfortable shoes, and a shortsleeved button up, Deacon Richard Cooper, better known as Rick, looks like he knew his work day would require more than just sitting at a desk. Rightly so, because besides all of his administrative work, the industrial food scale needs to be fixed, a new freezer has to be assembled, 50-60 food boxes must be packed, and the lobby is starting to fill with people who fell on hard times – and he needs to help them. Rick is the executive director of Harrison County Community Services Inc. (HCCS) in Corydon, Indiana. In simple terms, HCCS is where people
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can find food if they are hungry, clothes if they find themselves without, and help in signing up for government assistance with the aid of a trained caseworker. Rick has been doing this work for 8½ years. An alumnus of Saint Meinrad’s Permanent Deacon Formation Program and Graduate Theology Program, he also serves as a deacon at St. Mary’s Parish in Lanesville. Right away, Rick wants to clear up a misconception that many people have. The great majority of those who come to HCCS are not sponging off the system. “Nobody wants to come in through our front door,” he says.
“They come through our front door because they have to, because they are hungry, because they need help with something, because they are trying to get back on their feet.” Thanksgiving and Christmas is a busy time at HCCS. Rick expects to give out 1,500 food boxes during the holiday season. However, his work doesn’t stop there. “Mercy and caring for people is not a seasonal thing. We think about Christmas and we think about Thanksgiving and we have these special drives … and it is good and I am glad we do it. “But the other 10 months out of the year, people are still hungry and people are still hurting.” In fact, Rick’s busiest month is July, because many spend the little money they have on school supplies. Rick is a convert to Catholicism and serves both his parish and the people in Harrison County with a noticeable joy. “I have had challenges every year, [and] every year there has been something
different I need to learn, whether that is fundraising, how to keep food, or how to expand our capacities, or different things. “Every time there is a new challenge, God gives me the strength I need to do it. And He renews me because I know that we are making a difference.” Rick shares the scope of his community’s need using simple math. “Statistically, there are about 39,000 people in our county. In 2017, we served 2,184 households with a little over 5,790 individuals. This means that one in six comes through our front door.” With tears in his eyes, he explains: “When you move those numbers to children, that number goes to one in four. Twenty-five percent of our kids potentially go to bed hungry every night. I don’t like those numbers. And so we work very hard to get as much food and help to as many people as we can. Because we know that it’s not just somebody else somewhere else ... it is our neighbors. And it is up to us to care for them.” F
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aêK=oáÅÜ~êÇ=píÉêåW Teaching how to preach
In May, Dr. Richard Stern retired from the Saint Meinrad faculty after 28 years of teaching preaching to seminarians and permanent deacon candidates. When he was hired in 1990, he may have seemed an unlikely candidate to be teaching homiletics (the study of preaching) to future Catholic priests. He was (and is) an ordained Lutheran minister who had studied communications and earned a doctoral degree in instructional design. He had not done any teaching until graduate school, and there he was teaching speech, media production and advertising. But when it came time to prepare his doctoral dissertation, he chose the topic of communication perspectives and teaching preaching.
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That led to a series of events that landed him at Saint Meinrad, where his work has impacted a generation of preachers. In the four-year theology program at Saint Meinrad, seminarians are introduced to homiletics in the spring semester of their second year. From then on, they learn how to preach, watch each other practice, get feedback, and eventually begin preaching in the school chapel as deacons in their final year of seminary. In the first class he teaches, Dr. Stern asks the students, “How many of you are seeking to be ordained because you want to be preachers?” The answer: No more than 10 percent respond affirmatively, he says, “and that would be generous.”
