1998-11-02 05:55:42
Michael Bik OSB – Freshman Faculty Resident
Isaac Connolly OSB – Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life
Peregrin Berres OSB – Curator of Arts and Artifacts
From: http://www.csbsju.edu/CATALOG/1998-2000/administration/administration%207.htm
1998-2000 SJU Academic Catalog
1998-2000 SJU Academic Catalog
Obituary: the Rev. Peregrin Berres of St. John’s Abbey
The Rev. Peregrin Jerome Berres was killed in a one-car accident in Maple Grove on Friday evening. He was 68.
He completed his first year of training as a monk at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., in 1950 and was ordained there in 1957. He has been associated with the school in various positions since 1973, said the Rev. Daniel Durken, Abbey publicist. Since 1988 Berres had served as a special-projects coordinator for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library. His projects included cataloging 400,000 medieval manuscripts into CD-Rom format.
He also had served as an associate pastor for churches in Hastings, Detroit Lakes and St. Cloud.
Berres was a chaplain in the Army for three years during the Vietnam War. Later he taught religion at Benilde High School in St. Louis Park before going back to St. John’s.
“He had a remarkable variety of things that he did,” Durken said. “He was a creative, energetic and generous person.”
Berres was on his way to visit a sister and a brother in St. Paul when he lost control of his car on Interstate Hwy. 94 at the I-694 exit. The car left the road and struck a bridge pillar.
The State Patrol is investigating whether another car might have cut Berres off and forced him to lose control.
He is survived by five sisters and two brothers: Charlotte Berres of St. Paul; Sue Huff of Hot Springs, Ark.; Sister Caroline Berres of Bloomington; Rose Mary Goossens of West St. Paul; Annette Malone of Eau Claire, Wis.; Vincent Berres of St. Paul, and Paul Berres of Houston.
Visitation will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at St. John’s Abbey. Services will be held there at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
– Andrew Tellijohn
April 17, 1999
Obituary: the Rev. Peregrin Berres of St. John’s Abbey
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CSB/SJU Mourns Fr. Peregrin Berres
Father Peregrin Berres OSB, was killed in a single vehicle accident last Friday, April 16, near Minneapolis. He was 68.
He was born Jerome Berres, taking the name .Peregrin upon entering the priesthood. He has been associated with SJU in several positions since 1973. He entered the university as a student and decided to enter the monastery in 1950, at the young age of 20. He admitted his initial view of monastic life was one of “dark and damp walls inhabited by men who were somehow out of this world.”
For eight years he taught Latin and general science courses at St. Augustine’s College in Nassau, Bahamas. He also served as associate pastor for churches in Nassau, Hastings, Detroit Lakes, and St. Cloud over the course of several years. He was chaplain for three years in the U.S. army and saw active duty with a helicopter unit in Vietnam.
He later taught religion at Benilde high school in St. Louis Park before returning to St. John’s to assume the position of media director. For an overall period of twelve years, he served as a faculty resident in campus housing, allowing for direct contact with many students. Since 1988 Berres was the special project coordinator of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (HMML).
Berres was on his way to visit a sister and a brother in St. Paul when he lost control of his car on Interstate Hwy. 94 at the 1-694 exit. The car left the road and struck a bridge pillar. The state patrol is still investigating whether another car cut him off and forced him off the road.
He will be remembered by many for the spirit that he brought to all of his life’s work. In a quote from his book “In Retrospect,” Berres says, “I expected monastic life would be a tough life and prepared to give myself fully. Perhaps I was over eager at first for I occasionally found myself slightly disappointed with the easiness of the life. But as time went on I found that I was looking for big things to do and in this overlooking many smaller but important things that make for perfection. I have found the less spectacular is rougher than I had anticipated. The little things often seem too common to make a saint, but they are what put the Little Flower where she is.”
The Record – April 22, 1999
Klassen Fails to Answer His Own Question
In an email to the St. John’s community dated April 12, 2011, [ View ] Abbot John Klassen’s wrote, “Some of you may be asking why the issue of abuse keeps coming back in the media.”
Abbot Klassen never answers the question. Instead, he changes the subject.
“The cases that we settled are not for recent misconduct. Individuals come forward when they are ready to deal with the impact of the misconduct.”
Here’s the answer:
The media, the general public, and a growing number of once sympathetic St. John’s community members remain interested because St. John’s Abbey refuses to fully disclose the names of those current and former members of its community against whom credible allegations of misconduct have been made.
