Posts by Conception Abbey
Abbey Trails 2016
Check out your Abbey Trails 2016 finish times here! 21st Annual Abbey Trails a Success Conception Abbey & Seminary College welcomed 196 registrants Saturday, May 7th to the 21st Annual Abbey Trails 5K Run/2 Mile Walk and Health Fair. This year’s event drew 90 people for the two-mile walk and 73 for the run. Participants…
Read MoreInternational Day
The seminarians hosted International Day where they could celebrate diversity of cultures present at Conception Seminary College. Various types of food, music and, presentations were provided during the early afternoon. It is a blessing to have such a diverse amount of cultures and ethnicities represented at the seminary and through out the Church. …
Read MoreFreshmen Class Outing
Every year the different classes in the seminary college will organize a class outing. Usually these occur in the spring semester, particularly when the weather is nicer. The freshmen class traveled to Lake Viking to the home of friends of mine. They were generous enough to allow the 25 of us to spend most of…
Read MoreTower Topics – Spring 2016
Check out the latest issue of Tower Topics!
Read MoreThe New Tower Topics
It is good to see the fruit of our labor. The spring 2016 issue of our triennial publication, Tower Topics, hit mailboxes this week. You can find and read the electronic version online! Spring 2016 Tower Topics
Read MorePrayer for Vocations
Sunday was the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. It was also the spring priesthood discernment retreat, Encounter with God’s Call weekend. Conception Seminary College welcomed around 70 young men to check out the seminary. Sunday afternoon, there was a Eucharistic procession out to the Marian Grotto on campus. Sunday evening I had Mass at the…
Read MoreFrom Above
The weather has been beautiful this week and the sun finally broke through the clouds today to unveil some vibrant colors. Just during this week we have seen a remarkable difference with the amount of foliage on the trees. We still have a ways to go, but spring is off to a great start. This…
Read MoreIn Color
Signs of spring are coming through all over campus while the trees are still looking to fill out with their leaves. I used my 50mm camera lens to capture these vibrant colors.
Read MoreFeast of Saint Benedict
Happy Feast of St. Benedict! Normally the Feast of St. Benedict is on March 21, but due to Lent and Holy Week, and then the Octave Week of Easter, St. Benedict’s feast day (Transitus) was transferred to April 5. The seminarians returned from Easter vacation on Sunday evening. Since the monks celebrate this day as a…
Read MoreMagnolias in Bloom
The magnolia trees between the monastery and St. Maur Hall are in full bloom. The opened up sometime early last week and were spared from the freezing temperatures. Currently they are clinging to the branches amid some fierce southern winds that we have been having these days. The rest of the trees are starting to…
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