“A lot of my role with both the seminarians and permanent deacon candidates is formation – not just of theories and mechanics of preaching – but formation so they begin to think of themselves as preachers,” he says. Next, he tackles what he calls “the other 800-pound gorilla in the room.” He tells them, “Some of you are going to be better than others. That doesn’t mean you can’t improve and become decent preachers.” He encourages students to continually improve their preaching skills, knowing not all homilies will be stellar. That’s why he introduces them to preaching methods, or structures, in which to construct their homilies. When students give homilies in class or before their peers in the chapel at daily Mass, Dr. Stern looks for constructive feedback to help them improve. Often, the message is right, but the structure didn’t work well. “I use the example of the grocery store,” he explains. “When I go in the grocery store, I don’t know where everything is, so I’m going back and forth.” Sometimes homilies can be the same way – there’s a
general direction, but the preacher is meandering around the aisles instead of heading straight for the produce. Student homilies are videotaped so students and professors can review them and suggest improvements. Also, a selection of student homilies is regularly viewed and evaluated by parishioners outside Saint Meinrad. In this way, the homiletics program itself can be assessed. Dr. Stern started the outside evaluation some years ago, to see if the homilies would be effective in the real world, rather than just the classroom. He believes that the listeners (or hearers, as he calls them) are as important as the preachers. “I came convinced, even before I got here, that preaching is primarily a listening activity.” This is consistent with the U.S. Catholic Church’s document on preaching, Fulfilled in Your Hearing. And it’s also consistent with communication theory, which says that you should listen to the hearer first. “This responsibility for listening holds for both preacher and listener. We are all in it together.” F
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Learning the practical side of ministry
Each year, Saint Meinrad seminarians get the opportunity to minister to people in service to the Church. Workers into the Harvest is the Seminary and School of Theology’s pastoral formation program, giving students hands-on education through weekly ministry assignments. The program also includes educational workshops, theological reflection groups, annual evaluations and summer pastoral experiences. Each year of study has a different focus, from visiting diocesan offices to working with non-profits to serving in parishes. Students learn how to teach religious education to youth and how to be with people in their time of need at
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hospitals. They minister to the marginalized by working at food and clothing pantries and leading Bible studies in prison. In their last year of study, students serve as deacons in local parishes. Last school year, three seminarians in their first year of theology studies helped at the St. John Bosco Youth Group at St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Jasper, IN. Br. Justin Ayanou, OSB, is a monastic seminarian from Togo, West Africa; Br. Stanley Rother Wagner, OSB, is a monk of Saint Meinrad; and Garrett Braun is studying for the Diocese of Evansville, IN, and the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
“Our basic ministry is to be with the youth and be a testimony of Christ,” says Br. Justin. On a Wednesday evening in April, Br. Justin, Br. Stanley and Garrett greeted about 30 high school youth as they arrived at the St. John Bosco House. They talked to them about their day and how their families are doing before starting the evening with an introduction game and moving into a meditation on Sunday’s Gospel reading. “Sometimes I feel this need to prove myself or do something big or important at ministry, but 99% of the time it’s really simple,” says Garrett. “In our case, being with the young people, hearing about their day and their lives, and in a small way letting them know that we care about them and that God cares about them.” One of the main goals of the Workers into the Harvest program is to form well-rounded men for the priesthood. During their time in seminary, students work in a variety of settings that they will encounter as priests, and with people of different ages and backgrounds.
