Date of Birth: 1907 September 14
Place of Birth: Anderson, Indiana
Father: Abel, Albert Henry
Mother: Stanley, Audrey M
First of two children - one brother
Baptized: 1907 September 22, Saint Mary Church, Anderson, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Mary, Anderson, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1923 August 14
Date of Reception: 1924 August 11
Temporary Vows: 1925 August 12
Perpetual Vows: 1929 August 6
Date of Death: 1939 June 3
Cause of Death: Hemorrhage from gastric ulcer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery , Section C Row 2 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1942 June 19-
Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky
Father: Abel, Robert Eugene, Owensboro, Kentucky
Mother: Simmons, Theresa Eileen, West Louisville, Kentucky
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Owensboro, Kentucky
Entered from: Saint Pius X, Owensboro, Kentucky
Date of Entrance: 1962 September 10
Date of Reception: 1963 June 8
Temporary Vows: 1964 June 16
Perpetual Vows: 1969 June 7
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Date of Birth: 1896 March 7
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Frank
Mother: Keusch, Clara
First of five children - two brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1918 December 6
Date of Reception: 1919 August 11
Temporary Vows: 1921 August 11
Perpetual Vows: 1924 August 11
Silver Jubilee: 1946 July 26
Golden Jubilee: 1971 June
Date of Death: 1976 January 26
Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis - coronary occlusion
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 4 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1861 March 28
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Simon, Luzern, Switzerland
Mother: Eicher, Anna, Switzerland
Sixth of ten children - four brothers, five sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1885 August 26
Date of Reception: 1886 January 15
Temporary Vows: 1887 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1892 March 31
Date of Death: 1892 June 8
Cause of Death: Consumption
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 4 Plot 9
Date of Birth: 1904 July 20
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Frank
Mother: Keusch, Clara
Fourth of five children - two brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1921 November 21
Date of Reception: 1922 June 5
Temporary Vows: 1923 June 6
Perpetual Vows: 1926 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1948 July 26
Golden Jubilee: 1973 May 27
Date of Death: 1979 July 25
Cause of Death: Complications from a fall and broken hip
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 4 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1865 October 13
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Simon
Mother: Eicher, Anna
Eighth of ten children - four brothers, five sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1889 February 14
Date of Reception: 1889 June 24
Temporary Vows: 1890 June 24
Perpetual Vows: 1898 August 4
Date of Death: 1946 August 24
Cause of Death: Diabetes Mellitus
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 4 Plot 6
Date of Birth: 1922 June 15
Place of Birth: Sellersburg, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Frank L., Louisville, Kentucky
Mother: Stein, Ida, Louisville, Kentucky
Sixth of six children - one brother, four sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Sellersburg, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Sellersburg, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1938 June 19
Date of Reception: 1939 June 12
Temporary Vows: 1940 August 10
Perpetual Vows: 1943 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1965 August 8
Golden Jubilee: 1990 June 3
Date of Death: 2000 March 9
Cause of Death: Stroke
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 9 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1870 November21
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Ackerman, Philip, Nassau, Germany
Mother: Kiefer, Joanna F, Worms, Germany
Second of nine children - four brothers, four sisters
Baptized: Louisville, Kentucky
Entered from: Louisville, Kentucky
Date of Entrance: 1889 January 28
Date of Reception: 1889 June 24
Temporary Vows: 1890 June 24
Perpetual Vows: 1898 August 4
Date of Death: 1941 January 2
Cause of Death: Chronic myocardial failure due to chronic asthma
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 2 Plot 3
Date of Birth: 1857 June 18
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Simon
Mother: Eicher, Anna
Fourth of ten children - four brothers, five sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1881 May 7
Date of Reception: 1882 January 23
Temporary Vows: 1883 January 23
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
Date of Death: 1955 April 23
Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 1 Plot 3
Date of Birth: 1944 May 4
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
Father: Adler, Jerome, Haubstadt, Indiana
Mother: Schmitt, Olivia, Saint Wendel, Indiana
Second of six children - two brothers, three sisters
Baptized: Saint Anthony, Evansville, Indiana
Entered from: Holy Redeemer, Evansville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1963 September 8
Date of Reception: 1964 June 6
Temporary Vows: 1965 June 16
Perpetual Vows: 1972 August 13
Silver Jubilee: 1990
Date of Death: 2007 January 1
Cause of Death: Ovarian Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 11 Plot 4
April 13, 1845 – December 6, 1924) was a German-born American clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fort Wayne from 1900 until his death in 1924.
Second oldest Catholic parish in Indiana.
