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ARCHABBEY VOCATIONS

We are a community of Benedictine monks who share a Christ centered life of work and prayer according to the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church and the Monastic Rule of Saint Benedict.

To Follow Christ: Albert Gahr’s Vocation Story

Albert Gahr was working with the U.S.D.A. in Morgantown, West Virginia, having just completed his doctoral work, when his pastor, in a homily at Mass, told parishioners to pray for the seven men in the parish who had a vocation. “That’s nice,” Albert thought, and was surprised when, a few days later, his pastor told him “You’re one of them.” He’s still a scientist, but now, he’s also a monk at Saint Vincent Archabbey and a professor at Saint Vincent College. And, his pastor, once a diocesan priest, is now an abbot at a Benedictine monastery.

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