“People need to see that their priests are not just physically healthy, but also spiritually in tune with what they need and can communicate and relate to them,” says Br. Stanley. The St. John Bosco Youth Group gives the three seminarians a chance to interact with both youth and adults, because a lot of adults volunteer. “It gives us a nice inter-generational set of skills, to learn how to communicate with different groups of people,” says Br. Stanley, “which I think is what you need in a parish.” They also have the opportunity to put what is being learned in class into practice. “You need to make the connection between what you are learning in class and what is in front of you,” says Br. Justin. “To know how it works in your life rather than keeping it in your head.” Br. Stanley agrees. “I certainly have to pay attention in class now because I never know what the teens are going to ask. That’s a credit to them, because they have extremely insightful questions.” F
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Saint Meinrad Statistics
57
Graduate Theology Students enrolled Fall 2018
116
Seminarians enrolled Fall 2018
1,427
141
Candidates in the Permanent Deacon Formation Program
Benedictine Oblates of Saint Meinrad
5,640
451
One Bread, One Cup Participants in 2018
Guests visited Saint Meinrad 2017-18
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38 2,380
Households were provided with utility bill assistance totaling $2,390
1,285 Food boxes were given to those in need in the surrounding community
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Hours of ministry were provided to local hospitals and care centers in Indiana by II Theology students
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Households are provided with firewood for heating their homes through CACD Project Warm
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Report of Stewardship Gifts to Saint Meinrad are typically directed toward three basic uses: unrestricted gifts, which support current and ongoing programs; capital gifts, for building, renovating and equipping our physical facilities; and endowment gifts, for sustaining our programs and facilities. Costs for Students in the Seminary and School of Theology The tuition and fees Saint Meinrad charges each student does not cover the full cost of a student’s education. These charges cover approximately 40 percent of the costs involved in their education. Annual unrestricted gifts help make up the difference between the school’s actual expenses and student charges. This enables us to keep our tuition rates competitive with other seminaries. Capital Gifts These gifts enable Saint Meinrad to build, restore, renovate and equip our physical
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facilities. Capital gifts help make possible the ongoing development of our campus and grounds. Endowment Funds The financial security of our Seminary and School of Theology and monastery is built on the foundation of a strong endowment. As of June 30, 2018, Saint Meinrad’s endowment totaled $64.0 million; $40.45 million is earmarked for the school. In a very real way, the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey form a living endowment. In 2017-18, the contributed services of the monks who work in the school totaled $484,812. In addition, the Archabbey, through the work of Abbey Caskets and CareNotes, helps underwrite expenses of both the monastery and the Seminary and School of Theology. F
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SAINT MEINRAD ARCHABBEY (Monastery, Seminary and School of Theology, and Abbey Caskets) Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Summarized Financial Information (in millions) STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Year Ended: 6-30-18 6-30-17 Revenues, Gains and Other Support Sales $ 2.357 $ 6.517 Tuition and Room and Board $ 3.879 $ 3.878 Other Archabbey Income $ 4.008 $ 3.299 Other Abbey Press Income $ $ .239 Endowment Income $ 2.311 $ 2.630 Contributions (Net after Development Expenses) $ 5.329 $ 4.375 TOTAL Revenues, Gains and Other Support $ 17.884 $ 20.938 Expenses Monastery Corporate Services Seminary and School of Theology Abbey Press Abbey Caskets TOTAL Expenses
$ 5.917 $ 3.769 $ 9.065 $ $ .915 $ 19.666
$ 5.910 $ 2.796 $ 8.581 $ 4.994 $ .822 $ 23.103
Change in Net Assets (Operating Activities) Investment Performance Portion of Endowment Income (Used for Current Operations) TOTAL Change in Net Assets
$ (1.782) $ 4.911 $ (2.569) $ 2.342
$ $ $ $
Net Assets at Beginning of Year Change in Net Assets TOTAL Net Assets at End of Year
$ 125.856 $ 2.342 $ 128.198
$ 123.472 $ 1.004 $ 124.476
6-30-18
6-30-17
Current Assets Net Fixed Assets Long-Term Assets TOTAL Assets
$ 6.728 $ 62.372 $ 63.352 $ 132.452
$ 8.745 $ 63.565 $ 64.374 $136.684
Liabilities Current Liabilities Long-Term Liabilities TOTAL Liabilities
$ $ $
2.924 1.329 4.253