The media remains interested because of what the Abbey did not do.
Example 1:
Members of the St. John’s Abbey community reportedly knew about abuse perpetrated by Fr. Francisco Schulte for over 25 years. It wasn’t until May of 2010 that St. John’s made Fr. Schulte’s name public, as a result of a lawsuit filed on behalf of two North Carolina brothers. When other victims heard Schulte’s name, they stepped forward to get help and (in at least one instance) support other Schulte victims.
How do I know this? I spoke with some of Schulte’s victims. Then I went to the Abbot.
After mass on June 6, 2010, Abbot John Klassen and I spoke for over 20 minutes. We discussed new victims who contacted me, a declining monk population and an abuse policy that was not working. I suggested that we meet to (1) discuss how to move forward with these new victims and (2) discuss a real plan to address the issue of abuse so that the abbey could avoid future embarrassment. The abbot agreed to meet.
On June 24, 2010, however, Abbot Klassen wrote in an email, “On reflection, I don’t think a meeting is necessary.”
Had the abbey disclosed Schulte’s name when they first learned of his abuse or had the abbot kept our meeting, Schulte’s victims would likely not have been present at the press conference on March 28, 2011.
Will more Schulte victims come forward? They already have.
Example 2:
Members of the St. John’s Abbey community knew about abuse perpetrated by Fr. Bruce Wollmering since the mid-1970′s. It wasn’t until 2006 that St. John’s made Fr. Wollmering’s name public.
St. John’s made Wollmering’s name public, in part, due to the story of one of the victims who settled recently. Another victim came forward after they finally made his name public. I believe that one of the victims would have come forward earlier if St. John’s had made Wollmering’s name public when they first learned of his misconduct, 30 years earlier. Had they made such a disclosure, I’d like to think that Fr. Wollmering would not have had access to the second victim.
Will more Wollmering victims come forward? They already have.
Example 3:
At the press conference on March 28, 2011 the names of seventeen monks were announced. The list of seventeen was newsworthy, but why?
Because of the size of the list?
Because it included the name of a monk, Br. Stephen Lilly, known to St. John’s Abbey since 1992?
Because it didn’t include the name of Fr. Robert Blumeyer (#18), a name made public by St. John’s Abbey in 2006?
Because it didn’t include the name of Fr. James Kelly (#19), who was dismissed by St. John’s Abbey in 1973 after credible claims of misconduct?
Because it didn’t include the name of Br. Robert Burke (#20), Fr. Peregrin Berres (#21) Fr. Mathias Faue (#22) against whom credible allegations have been made?
Because it didn’t include the names of Br. Paschal Brisson (#23) and Rev. Pirmim Wendt (#24), who were part of the recent settlement?
Had St. John’s disclosed the names of these twenty-four offenders years ago, there would not have been a news event two weeks ago, a letter from the abbot today, or two listening sessions tomorrow.
In the two weeks since the “issue of abuse” came back in the media, more victims have come forward.
Two days ago I offered to meet with the abbot to discuss these victims and their new, potentially crippling, allegations. I offered to help the abbot take a proactive approach. He has not responded.
When the stories of these new victims are told, it will once again be newsworthy… because of what St. John’s Abbey did not do.
Monk Offenders in the Bahamas
The following is a list of Saint John’s monks with credible allegations of misconduct who served in the Bahamas.
Fr. Othmar Hohmann (1932- )
Fr. Peregrine Berres (1957-1965)
Fr. Allen Tarlton (1962-64, 1967-1968)
Br. Paschal Brisson (?-1967-1969-?)
