Monk Directory

Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, OSB

Rüdesheim, Germany

Professed vows: August 15, 1975

Archabbot

Fr. Bede Cisco, OSB

Indianapolis, IN

Professed vows: August 24, 1974

Prior

Fr. Joseph Cox, OSB

Peoria, IL

Professed vows: August 6, 1998

Subprior

Br. Joel Blaize, OSB

Mount Carmel, IL

Professed vows: January 20, 2016

Graduate studies in ritual chant and song, University of Limerick, Ireland

Fr. Aurelius Boberek, OSB

Staten Island, NY

Professed vows: August 1, 1952

Resides in infirmary

Br. Benjamin Brown, OSB

Dubuque, IA

Professed vows: August 24, 1976

Fire department member, infirmary staff

Fr. Meinrad Brune, OSB

Indianapolis, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1956

Archabbey and Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation archivist

Fr. Adrian Burke, OSB

Indianapolis, IN

Professed vows: August 6, 1993

Teacher, spiritual director, retreat master

Fr. Ephrem Carr, OSB

Toledo, OH

Professed vows: August 15, 1963

Infirmary resident

Fr. Tobias Colgan, OSB

Kankakee, IL

Professed vows: August 27, 1971

Vice rector of Seminary and School of Theology

Fr. Patrick Cooney, OSB

Evergreen Park, IL

Professed vows: August 6, 1995

Judicial vicar for Diocese of Owensboro

Fr. Guerric DeBona, OSB

Jamaica, NY

Professed vows: August 6, 1981

Director of spiritual formation, teacher, spiritual director

Br. Hugh Ernst, OSB

Evansville, IN

Professed vows: August 27, 1971

Baker

Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB

San Antonio, TX

Professed vows: August 15, 1972

Artist, refectorian, house prefect/custos

Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB

Belleville, IL

Professed vows: August 6, 2003

Choirmaster, teacher

Fr. Jonathan Fassero, OSB

Mishawaka, IN

Professed vows: August 24, 1974

Spiritual director, director of diocesan relations

Br. Jean Fish, OSB

Poway, CA

Professed vows: January 20, 2016

Art student

Br. John Glasenapp, OSB

Cleveland, OH

Professed vows: February 2, 2007

Director of Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music

Fr. Colman Grabert, OSB

Evansville, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1960

Conference coordinator, retreat director

Fr. Thomas Gricoski, OSB

Frackville, PA

Professed vows: August 6, 2006

Director of candidates, novices and juniors; teacher

Br. Jacob Grisley, OSB

Logansport, IN

Professed vows: August 24, 1973

Director of transportation, records and evaluations manager, information technology

Fr. Harry Hagan, OSB

Bardstown, KY

Professed vows: August 24, 1972

Teacher, spiritual director

Fr. Warren Heitz, OSB

Huntingburg, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1961

Editor of Swiss-American Congregation Ordo

Fr. Eugene Hensell, OSB

Logansport, IN

Professed vows: August 6, 1979

Retreat master, Guest Services chaplain

Fr. Simon Herrmann, OSB

Findlay, OH

Professed vows: January 20, 2016

Director of youth and young adult engagement, socius

Fr. Sean Hoppe, OSB

Findlay, OH

Professed vows: August 6, 1977

Monastery mail service, transportation assistant, church guestmaster

Br. James Jensen, OSB

Iowa City, IA

Professed vows: August 6, 2013

Vestry, teacher, Development Office

Br. Kenan Kapina, OSB

East Chicago, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1976

Infirmary resident

Fr. Jeremy King, OSB

Jeffersonville, IN

Professed vows: August 27, 1971

Monastery assignment coordinator, organist, prison ministry

Fr. Pius Klein, OSB

Aurora, IN

Professed vows: April 19, 1959

Commuting chaplain, Development Office correspondence

Fr. Micheas Langston, OSB

Paducah, KY

Professed vows: August 15, 1959

Infirmary resident

Fr. Edward Linton, OSB

Louisville, KY

Professed vows: August 6, 1986

Director of Institute for Continuing Theological Education, Pontifical North American College

