DIACONATE ORDINATION DATE: Abbot Elijah has announced that he has tentatively approved Brother Raban Heyer, OSB, to be ordained a transitional deacon by Bishop Anthony Taylor on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 10:00 am in our Subiaco Abbey Church. By that time, Brother Raban will have completed all but one year of his seminary formation at Pontificio Sant'Anselmo in Rome, Italy. During this next year, Br. Raban must complete his ongoing academic studies, receive the recommendation of the Prior of Sant'Anselmo, be installed in ministries, and undertake a canonical retreat. Pray for Br. Raban in his continued studies for the priesthood! UIOGD!

SOLEMN PROFESSION DATE: On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, the Subiaco Chapter of Solemnly Professed Monks considered the petition of Br. Gabriel Jannise to be accepted for solemn profession. Br. Gabriel had completed his candidacy, his novitiate, and was entering into his final months of temporary profession. The Chapter approved his petition and Abbot Elijah has now set Wednesday.... (click on the title to read more)

Father Elijah Owens, OSB, was elected the eighth abbot of Subiaco Abbey on Thursday, July 7, 2022. He follows the tenure of Abbot Leonard Wangler who served for seven years as the seventh abbot of Subiaco before resignation. An abbot is the head of a monastery of monks chosen to guide and lead the monastery. More specifically, the Abbot of Subiaco is the spiritual head and Father of the thirty-five men living the Benedictine monastic way of life at Subiaco Abbey. 

50 YEARS!!!!!: Our monastic confrere, Fr. Mark Stengel, was ordained a priest on June 9, 1972. Over the course of years, he has devoted himself to service as: a missionary in Belize, an Academy dean and faculty member, an Oblate Director, Formation Director, and many other house positions assigned by the Abbot and too numerous to count. We pray you continue for many more years in God's faithful service as a monastic priest. Happy Anniversary! UIOGD!