Thirty-four units were donated by Subiaco students and staff during the September 6 blood drive at Subiaco.

40+ alumni and friends enjoyed story-telling and craft beer at The Denton Country Brewing Company (TX) on Friday, August 24. Next door to this establishment is The Bearded Monk. Jason Priakos '90 couldn't resist snapping our two bearded monks--Fr. Reginald '78 and Br. Basil.

Fr. Patrick provides oak boards from huge logs. This work is a change of pace from his labors in Subiaco Academy.

DEATH OF FR. HUGH: Abbot Leonard informed our Subiaco community that our monastic brother, Fr. Hugh Assenmacher, OSB, has died. He had been making a valiant recovery after a serious fall had left bleeding on the brain. Yesterday (Monday) the hospital informed us that Fr. Hugh had contracted pneumonia and was administered oxygen and medication in the hope of overcoming this complication. Unfortunately, at 3:45 am on Tuesday Fr. Hugh died and the monastic bells chimed for him at our home of Subiaco. Funeral arrangements: The monastic community will meet the body at 5:00 pm on Thursday. A Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 pm the same evening in the Abbey Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 am Friday morning in the Abbey Church with burial in our Abbey cemetery. Through our prayers for our brother, our monastic community now entrusts Fr. Hugh to the merciful judgement of our God to whom Fr. Hugh made his solemnly vowed commitment to seek Him and prefer nothing to Christ. Please join us in our prayers for the repose of the soul of our monastic brother. In the words of our Holy Father St. Benedict in his Prologue, "What, dear brothers, is more delightful than this voice of the Lord calling to us? See how the Lord in His love shows us the way of life. Clothed then with faith and the performance of good works, let us set out on this way, with the Gospel for our guide, that we may deserve to see Him who has called us to His kingdom (1 Thess 2:12)." Rest in peace, our dear brother, with our monastic brothers of old about whom you have written often. May choirs of angels welcome you and lead you to the bosom of Abraham; and where Lazarus is poor no longer may you find eternal rest. CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE for the full obituary.