Abbot Timothy Kelly (1963-1964, v1993)
Fr. Richard Eckroth (1977-1993, v1997)
Br. Jim Phillips (1981-84)
Fr. Mel Taylor (1980, 1990-2012)
Abbot John Eidenschink (v1984)
Fr. Dan Ward (v1996, 1997- )
Fr. Francisco Schulte (1997-1998)
Brother Herard Jean-Noel ( -1998)
Fr. Jerome Tupa (1998)
Fr. Finian McDonald (1998-2001)
Br. Paul Richards (v1998, s2011)
v = visit
s = sabbatical
Also Note:
Father Daniel Durken (30+ visits) & Sister Dolores Schuh (12+ visits)
References to Personnel in the Bahamas:
[In 1932] St. Francis Xavier Church was designated the pro-cathedral of the Prefecture by Father Bernard Kevenhoester, OSB, the first Prefect Apostolic of the Bahamas. Father Bernard then installed Fr. Othmar Hohmann, OSB, as pastor of St. Francis Church. Fr. Othmar, a talented, friendly, dramatist, zealously continued the work of this predecessors: promoting enthusiastic congregational vocal praying; singing during liturgical services; giving catechetical instructions during evening services. (http://www.stfrancisxaviercathedral.org/church/about-us.html?start=3)
Gervase Soukup, a member of the St. John’s faculty and the financial director for the St. John’s Abbey, goes to the Bahamas every January. Fr. Gervase sacrifices part of his January here year after year to check the accounts of the Benedictine priory in Nassau. Such devotion in a man to make such a sacrifice to only check—not to keep—the books of the Priory in the Bahamas. What devotion! (The Record – February 1, 1977)
Abbot Jerome Theisen and Abbot John Eidenschink, president of the American-Cassinese Federation, recently reported on their visitation to Saint Augustine’s Monastery in Nassau. Their joint report states: “It is our conviction that progress has been made in the establishment of a core monastic community, the kind that can attract native vocations. A continuation of the experiment seems warranted for another three years.” (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – April, 1984)
During February 1992, Father Vincent Tegeder, abbey and university archivist, visited the northern section of Andros Island, the Bahamas, where our current missionary and former philosophy teacher at Saint John’s, Father Richard Eckroth, resides. Together, they were able to traverse the catechetical domain of Father Gabriel Roerig, our pioneer herald of the Gospel there from 1894-1950. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Spring, 1992)
Timothy Kelly visited the Bahamas and our confreres there at Saint Augustine’s Priory and College. He also travelled to the family islands where so many of our confreres have been missionaries and where some are buried. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Fall, 1993)
From 1981-84 [Brother Jim Phillips] assisted in the business office at St. Augustine’s Monastery and College in Nassau, Bahamas. During his 25 years of monastic life he has also assisted with care of the elderly in the abbey health center. He is currently a member of the residential staff at Saint John’s Preparatory School. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Summer, 1995)
This summer Brother Paul-Vincent Niebauer will be spending seven weeks in Saint Augustine’s Priory in the Bahamas. He is in his first year of temporary vows and has, among other things, directed the drama program during the past year at Saint John’s Preparatory School. He will join the community at Saint Augustine’s Priory, bolster the choir during the summer months, work in the school on various projects, and help with maintenance and other community tasks. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Spring, 1996)
From 1977 to 1993 [Father Richard Eckroth] served Saint John’s foundation in the Bahamas. He was the associate pastor of a church in Nassau, then took charge of six churches of the Family Island of Andros. Later, he oversaw the construction of a new church on the island of Bimini. Currently, he is in charge of the abbey-parish cemetery and monastic burials at Saint John’s and is a substitute chaplain. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Summer, 1996)
[Francisco Francisco Schulte has accepted] the invitation of Father Daniel Ward to form part of the monastic community at Saint Augustine’s Priory in Nassau, Bahamas. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Spring, 1997)
Also in July and as previously announced, Father Daniel Ward will become the new prior of St. Augustine’s Monastery in Nassau, Bahamas. Joining him and our three confreres already there – Fathers Mel Taylor, George Wolf and Fintan Bromenshenkel – will be “newcomers,” Fathers Richard Eckroth, Francisco Schulte and Antony Hellenberg. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Spring, 1997)
