Year in Pictures 2022: Saint Meinrad
Deacons Nonso Ohanaka (facing camera) and Zach Samples embrace after the commencement ceremony on May 14, 2022.
Did you know my full-time job is at Saint Meinrad Archabbey? Saint Meinrad is a Benedictine monastery and seminary school located in southern Indiana. In my position there, I tell stories through photos, video, audio and words. This year marks my 11th year of storytelling at Saint Meinrad.
Saint Meinrad is known as a place of stability and tradition. There have a been a lot of changes over the last decade, but the Hill remains rooted prayer, Benedictine hospitality and service to the Catholic Church.
As each year comes to a close, the Communications Office culls through the thousands of photos taken during the year and narrows down the Year in Pictures. (You can see our 2022 edit here)
In 2022, Saint Meinrad saw a lot of recovery from the pandemic. There were less masks in photos, more people at conferences and events. As with every year, these photos show faith, love, heartbreak, beauty, life, tradition.
Enjoy this look back at my favorite Saint Meinrad photos from 2022…
Br. Michael Reyes, OSB, leads a chant practice in the Archabbey Church before Oblate Rites ceremony on March 5, 2022.
Fr. Lorenzo Penalosa, OSB, teaches a seminary course on Liturgical Books on February 10, 2022.
Deacon Christopher Grief gives a blessing while passing out communion during his and classmate Deacon Chris Kight’s deacon ordination at St. Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro, KY, on April 9, 2022.
Br. Gregory Sambi, OSB, of Mvima Abbey, Tanzania, is ordained a deacon in the Archabbey Church on April 23, 2022. Br. Gregory is a seminarian studying for the priesthood at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.
Guests at the deacon ordination at Saint Meinrad Archabbey on April 23, 2022. Children are always my favorite to photograph in church and this photo is so relatable for me as a parent to two young kids. Love this moment!
Morning light streams into the Newman Dining Room at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology on March 17, 2022.
Fr. Christian Raab, OSB, tries to gather the four German Shepherd puppies in his lap for a portrait on July 14, 2022.
Fr. Kolbe Wolniakowski, OSB, and Fr. Nathaniel Szidik, OSB, give the sign of peace during their priesthood ordination in the Archabbey Church at Saint Meinrad on June 5, 2022.
“One Bread, One Cup” conference youth participants take part in community building activities on the first day of the conference, June 13, 2022.
One Bread, One Cup participants attend morning prayer in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel on the third day of the first One Bread, One Cup Conference.
The Saint Meinrad College Class of 1972 visited the grave of Sr. Mary Alice Lawhead, OSB, who taught them French and Spanish while they were in school at Saint Meinrad during the Alumni Reunion on August 2, 2022.
Br. Basil Lumsden, OSB, professed solemn vows as a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in a ceremony on August 15, 2022, in the Archabbey Church at St. Meinrad, IN.
Fall at Saint Meinrad.
Members of the St. Meinrad Volunteer Fire Department carry the casket of Br. Giles Mahieu, OSB, to the Archabbey Cemetery on October 31, 2022.
Saint Meinrad’s Young Adult Initiative held a gathering on campus the weekend of November 5, 2022. A YAI participant prays in the Archabbey Church with her child during a prayer walk around the Saint Meinrad campus.
Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, OSB, offers his congratulations to Fr. Alan Wakefield after Wakefield makes his final oblation as a Benedictine Oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey on December 3, 2022.
Would you like to see more favorite photos from Saint Meinrad?
