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June 20, 2021ARCHIVE— BACULUM SENECTUTIS: Celebrations involving the anniversary of the monastic profession of a monk are ones we look forward to each year. The 50th anniversary of monastic profession (sometimes referred to as a “Golden Anniversary”) are especially ones that our monastic order has honored and celebrated with particular flourish. For many years, abbeys in our Confederation even celebrated a special ritual known as the conferral of the “Senior Walking Stick” (Baculum Senectutis) for those monks marking their 50th anniversary. We pulled some of the photos from our Subiaco archives to show these liturgical walking sticks as they were awarded a number of years ago. Some of our older readers may even remember some of these monks who served in both our Abbey and Academy ministries. We ceased the conferral of the baculum sometime in the late 60’s, but there are a few abbeys that still celebrate the conferral such as the one recently celebrated by Munsterschwarzach in Germany (see color photo with their version of the baculum). UIOGD!
(L-R) Fr Basil Egloff, Fr. Bernard Zell, Fr. Luke Hess:
(L-R) Fr. Lawrence Hoyt, Fr. Justin Wewer, Fr. Gregory Kehres
(L-R) Abbot Edward Burgert, Fr. Jerome Pohle
(L-R) Br. Conrad Spirig and an unknown server:
2021 Conferral of the Baculum Senectutis on two members of the Abbey of Munsterschwarzach