Former prior of the community at St. Augustine’s, Nassau, Father Mel Taylor has accepted the assignment of parochial care for Long Island and its mission stations there. Father Francisco Schulte, Subprior, speaks of his “holy envy” of Father Mel: “The island is literally One of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen – Caribbean or Mediterranean,” he waxed. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Fall, 1997)
Fr. Richard [Eckroth], former member of the SJU philosophy department, returns to the Bahamas where he had worked in various parishes for 16 years (1977-1993). He is now the plant manager of the monastery and the chaplain of Saint Martin’s Monastery in Nassau. (The Record – September 4, 1997)
“[Father Francisco Schulte], who taught the initial classes in Hispanic ministry offered at Saint John’s School of Theology and assisted in the retreat and conference work of the Spiritual Life Program of the abbey, has been appointed the subprior, or second ranking official, of the Nassau monastery. He is also the director of the Oblates of Saint Benedict of the Bahamas.” – (The Record, September 4, 1997)
Father Francisco Schulte broadcasts a weekly Sunday afternoon radio program (Radio Station 100JAMZ – also available on the internet). Another new area of service is his ministry to the local Spanish-language community in the Bahamas. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Spring, 1998)
At Saint Augustine’s Priory in the Bahamas, Father George Wolf and Fintan Bromenshenkel remain focused on their administrative duties; Father Antony Hellenberg continues his work as the registrar/coordinator of student services at the Benedictine University College, overseeing admissions and recruitment, academic records and assisting the Dean; Father Mel Taylor takes care of seven churches on Long Island and Brother Herard Jean-Noel has returned to the abbey for reassignment. Helping do major renovations and other duties at the monastery this summer were: Brothers Isidore Glyer and Zachary Wilberding; Fathers Jerome Tupa, Finian McDonald and Daniel Durken. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Summer, 1998)
Early January found the Saint John’s Boys’ choir, under the guidance of Brother Paul Richards, on a ten-day tour in the Bahamas, giving concerts at various locales on the islands as well as at St. Augustine’s Priory and the Benedictine University College there. (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Winter, 1998)
After his ordination in 1957, [Father Peregrin Berres] began to put this principal into practice. He first perigrinated to Nassau, Bahamas and for the next eight years (1957-1965) he taught Latin and general science at St. Augustine’s College, a Benedictine sponsored high school and also served as associate pastor of Sacred Heart Church and a chaplain at Her Majesty’s Prison. (Obituary – April, 1999)
Father Allen [Tarlton's] first assignment was teaching English at the preparatory school 1953-62. There followed assignments at St. Augustine’s College, Nassau, Bahamas, (1962-64) and then service as associate pastor of St. Mark’s Church in Cincinnati (1965- 69)· (Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly – Summer, 1999)
St. John’s Abbey was told in the late 1980s that the Rev. Richard Eckroth had allegedly sexually abused a boy years earlier. But officials at the Collegeville abbey allowed him to continue working as a parish priest in the Bahamas for at least six more years, according to records obtained by an attorney who settled a lawsuit with the abbey in 1995. It was not until 1993, when allegations surfaced that Eckroth had raped two boys when they were ages 7 or 8, that then-Abbot Timothy Kelly ordered Eckroth back to the United States for a psychiatric evaluation. (May 14, 2002 – Star Tribune – View)
Abbot John Klassen, OSB, and Mr. Michael Mullin, liaison for Saint John’s and Saint Augustine’s College, visited the Nassau monastery and school January 17-20. In consultation with Prior Mel [Taylor] and Fathers George [ Wolf ] and Fintan [Bromenshenkel] it was agreed that they would reduce their presence in the college by fifty percent by the end of June 2002, and completely cease their employment there by the end of this year. (The Abbey Banner, Spring, 2002)
