Saint John’s Abbey Lectures
Submissions from 2022
(Presentation) Lunch and Learn: Celebrating the growth and gifts of the Abbey Arboretum (25th anniversary), John Klassen OSB and John Geissler
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: Gratefulness: The Porter of the Monastery, Michael Peterson OSB and Rodger Narloch
Submissions from 2020
(Presentation) Understanding of Creation and Our Care for Our Common Home, Derek R. Larson
Submissions from 2019
(Presentation) Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer, Jessie Bazan
(Presentation) And God Saw That It Was Good: The Goodness of Creation and the Persistence of Evil in Biblical Views of Creation, Charles A. Bobertz PhD
(Presentation) How to Get the Me Out of Memoir, Patricia Hampl
(Presentation) Due Dates, Not Deadlines, Mary Stommes
Submissions from 2018
(Presentation) Welcomed...or not so much? Immigrating into MN Culture Today: MN and US Policies for the Settlement of Refugees, Diana Elhard
(Presentation) We Too Are Guests-Coming To Terms With Diaspora, Gerald Schlabach
Submissions from 2017
(Presentation) Muslims and Christians: Living Together as Neighbors, Abdirizak Jama, Ayan Omar, and Dianne DeVargas
(Presentation) The Land, the Forest, and the Place of Agriculture at Saint John's, Thomas Kroll
(Presentation) Vision and Values: A Design History of Saint John's, Robin Pierzina OSB
(Presentation) Immigration Revelation: Faith Responses to America's Immigration Crisis, Phil Steger
(Presentation) A Monk's Insight on Death, Mark Thamert OSB
(Presentation) Saint John's Energy Evolution: Energy Production & Usage Throughout the History of Saint John's, Thomas Vogel and Gary Jorgensen
Submissions from 2016
(Presentation) A Second Chance? The Place of Mercy in our Society, Dick Andzenge
(Presentation) The Abbey Comes to Indian Bush, Annette Atkins
(Presentation) Re-membering the Body: Joint Commemoration of the Reformation 2017, Catherine E. Clifford
(Presentation) Faith, Civilization & Education: Establishing a Benedictine Culture on the Frontier, Peggy Landwehr Roske
(Presentation) "The Rule" Screening, Frantz Soiro and Angelo Sanchez
Submissions from 2015
(Presentation) The Grammar of Vocation: Changing the Ways We Talk about Our Callings, Kathleen A. Cahalan
(Presentation) What Monastic People Bring to the Future Church: The Place of the Prophetic, Michaela Hedican OSB and John Klassen OSB
(Presentation) Just War or Just Peace? Making Peace not War with the People of Iraq, Weldon Nisly
(Presentation) For His mercy endures forever: A scriptural read of divine justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation, Michael Patella OSB
(Presentation) Do Not Crush the Bruised Reed: Mercy in the Rule of Benedict, Columba Stewart
(Presentation) The Path of a Monk, the Path of an Artist, Jerome Tupa OSB
Submissions from 2014
(Presentation) Faith as a Transformative Force in El Salvador, Dennis Beach OSB
(Presentation) Praying in a Modernist Space: Thoughts on Marcel Breuer's design for the Abbey and University Church, David Paul Lange OSB
(Presentation) Queen Elizabeth II, Amahl and a Monk: A Sneak Peek at the Amahl Puppets, Paul-Vincent Niebauer OSB
(Presentation) Paul, the Apostle, Michael Patella OSB and František Trstenský
Submissions from 2013
(Presentation) The Integration of Spirituality and Sexuality on Today's College Campus, Jennifer Beste
(Presentation) Liturgy and Social Justice: Fresh Challenges for Today in Virgil Michel's Legacy, Rita Ferrone
(Presentation) Laity in the Life of the Church, Victor J. Klimoski
(Presentation) The Art of Improvisation: Music and Spirituality, Robert Koopmann OSB
(Presentation) Designing a Church for Saint John's in the Mid-20th Century: What the Architect and the Monks Had in Mind, David Paul Lange OSB
(Presentation) Where is Ecumenism Today? How is it Expressed?, Don Ottenhoff
(Presentation) Fr. Michael Patella, OSB - Witness, Michael Patella OSB and Thomas Rosica CSB
Submissions from 2012
(Presentation) Lessons from Going Blind: Teaching/Writing in Troubled Times, Mara Faulkner OSB
(Presentation) Sebastian Gomes - Witness, Sebastian Gomes and Thomas Rosica CSB
(Presentation) Uncommonly Angry Minds: The Tea Party and Populism in America, G. Claire Haeg
(Presentation) Abbot John Klassen OSB - Witness, John Klassen OSB and Thomas Rosica CSB
(Presentation) Anthropology Meets Theology: the Creative Crestone Collision Conversation, Aaron Raverty OSB
(Presentation) Religious Institutes: Where Have They Been, Where Are They Now, Where Will They Be?, R. Kevin Seasoltz OSB
(Presentation) Celebrating the Legacy of Vatican II, Jerome Tupa OSB, Simeon Thole OSB, Theresa Schumacher OSB, and Katherine Kraft OSB
Submissions from 2011
(Presentation) Jon Hassler's Midwestern Catholic Voice, Nicholas Hayes
(Presentation) Running with Expanding Heart: Meeting God in Everyday Life, Mary Reuter OSB
(Presentation) The Bible and Science as Allies Against the New Atheism, Vincent Smiles