Category: 1999

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – “A Spirituality for Christian Unity” was the theme for the Forum on Ecumenical Relations, held on the Saint Vincent campus on October 27. The forum is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Conference on Interchurch Cooperation and is held for Church leaders, ecumenical commission and agency persons and others interested in the unity of […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – Msgr. Jules Roos, a Pittsburgh diocesan priest who has served the poor of Chimbote, Peru for 36 years was honored as a Saint Vincent Alumnus of Distinction by the Saint Vincent Alumni Association on October 26, 1999.   Msgr. Roos, a 1952 graduate of Saint Vincent College and a 1956 graduate of […]

LATROBE, PA. — There are 21 new students studying for the priesthood this year at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.   Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has graduated and prepared more than 2,300 men for the priesthood since its founding by Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., in 1846. Today, the Seminary serves 13 dioceses, and […]

GREENSBURG, PA. — Most. Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be the homilist at the Thirty-Second Annual Red Mass in honor of the Bench and Bar, hosted by The Diocese of Greensburg and Saint Vincent Archabbey, College and Seminary. Most. Rev. Anthony G. Bosco, Bishop of Greensburg, will be principal celebrant at […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – Twenty-six students received degrees at Saint Vincent Seminary’s 153nd annual commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 7 at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Two students received dual master’s degrees. The Archabbot and Chancellor of Saint Vincent, the Rt. Rev. Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., was celebrant at the Solemn Vespers. Archabbot Douglas conferred the degrees […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – Ten men from Saint Vincent Seminary were ordained deacons April 19 by Most Rev. William Curlin, Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, during a Mass at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Ordained were Brother Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B. and Brother Matthew T. Laffey, O.S.B. of Saint Vincent Archabbey; John T. Conway, Michael Heninger […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – Father Thomas J. Kram, Class of 1949, will be the keynote speaker at the Saint Vincent Seminary Scholarship Dinner scheduled for April 22 at Churchill Valley Country Club. Father Kram is the Vicar for Retired Priests in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is a member of the Seminary Board of Regents. The […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – The Rev. Demetrius R. Dumm, O.S.B., a noted author and Sacred Scripture scholar, will speak at the 153rd annual commencement of Saint Vincent Seminary, to be held Friday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., Seminary Chancellor, will preside. Father Demetrius, who is also […]