Br. Basil Lumsden, OSB

Trinidad

Professed vows: August 6, 2019

Monastery guestmaster, organist, assistant refectorian

Br. Kim Malloy, OSB

Mount Summit, IN

Professed vows: April 16, 1958

Custos and sacristan of Archabbey Church, weaver

Fr. Guy Mansini, OSB

Indianapolis, IN

Professed vows: August 24, 1973

Teacher, Ave Maria University

Fr. John McMullen, OSB

Washington, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1961

Adjunct priest at St. Meinrad and St. Boniface parishes, guest house confessor

Br. Gregory Morris, OSB

Ft. Thomas, KY

Professed vows: January 20, 2022

Fr. Noel Mueller, OSB

Louisville, KY

Professed vows: August 15, 1963

Spiritual director, retreat director

Fr. Louis Mulcahy, OSB

Lynn, MA

Professed vows: September 8, 1981

Infirmary resident

Fr. Godfrey Mullen, OSB

Alton, IL

Professed vows: August 6, 1989

Rector, Cathedral of St. Peter, Belleville, IL

Fr. Matthias Neuman, OSB

Huntingburg, IN

Professed vows: August 15, 1962

Retreat master

Fr. Paul Nord, OSB

Huntingburg, IN

Professed vows: August 6, 2003

Teacher, formation dean, pastoral assistance

Fr. Mark O'Keefe, OSB

Shirley, MA

Professed vows: August 6, 1979

Chaplain in residence at Carmelite monastery, teacher, spiritual director

Fr. Lorenzo Penalosa, OSB

Quezon City, Philippines

Professed vows: August 6, 2015

Stipendarius, teacher, spiritual director

Fr. Julian Peters, OSB

Toledo, OH

Professed vows: August 6, 1983

Teacher, spiritual director

Fr. Denis Quinkert, OSB

New Albany, IN

Professed vows: February 10, 1956

Infirmary chaplain, transportation assistant

Fr. Christian Raab, OSB

Michigan City, IN

Professed vows: February 2, 2005

Teacher, formation dean, associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Jasper, IN

Fr. Lambert Reilly, OSB

Pittsburgh, PA

Professed vows: August 15, 1956

Retreat master, parish missions

Br. Michael Reyes, OSB

Manila, Philippines

Professed vows: January 20, 2020

Student, Oblate Office assistant, assistant sacristan

Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB

Iuka, MS

Professed vows: August 6, 1997

President-rector, Seminary and School of Theology

Nov. Angel Romero-Olivas

Chihuahua, Mexico

Br. Flavian Schwenk, OSB

Ireland, IN

Professed vows: May 13, 1962

Pyrographic artist

Fr. Raymond Studzinski, OSB

Detroit, MI

Professed vows: August 15, 1964

Administrator and teacher, Catholic University of America

Fr. Germain Swisshelm, OSB

Orrville, OH

Professed vows: August 15, 1957

Carpenter shop, Office readings

Fr. Nathaniel Szidik, OSB

Grand Rapids, MI

Professed vows: January 20, 2016

Student at Catholic University, co-manager of Peanut Brother

Fr. Anthony Vinson, OSB

Fort Dodge, IA

Professed vows: August 6, 2001

Administrator of St. Meinrad and St. Boniface parishes

Br. Francis de Sales Wagner, OSB

Findlay, OH

Professed vows: January 20, 2008

Secretary to the archabbot, spiritual director, secretary to abbot’s council/chapter

Br. Stanley Rother Wagner

Quincy, IL

Professed vows: January 20, 2018

Archivist, History Museum Curator, and Subrefectorian

Br. Dominic Warneke, OSB

Delphos, OH

Professed vows: May 11, 1961

Assistant to house custos, infirmary assistance, Abbey Caskets

Fr. Luke Waugh, OSB

Weston, WV

Professed vows: January 21, 2010

Administrator of St. Isidore Parish, custodian of Monte Cassino Shrine chapel, associate director of pastoral formation

Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Chicago, IL

Professed vows: November 13, 1969

Teacher at St. Patrick’s Seminary, staff member at Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Worship

Br. Zachary Wilberding, OSB

Dubuque, IA

Professed vows: September 14, 1997

Director of monastery vocations, director of public reading, prison ministry

Fr. Kolbe Wolniakowski, OSB

Lansing, MI

Professed vows: August 6, 2016

Spiritual director, parochial vicar at St. Paul Parish, co-manager of Peanut Brother

Fr. Mateo Zamora, OSB

Angeles City, Philippines

Professed vows: August 6, 2018

Director of pastoral formation, teacher, formation dean

Br. Andrew Zimmermann, OSB

Richmond, VA

Professed vows: March 11, 1956

Guadelupe Center, transportation assistant

Br. Maurus Zoeller, OSB

Tiffin, OH

Professed vows: August 10, 1952

Guestmaster, director of retreat program