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Brother James Raber Receives Scherer Award
Brother James Raber, O.S.B., a fourth year theologian from Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, received the Hon. Judge Bernard Scherer Award at the spring 2024 honors

Bioethicist, Attorney, Author Joins Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Lisa Martinelli joined the adjunct faculty of Saint Vincent Seminary in the spring 2024 semester. She is a bioethicist, attorney, educator, and author. With

Students Complete Cathechesis Formation
Alongside of its academic coursework and parish formation encounters, the Institute for Ministry Formation provides other opportunities for personal spiritual enrichment. Monthly, from January to

IMF Adds New Catechetics Track
The Saint Vincent Seminary Institute for Ministry Formation is adding a new track for its Catechetics certificate. There are now two tracks of formation, both

Ten Instituted Into Ministry Of Lector
Ten seminarians from Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, were instituted into the Ministry of Lector on April 10 by Most Rev. Mark A. Eckman, Auxiliary

Ordination To Diaconate In Erie April 13
In addition to being Easter season, it is also the start of Ordination Season. From the Diocese of Erie and Anne-Marie Welsh comes this photo

Rabbi Dr. Ruth Langer To Give Rabbi Edelstein Lecture February 28
Saint Vincent College and its School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host the second annual Rabbi Jason Edelstein Lecture for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue at

Diakonia Award To Greensburg Seminarian
Deacon Craig Alexander, S24, who is scheduled to be ordained a priest for the Diocese of Greensburg this spring, is the recipient of the 2023-24

Deacon Craig Alexander Receives Diakonia Award
Deacon Craig Alexander of the Diocese of Greensburg received the Diakonia Award for student service from Saint Vincent Seminary at the Founders’ Day honors convocation

Fall Leaven Now Online
The fall 2023 edition of Leaven is now online. The issue features the installation of alumnus Bishop Edward Lohse as the new bishop of Kalamazoo,

Father Cyprian Constantine, O.S.B., 1949-2023
Father Cyprian Constantine, O.S.B., 74, a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey for 48 years, died Sunday, November 12, 2023 after a short illness. A native

Patrick Jones Joins Seminary Faculty
Patrick Jones has joined the faculty of Saint Vincent Seminary as an adjunct professor. He is a doctoral candidate in moral theology at the Catholic

Covington Video
Jim Hess, director of stewardship and mission services for the Diocese of Covington, and Patrick McNamara, photographer and filmmaker, visited Saint Vincent in mid-September to

Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., Has New Book
The latest book by Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., director of the Saint Vincent Seminary Institute for Ministry Formation, is a 33-day preparation for total consecration

Alumnus Ordained In Evansville
Father Stephen McGinnis was ordained to the priesthood on June 3 by Bishop Joseph M. Siegel at Saint Benedict Cathedral in Evansville. Father Stephen entered

Deacon Hisker Retires
Deacon Dr. William Hisker, P’65, C’69, S’05, retired as an adjunct faculty member of Saint Vincent Seminary at the end of the spring semester and

Father Nathanael Polinski, O.S.B. New Academic Dean
Father Nathanael Polinski, O.S.B., a member of the monastic community since 2005, has been named academic dean at Saint Vincent Seminary. He began duties this

Ten Instituted Into Ministry of Acolyte
Ten men were instituted into the Ministry of Acolyte at Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on October 11 by Most Rev. Jacques Fabre-Jeune, C.S., Bishop

Seminary Welcomes New Ordination Students
Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, welcomed nine new students in its ordination program for the 2023-2024 school year. They are from the Diocese of Charleston,

Dr. Paula Kane To Give Pope Benedict XVI Lecture September 27
Dr. Paula M. Kane, who holds the John and Lucine O’Brien Marous Chair in Catholic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University