Tower Topics ~ Summer 2005

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TABLE of CONTENTS

Editorial
From the monastery to the mountaintop - the Benedictine popes

A message from Abbot Gregory
From John Paul to Benedict: A vision of unity

‘The heart of Jesus’: Abbot Marcel reflects on two men of God

‘More alive than we are’: Seminarians remember John Paul II

Faculty footnotes

Abbey notes

Amiable Father Alexander dead at 82

Alumnitems
Ordinations, Deaths and Varia.

Alumni Reunion will hightlight St. Maur Hall makeover
Reunion set for September 22-23, 2005

Permission to be unhappy
Rev. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI provides weekly spiritual articles.

Breezes blow in more than 180 for Abbey Trails
Event raises $5,945 for CSC Wellness Program

Seminarians, faculty face renovation chaos with creativity, sense of humor
Temporary changes in office space and classrooms due to renovation of St. Maur Hall

Humiliation! Violence! Communtity?
Banned from gym classes, dodgeball resurfaces in priestly formation

The Transitus of Pope John Paul II
Abbot Gregory Polan delivered homily at memorial mass

SOS event raises more than $67,000 for Conception

Holy Week icon Grace Reardon dies
Final link to a Conception Abbey institution was lost January 12th

Oblations

Send your blessings
Conception Abbey's honor/memorial program.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Oblate Retreat
Pray and Work Weekend July 1-3, 2005. For more information contact the oblate office at 660-944-3165 or oblates@conception.edu.

Part Two of a two-part retreat: Lectio Divina October 21-23, 2005 given by Abbot Gregory Polan, OSB. For more information contact the oblate office at 660-944-3165 or oblates@conception.edu.

Mass Intentions

If you find that your pastor is unable to conveniently take care of the Masses you wish to have celebrated for your particular intentions, Conception Abbey, because many of its monks are ordained priests, will welcome the requests for such intentions. We will see to it that the Masses are celebrated as promptly as possible. The offering you make should correspond with that suggested by the diocese in which you reside. Your pastor will be able to inform you what the stipend of a particular diocese may be.

Please address such requests to:

Mass Intentions
Conception Abbey
PO Box 501
Conception, Missouri 64433

We welcome your comments:
communications@conception.edu
www.conceptionabbey.org

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