Date of Birth: 1900 January 31
Place of Birth: Derby, Indiana
Father: Alvey, Leonard, Derby, Indiana
Mother: Allen, Estella, Rome, Indiana
Seventh of nine children - three brothers, five sisters
Baptized: Saint Mary, Derby, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Mary, Derby, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1916 October 15
Date of Reception: 1917 August 7
Temporary Vows: 1919 August 11
Perpetual Vows: 1922 August 11
Silver Jubilee: 1944 July 23
Golden Jubilee: 1969 June 8
Diamond Jubilee: 1979 July 11
Date of Death: 1996 March 17
Cause of Death: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 8 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1897 March 6
Place of Birth: Harrisburg, Illinois
Father: Alvey, John Thomas, Saint Mark, Indiana
Mother: Ashbrook, Katherine, Saint Mark, Indiana
Two brothers
Baptized: Harrisburg, Illinois
Entered from: Harrisburg, Illinois
Date of Entrance: 1915 June 26
Date of Reception: 1915 August 3
Temporary Vows: 1917 August 7
Perpetual Vows: 1920 August 6
Date of Death: 1933 June 20
Cause of Death: Complications from appendectomy - Coronary Thrombosis
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 4 Plot 2
Date of Birth: 1897 January 17
Place of Birth: Huntingburg, Indiana
Father: Alvey, John B., Derby, Indiana
Mother: Harlan, Allie, Derby, Indiana
Ninth of thirteen children - four brothers, eight sisters
Baptized: Saint Mary, Huntingburg, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Mary, Huntingburg, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1912 June 19
Date of Reception: 1913 August 5
Temporary Vows: 1915 August 3
Perpetual Vows: 1918 August 8
Silver Jubilee: 1940
Date of Death: 1947 April 30
Cause of Death: Embolism Left Cerebral Artery due to chronic myocarditis due to rheumatism
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 4 Plot 4
The American Benedictine Academy, founded in 1947, is a non-profit association whose purpose is to cultivate, support and transmit the Benedictine heritage within contemporary culture. The Academy sponsors and promotes disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research, writing and collaboration among its members. It serves as a catalyst inviting men and women to ponder creatively and to discuss the challenges to Benedictine values in the twenty-first century.
American Benedictine Musicians circa 1990 began, sometime after 2000 joined with Benedictine Musicians of the Americas and now they are the combined entity known as the Monastic Liturgy Forum. In summer 2009, MLF and ABM became the Monastic Worship Forum.
Date of Birth: 1883 April 7
Place of Birth: Rouelles, France
Entered the United States with parents on 24 May 1891
Father: Backert, Joseph, Alsace, France
Mother: Ebner, Carolina, Alsace, France
Fifth of six children - two brothers, three sisters
Baptized: Saint Eglise, Juliere Rouelles, France
Entered from: Saint John, Vincennes, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1905 October 22
Date of Reception: 1906 August 2
Temporary Vows: 1908 July 30
Perpetual Vows: 1915 August 3
Silver Jubilee: 1933 August 10
Golden Jubilee: 1958 June 29
Diamond Jubilee: 1968 June 16
Seventy years: 1978 July 30
Date of Death: 1981 February 9
Cause of Death: Cardiovascular collapse due to fracture of left femur
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 5 Plot 6
Date of Birth: 1933 May 20
Place of Birth: Fort Branch, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Leroy, Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Schaefer, Cecilia, Wadesville, Indiana
Second of nine children - five brothers, three sisters
Baptized: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Bernard, Fort Branch, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1952 November23
Date of Reception: 1953 May 18
Temporary Vows: 1954 May 19
Perpetual Vows: 1957 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1979 May 26
Date of Death: 2002 February 1
Cause of Death: Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 9 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1931 July 27
Place of Birth: Saint James, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Leroy, Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Schaefer, Cecilia, Wadesville, Indiana
Baptized: Saint James Church, Saint James, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Bernard, Fort Branch, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1948 September 7
Date of Reception: 1949 June 13
Temporary Vows: 1950 June 14
Perpetual Vows: 1953 August 10
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Date of Birth: 1929 July 18
Place of Birth: Armstrong, Indiana
Father: Baehl, Henry A., Armstrong, Indiana
Mother: Baumgart, Otillia, Saint Joseph, Indiana
Eighth of eight children - four brothers three sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Vanderburg County, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Vanderburg County, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1946 September 8
Date of Reception: 1947 June 9
Temporary Vows: 1948 June 10
Perpetual Vows: 1951 August 10
Silver Jubilee: 1993
Golden Jubilee: 1998 May 31
Sixty Years: 2008 October 26
Date of Death: 2011 August 9
Cause of Death: Metastatic Rectal Cancer
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 12 Plot 4
Date of Birth: 1886 February 9
Place of Birth: Mariah Hill, Indiana
Father: Balbach, Lawrence, Speier, Bavaria Germany
Mother: Harz, Anna Maria, Speier, Bavaria, Germany
Second of two children - one brother
of children - brothers sisters
Baptized: Mary, Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Entered from: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah, Hill, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1899 April 8
Date of Reception: 1899 August 8
Temporary Vows: 1904 August 4
Perpetual Vows: 1909 August 5
Date of Death: 1925 May 20
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of liver
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 1 Plot 8