$ 5.641 $ 6.567 $ 12.208
Net Assets Designated Undesignated TOTAL Net Assets
$ 94.440 $ 33.759 $ 128.199
$ 89.616 $ 34.860 $124.476
TOTAL Liabilities and Net Assets
$ 132.452
$136.684
(2.165) 6.369 (5.366) 1.004
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Year Ended: Assets
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SEMINARY & SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY REVENUE Assets Released from Restriction: Operating—0% Gifts & Grants—32%
Student Tuition & Fees—35%
Contributed Services—6% Endowment Income—11% Student Room & Board—16%
SEMINARY & SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY EXPENDITURES Residence Halls & Food Service—19% Academic Support—4%
Instructional Services—18% Library—4% Physical Plant—11%
General Institutional/ Administrative—26%
Student Scholarships, Grants & Fellowships—7% Student Services—11%
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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SAINT MEINRAD SEMINARY AND SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Fiscal Year 2018
Summarized Financial Information
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Operating Revenues Educational and General Student Tuition and Fees Gifts and Grants Contributed Services Endowment Income Assets Released from Restriction (Principal) Total Educational and General Student Room and Board TOTAL Operating Revenues Non-Operating Revenues Investment Performance Portion of Endowment Income Used for Current Operations TOTAL Non-Operating Revenues Operating Expenditures Educational and General Instructional Library Student Services Operation and Maintenance of Physical Plant Academic Support General Institutional Expenses Total Educational and General Scholarships and Fellowships Auxiliary Enterprises (Room/Board Expenses) TOTAL Expenditures Change in Net Assets: Operating TOTAL Change in Net Assets: Operating and Non-Operating
$ 3,121,683 $ 2,853,062 $ 484,812 $ 898,536 $ 0 $ 7,358,094 $ 1,450,052 $ 8,808,145
$
972,987
$ (898,536) $ 74,451
$ 1,999,974 $ 479,617 $ 1,244,707 $ 1,211,816 $ 478,803 $ 2,911,608 $ 8,326,525 $ 751,791 $ 2,135,370 $11,213,685 $(2,405,540) $(2,331,089)
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Saint Meinrad’s Boards Board of Trustees Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB, Chair St. Meinrad, IN Archabbot, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Very Rev. John McMullen, OSB, Vice Chair St. Meinrad, IN Prior, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Mrs. Linda M. Budney, Executive Secretary Bethesda, MD Canon Lawyer Mrs. Lisa Castlebury Evansville, IN Treasurer/Business Manager Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Judge Cecile A. Blau Jeffersonville, IN Retired Senior Judge, Clark Superior Court Mrs. Frances M. Brown Louisville, KY Retired, Jefferson County Public Schools The Very Rev. Anthony L. Chandler, KHS LaGrange, KY Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish Mrs. Bonnie G. Graham Washington, IN Community and Church Volunteer
Rev. Guerric DeBona, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Subprior, Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Very Rev. Christopher A. House Springfield, IL Chancellor and Vicar Judicial, Diocese of Springfield Rector, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mr. James H. Muehlbauer Evansville, IN Vice Chair, Koch Enterprises Inc.
Rev. Gary D. Kastl Tulsa, OK President, Bishop Kelley High School
Rev. Mark O’Keefe, OSB Terre Haute, IN Chaplain-in-residence, Carmelite Monastery
Mr. Jacob P. Kraft Floyds Knobs, IN Monument Salesman and Funeral Consultant, Generations Monuments and Memorials
Deacon Frank J. Olmsted St. Charles, MO Retired Theology Teacher/Assistant Service Project Director, De Smet Jesuit High School, St. Louis Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB St. Meinrad, IN President-Rector, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Mrs. Mary C. Schaffner Indianapolis, IN Spiritual Director Rev. Raymond Studzinski, OSB Washington, D.C. Administrator and Associate Professor The Catholic University of America
Board of Overseers Mrs. Linda M. Budney, Chair Bethesda, MD Canon Lawyer Mrs. Mary C. Schaffner, Vice Chair Indianapolis, IN Spiritual Director Dr. Esi Bani Louisville, KY Designer, CEO of Designs by Esi Sr. Jane F. Becker, OSB Ferdinand, IN Subprioress, Monastery Immaculate Conception
Very Rev. Brent C. Lingle Sioux City, IA Rector, Cathedral of the Epiphany Several Diocesan Positions, Diocese of Sioux City Mr. Donald S. Mucci Louisville, KY Insurance Agent and Part Owner of Garrett-Stotz Company Mr. James H. Muehlbauer Evansville, IN Vice Chair, Koch Enterprises Inc.
