St. Michael's Abbey

Just a short note to remind you that this Sunday, January 20, 2013, the parish will be celebrating the close of its 125^th Anniversary Year.  To commemorate this and the Feast of our dear Patroness, Fr. Moriarty has invited the Right Reverend Abbot Eugene J. Hayes, O.Praem., of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, CA, to deliver a lecture on the building of a Catholic Culture.  St. Michael’s is a community of Norbertine monks whose primary apostolate is educational and liturgical.  Their engagement of the whole person intellectually, physically, and spiritually has produced many a fine student and has nourished a very solid Catholic community in California.   Indeed, very similar to that of Saint Agnes.   Here is a short video of the Abbey (very inspiring!):

Capstone Pilgrimage to Chicago - January, 2013

The slide show below contains images from the Capstone Seminar Pilgrimage to Chicago (Jan., 2013).  Captions describing each image can be viewed by clicking on the text icon in the lower left corner of every image.

The purpose of this annual Pilgrimage to Chicago is to engage in an integrated, Catholic experience in the big city – an amalgamation of culture, faith, politics, art, food, architecture, history etc.!

The students’ experiences include:

• riding the Amtrak train to Chicago
• walking around Windy City during rush-hour
• eating deep-dish pizza at the restaurant where it was invented
• chanting Vespers with Benedictine monks downtown
• viewing the city from atop the John Hancock skyscraper
• meeting with His Excellency, Bishop Joseph N. Perry
• attending a lecture by renowned Jesuit, Fr. Paul Mankowski
• visiting the Chicago Institute of Art
• enjoying Greek food in Chicago's Greektown

The images below are a window into the life of the group's four day pilgrimage to the Windy City.

Living out the "Regula" of St. Benedict...

http://youtu.be/ZSZQceNbZLA

Book VII, The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Oct. 5, 2012

Students are grappling with the big, existential and philosophical questions.

The Thought and Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: