Mount Michael Abbey’s Caskets

Donate: Bell Tower Memorial Bricks

Palm Sunday — Hosanna—Hosanna—Hosanna

…As soon as the puffy heads burst open, it performs an incredible airy-like dance in the wind. The hillside behind the abbey comes alive with acrobatic, wavy movement. I have…

ENSURE AND ENDURE

WRITTEN BY FR. JOHN HAGEMANN, O.S.B. Fr. John Hagemann O.S.B. These days when alumni or other visitors come to Mount Michael, if it has been more than a year or…

Why Monastic Life?

Farmer’s Market: Jalapeno Jam

…having bagels and hot pepper dip — a combination of cream cheese and the hot pepper jam. The bagels come from Panera, where many of Mount Michael students are working…

Bro. James Pope OSB 1946-2020

…of the Mount Michael community. One of the first monastic assignments given Bro. James was sacristan. For twenty-two years Bro. James attended to the material preparations for every liturgical function…

Water Main Break Floods Chapel Basement

…in Arlington, Nebraska. In a search of the campus he discovered that the Crypt (chapel basement) was flooded. Companies were contacted immediately to pump the water out of the crypt…

Bro. Benedict Mary Ober, O.S.B. – RIP

…would be found stuck in the snow on his chair, making his way to community prayer. With the Abbot and the community’s blessings, Bro. Benedict Mary opted to move back…