Guest from Switzerland

This Christmas we have a guest from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. He came with Brothers Guerric and Macario who are studying theology at St. Meinrad Archabbey. Einsiedeln is the Mother House of St. Meinrad and Brother Aaron was sent there to study this year. He is spending Christmas with us. Conception Abbey of course is also from an Abbey in Switzerland, Engelberg Abbey.

Most of the ice from the ice storm is now melted although there is still some ice on a few of the trees and some places the sidewalks are still slick. However we still do not have heat in the Basilica, the kitchen or St. Joseph Hall. Something on the four boilers that serve these buildings got frozen during the time the electricity was off and they are waiting for parts to repair the boilers.

All the monks who are away for school have arrived home for the Christmas feast--as mentioned above Brothers Guerric and Macario have come from St. Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary, Brother Pachomius has come from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary in Oregon and Brother Anselm has arrived from Washington, DC where he is studying philosophy at Catholic University of America.