Abbot Timothyʼs [Kelly] first assignments were in Mexico, Bahamas, The Bronx, and Crookston, Minnesota. He then served as Novice Master, taught theology at Saint Johnʼs and was administrator of Belmont Abbey, North Carolina. He led the Collegeville community as abbot for eight years and is now Abbot President of the American-Cassinese Congregation. (The Abbey Banner, Fall, 2005)
On June 8, 2006, Archbishop Pinder, attorney Michael Barnett and Mel Taylor, OSB, who remains in Nassau as pastor of Sacred Heart Church, signed the necessary papers to complete the transfer of Saint Augustine’s Monastery to the Archdiocese of Nassau. (The Abbey Banner, Fall, 2006)
Dean of men, faculty resident in campus student housing, director of counseling, director of academic advising, missionary monk at our communities in Japan and the Bahamas, head community barber, cultivator of orchids and assistant sacristan—such assignments have kept Father Finian [McDonald] busy. (The Abbey Banner, Fall, 2006)
When Brother Jim [Phillips] served in the Bahamas, he did not work in an environment where he had access to minors. He worked and lived in the monastery. All evidence suggests that he is a situational offender, that is, one who engages in inappropriate sexual behavior in the relationships he forms in the context of ministry. These opportunities were not available to him in the Bahamas. He lived and worked in the community. (Email from John Klassen – September 5, 2007)
In 1997-98, [Father Francisco Schulte] was sent to St. Augustine’s Priory in Nassau, the Bahamas, a monastic community founded by St. John’s Abbey in 1891. Under the supervision of the Rev. Daniel Ward, a St. John’s monk then serving as St. Augustine’s prior, Schulte was one of four monks maintaining the declining priory, which was dissolved in 2005. (Aaron Raverty, OSB – June 9, 2010)
[Father Francisco Schulte] was all over the map in this timeframe: For a time in the mid-1990s, he worked with migrant workers under the auspices of St. John’s School of Theology. In 1994 he was in Rome studying for his doctorate. From 1997-98, he was at St. Augustine’s Priory in the Bahamas. (CityPages.com - Jun. 10 2010)
Following his ordination, [Timothy Kelly] began his career first as an English instructor at Saint John’s University and prefect in Saint Anselm’s Hall (1961-62). Timothy then spent a year in our monastery foundation in Mexico where he taught theology at Colegio del Tepeyac (1962-63), followed by a year at our foundation in the Bahamas at Saint Augustine’s College where he taught English. During the summer months, he attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota. (Obituary - October 7, 2010)
Abbey Now Admits to 23 Monk Perpetrators
Saint John’s Abbey has quietly admitted, via a revamped web site, that at least 23 members of its community have been credibly accused of sexual abuse or misconduct.
According to the abbey’s web site [ Click Here, then select "John Jay Report"]:
“rigorous investigations deemed that allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct* against 23 members of the Abbey were credible.”
Interestingly, on the web page (formerly entitled “transparency.html”) the abbey fails to provide the names of the 23 monk offenders.
The abbey web site no longer provides a copy of the letter that it claims was sent to Saint John’s alum in April of 2011. As part of the April, 2011 settlement, that letter was to be posted on the abbey’s website [ View ].
That April, 2011 letter from Abbot John Klassen [ View ] provided the names of eighteen credibly accused monk offenders:
Brother Andre Bennett
Brother Isaac Connolly
Father Richard Eckroth
Father Thomas Gillespie
Brother John Kelly
Father Brennan Maiers
Father Dunstan Moorse
Father Francisco Schulte
Father Bruce Wollmering
Father Michael Bik
Father Cosmas Dahlheimer
Abbot John Eidenschink
Father Fran Hoefgen
Brother Steven Lilly
Father Finian McDonald
Brother Jim Phillips
Father Allen Tarlton
Father James Kelly
Which of the following credibly accused monks [ View ] make up the other five on the abbey’s new list of twenty-three?
Father Tom Andert
Father Daniel Ward
Father Mel Taylor
Brother Robert Burke
Father Howard Oak Mossier
Father Agustine Cerezo Murillo
Father Peregrin Berres
Father Robert Blumeyer
Father Mathias Faue
Father Othmar Hohmann
Abbot Timothy Kelly
Brother Paschal Brisson
Father Dominic Keller
Father Timothy Backous
Father Jonathan Licari
The List
Since the 1930s, fifty (50) monks and ten (10) other members of the Saint John’s community have been accused of sexual abuse and/or other misconduct. Another twenty (20) men with strong ties to St. John’s have also been accused of misconduct.