Mr. William L. Payne Jr. Jeffersonville, IN Director of Strategy Advancement and Innovation, Humana Military, Louisville Dr. Deneen Plessala Mobile, AL Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Innovative Medicine Partners Mrs. Maura G. Robinson Evansville, IN President and CEO, M.G. Robinson Inc. and Innovative Energy Solutions Rev. Eric P. Schild Walbridge, OH Pastor, St. Jerome Catholic Parish Priest Leader, Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School and Academy Mr. Michael A. Schwenk Jasper, IN Vice President, Jasper Engine Exchange Inc. Rev. Andrew W. Syberg Indianapolis, IN Formation Dean, Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Dr. Corazon A. Veza Elizabethtown, KY Hematologist/Oncologist Mr. Thomas L. Weintraut Zionsville, IN Vice President, Weintraut and Associates Inc. Mrs. C. Anne Wilmes Indianapolis, IN Vice-President and Co-Founder Wilmes Family Charitable Foundation Mrs. Mary Kay Wolford New Albany, IN Retired Educator and Community and Church Volunteer
Ms. M. Diane Murphy New Albany, IN Retired, President of Your Community Bank Charitable Foundation and Sr. Vice President of Community Relations at Your Community Bank
Emeritus Members
Mr. Victor A. Neff Indianapolis, IN Director of Financial Operations Project Lead the Way
Mr. John L. Carroll Bradenton, FL “Of Counsel” to Johnson, Carroll & Griffith, Attorneys at Law
Deacon Frank J. Olmsted St. Charles, MO Retired Theology Teacher/Assistant Service Project Director, De Smet Jesuit High School, St. Louis
Mr. Jon P. Dilts Bloomington, IN Emeritus Associate Professor, Indiana University Media School and Attorney
Mr. Joseph A. Paradis III Naples, FL Retired Chairman and CEO Bramco Inc.
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Rev. Msgr. John J. Bendik Dunmore, PA Pastor Emeritus, Parish Community of St. John the Evangelist
Mr. Charles R. Gardner Indianapolis, IN Instructor, Marian University
Rev. Msgr. Michael G. Hohenbrink Findlay, OH Retired Pastor, St. Michael the Archangel Parish Mr. Kenneth W. Krasavage Westfield, IN Retired Vice President Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Mr. Robert B. McNamara Indianapolis, IN Retired Founder of McNamara Florists Inc. Mrs. Barbara R. Mitchel Carmel, IN Owner/Operator of Williams Creek Ceramics, Retired Educator Mr. Bernard G. Niehaus Vincennes, IN CEO and Chairman of the Board Niehaus Companies Inc.
Mrs. Lisa Castlebury Evansville, IN Treasurer/Business Manager Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Deacon Richard Cooper Corydon, IN Executive Director, Harrison County Community Services Deacon, St. Mary Parish, Louisville Ms. Lisabeth (Betsy) J. Dunman Louisville, KY Retired Director of Lifelong Formation Holy Spirit Parish
Mr. Michael Ziemianski Floyds Knobs, IN Vice President for Development Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary & School of Theology
Rev. Msgr. Fred Easton Bloomington, IN Adjunct Vicar Judicial Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Mr. Bruce McCrea Louisville, KY Portfolio Manager First Kentucky Securities Corp.
Dr. Lanny Hollis Huntsville, AL Head Master, St. John Paul II Catholic High School
Mr. Stephen G. Mullins Louisville, KY President, ClearArc Capital Inc.
Communications Advisory Board
Rev. J. Randall Hubbard Louisville, KY Pastor, Epiphany Parish Mr. Kevin McNamara Orlando, FL Retired Airport Director, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Mrs. Laura Barker Magnet, IN Social Media Coordinator and Guest Services Manager Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort
Mr. Joseph Pfennig Indianapolis, IN Theology Teacher Cardinal Ritter High School
Mrs. Mary Biever Evansville, IN Digital Content Manager and Real Estate Broker, Goebel Realty
Dr. Mary Diane Valentine St. Peters, MO Director of Administration, All Saints Parish
Dr. Ruth Engs-Franz Bloomington, IN Professor Emeritus, Indiana University
The Rev. Alan Carter, President Danville, KY Director of Vocations, Diocese of Lexington Pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish
Rev. Msgr. Christopher Vasko Toledo, OH Judicial Vicar, Diocese of Toledo Pastor, St. Patrick Historic and Immaculate Conception
Mr. Mark Erdosy Indianapolis, IN Director of Church Relations and San Damiano Scholars Program Marian University
Rev. Michael Williams, Vice President Bowling Green, KY Chaplain/Pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center
Mrs. Carrie Williamson Goshen, KY Director of Pastoral Ministry, St. Patrick Parish
Mr. John Farless Evansville, IN Director of University Communications University of Southern Indiana
Dr. Jared Bryson St. Louis, MO Vice President, Mission and Church Relations, Mercy Health System
