By Kristine Thomas It’s with great joy and much prayer that Rev. Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, begins his journey as the new abbot of Mount Angel Abbey. “Right now, it’s overwhelming,” Driscoll said about a week after being elected. “It’s too new for me to know how to feel. There is a joy in people whoever the new abbot is, and […]
By Kristine Thomas It is a well-known fact the monks at the Mount Angel Abbey have a quiet, spiritual side. But how many people know the monks enjoy playing bocce ball, badminton and croquet; can create gourmet meals, love to hike or enjoy sharing the Abbey’s history? If you have a curiosity about a monk’s life or the Mount Angel […]
By Jo Garcia-Cobb On feast days at the Mount Angel Abbey Church, one can hear the sound of a “mystery” wind instrument once silenced for nearly 500 years. “What was that?” churchgoers have asked, wondering what produced the beautiful other-worldly sound described as a cross between an English horn and a clarinet. It’s called a douçaine, and it’s a replica […]
There was a time when airplanes represented more than transportation. They embodied a new world of flight and, for both pilot and passengers, freedom. Airplanes were time machines, crossing continents and even oceans in a matter of a few hours. It is 1927, and 12-year-old Leo Sander Jr. has run away from his family’s Tillamook, Ore., farm for the afternoon’s air race. The oldest of Leo Sr. and Theresa Sander’s 11 children, he has climbed the highest hill above the Wilson River and is sitting there, waiting.
By Mary Owen Parishioners at St. Paul Catholic Church in Silverton are looking forward to a year of celebration for their patron saint and martyr, the Apostle Paul. “We are hoping to have some fun things, like a play, a talent show and some dinners.” -Fr. William Hammelman Hailed by many as the most influential teacher in Christianity’s history, Paul […]
By Mary Owen Mentoring families and pioneering lay spirituality were a few of his passions, but perhaps his most intense was guiding youth. Father Bernard Sanders, a well-loved Benedictine monk at Mt. Angel Abbey, died June 3. More than 400 people came to pay respects at his funeral on June 10. Those who mourned the 89-year-old priest, ordained in 1944, […]