*** Type 1: Saint John’s Abbey Monks Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct (50)
1. Fr. Michael Bik (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
2. Br. Isaac Connolly (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
3. Fr. Richard Eckroth (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
4. Fr. Thomas Gillespie (Reportedly Still at Abbey) (SJP ’55) (SOT ’64)
5. Fr. Brennan Maiers (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
6. Fr. Finian McDonald (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
7. Fr. Dunstan Moorse (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
8. Fr. Francisco Schulte (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
9. Fr. Allen Tarlton (Reportedly Still at Abbey) (SJP ’46)
10. Br. Jim Phillips (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
11. Fr. Tom Andert (Still at Abbey, Prior of Saint John’s Abbey) (SJP ’65)
12. Fr. Tim “Timo” Backous (Fmr. Headmaster of Saint John’s Prep)
13. Fr. Donald Tauscher (Reportedly Still at Abbey)
14. Fr. Jonathan Licari (Headmaster, Removed from Review Board in 2003)
15. Fr. Daniel Ward (Allegations Deemed Credible 1/2013)
16. Fr. Mel Taylor (Allegations Deemed Credible 1/2013)
17. Fr. Chrysostom Kim (Active, Abbey)
18. Fr. Simeon Thole (Active, Abbey)
19. Fr. Thomas Thole (Active, Abbey)
20. Fr. Cyril Gorman (Active, Japan)
21. Fr. Anthony Ruff (Active, Abbey, SOT Faculty)
22. Fr. Jerome Tupa (Active, Abbey & St. Joseph)
23. Fr. Fran Hoefgen (Left Monastery, Cities)
24. Br. John Kelly (Left Monastery, Cities)
25. Br. Robert Burke (Left Monastery, Worked for Archdiocese, Deceased)
26. Br. Stephen Lilly (Left Monastery, Cities)
27. Fr. Howard Oaks Mossier (Left Monastery, Alabama)
28. Fr. Nathan Libaire (Left Monastery, Santa Fe)
29. Fr. James Kelly (Left Monastery, Deceased)
30. Fr. Agustine Cerezo Murillo (Left Monastery, Deceased)
31. Br. Andre Bennett (Deceased)
32. Fr. Cosmas Dahlheimer (Deceased)
33. Fr. Bruce Wollmering (Deceased)
34. Fr. Peregrin Berres (Deceased)
35. Fr. Robert Blumeyer (Deceased)
36. Abbot John Eidenschink (Deceased)
37. Fr. Mathias Faue (Deceased)
38. Fr. Othmar Hohmann (Deceased)
39. Abbot Timothy Kelly (Deceased)
40. Br. Paschal Brisson (Deceased)
41. Fr. Dominic Keller (Deceased)
42. Fr. Alban Fruth (Deceased)
43. Fr. Aelred Tegels (Deceased)
44. Fr. Angelo Zankl (Deceased)
45. Br. Zaccheus Zuehlke (Deceased)
46. Fr. Pirmin Wendt (Deceased)
47. Fr. Aloysius Michels (Deceased)
48. Fr. Roger Botz (Deceased)
49. Fr. Gerald Farrell (Deceased)
50. Fr. Gregory Soukup (Deceased)
*** Type 2: Lay Personnel Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct (5)
1. Terry DeSutter (Alive, 2002 Settlement)
2. Steve Pavkovich (Alive, Banned from Campus)
3. Roger Julkowski (Deceased, “The Farm”)
4. Matthew Feeney (Alive, Prison)
5. Miguel Diaz (Alive, SOT Faculty)
*** Type 3: Visiting Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct (5)
1. Fr. Paul GoPaul (Deceased)
2. Fr. Anthony Smithwick (Alive, England?)
3. Fr. Bede Parry (Deceased)
4. Fr. Michael Brunovsky (Alive, Ohio)
5. Fr. Jure Christie (Deceased)
*** Type 4: Priests Named by MN Dioceses with St. John’s Ties. (20)
Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis (3)
1. Rev. Gilbert DeSutter (SJU ’50)
2. Rev. Alfred Longley (CSB/SJU Retreat Master)
3. Rev. Gil Gustafson (ISTI Board)
Diocese of St. Cloud (14)
1. Rev. Sylvester Gall (SJU ’34) (SOT ’38)
2. Rev. William Garding (SOT ’82)
3. Rev. Raymond C. Jacques (SOT ’48)
4. Rev. Val Klimek (SJU ’40)
5. Rev. Joseph Kremer (SJU ’63) (Staff, SJU Staff 1976-1984)
6. Rev. Richard Kujawa (SJU SOT ’50)
7. Rev. James Mohm (SJU SOT ’27)
8. Rev. Donald Rieder (SJU ’51)
9. Rev. Peter Snyers St. John’s (SJU SOT ’53)
10. Rev. Allan Speiser (SJU ’45)
11. Rev. James Thoennes (SJU ’60)
12. Rev. William Wey (SJU ’42)
13. Deacon Michael Weber (SJU ’66)
14. Msgr. Vincent Yzermans (Volunteer, Speaker, Contributor)
1. Rev. Leonard Colston (SOT 1979)
2. Rev. (Thomas) Gregory Manning (SJU ’40)(SOT ’44)
Diocese of Winona (1)
1. Louis G. Cook (SJU ’54) (SOT ’58)
Diocese of Crookston (Not Available)
Diocese of New Ulm (Not Available)
Note: To find more information about members of the Saint John’s Abbey community, please visit the Meet the Monks section.
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