Very Rev. Joseph Ziliak Newburgh, IN Vicar for Retired Priests Diocese of Evansville
Mr. Paul Leingang Evansville, IN Retired Editor, The Message
Rev. Jerry Byrd North Vernon, IN Pastor, St. Mary, St. Ann and St. Joseph Parishes
Mr. Christian Mocek, Ex-Officio Member Director of Alumni Relations Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary & School of Theology
Mr. Christopher Carr Dublin, OH Manager, Merger & Acquisitions-IT Cardinal Health
Endowment Advisory Board
Mr. J. Robert Shine New Albany, IN Chairman, Monroe Shine and Co. Inc. Mr. Joseph F. Steurer Jasper, IN Retired Board Chairman, JOFCO Inc. Mr. Ronald R. Tisch Paradise Valley, AZ Retired Executive Vice President Calgon Carbon Corporation
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Mr. Frederick Chandler Indianapolis, IN Retired School Counselor Carmel High School Deacon Gregory Clodi Kankakee, IL Deacon, St. Martin of Tours Parish Pastoral Associate, St. Joseph Parish, Bradley, IL
Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Archabbot, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB St. Meinrad, IN President-Rector, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Mr. Joel Philippsen Columbus, IN Digital Marketing Specialist Columbus Regional Health Br. William Sprauer, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Student and Coordinator of Vocations Media, Office of Monastery Vocations Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Youth and Young Adult Advisory Board Mrs. Tammy Becht, Ex-Officio Member Floyds Knobs, IN Director of One Bread, One Cup Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
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Mr. Kevin Crockett Indianapolis, IN Traveling Registered Nurse Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Choirmaster, Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Ms. Emily Hitchens Indianapolis, IN Director, Butler Catholic Community Butler University Deacon John Jacobi Bradford, IN Director of Religious Education St. Michael and St. Bernard Churches
Br. James Jensen, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Administrative Assistant, One Bread, One Cup Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Mr. Tom Konechnik Danville, IN Regulatory Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company
Fr. Christian Raab, OSB St. Meinrad, IN Assistant Professor and Coordinator of College Ministerial Internship Program Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Mrs. Agnes Kovacs Santa Claus, IN Associate Director of Graduate Theology Programs Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Steve Angrisano Coppell, TX Singer, Songwriter, Storyteller Graduate Theology Student Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Mr. Connor Plessala Mobile, AL Seminarian, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Mr. Jonathan Van Buren Floyds Knobs, IN Master’s Degree Candidate George Washington University Ms. Abby Steele Virginia Beach, VA Intern Conference Manager Mr. Michael Ezell Edwardsville, IL Intern Associate Conference Manager Ms. Ellen Orie Mechanicsville, VA Intern Associate Conference Manager
Graduate Theology Programs Advisory Board Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Ferdinand, IN Director of Graduate Theology Programs Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Dr. Kimberly Baker Ferdinand, IN Associate Professor of Church History Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Dr. Carolyn Berghuis Carmel, IN Traditional Naturopath Trinity Holistic Wellness Ms. Audra Douglas Evansville, IN Director of Change Management St. Mary’s Health Mr. Charlie Hardesty Owensboro, KY Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Diocese of Owensboro
Mrs. Elaine Robertson Owensboro, KY Director of Faith Formation Diocese of Owensboro Mrs. Linda Schork Louisville, KY Theology Instructor Saint Xavier High School Dr. Tom Walters Santa Claus, IN Emeritus Professor of Religious Education Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Institute for Priests and Presbyterates Advisory Board Rev. Crispine Adongo Dale, IN Administrator, St. Francis of Assisi Parish Rev. Alan Carter Danville, KY Director of Vocations, Diocese of Lexington Pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Rev. Jim Deiters O’Fallon, IL Pastor, St. Clare Parish Very. Rev. Christopher A. House Springfield, IL Chancellor and Vicar Judicial, Diocese of Springfield Rector, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Dr. Richard Johnson Wildwood, MO Founder and Director, Johnson Institute and Senior Adult Ministry Rev. Francis Kalpurackal Mooresville, IN Administrator, St. Thomas More Parish
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