2nd annual Memorial Art Show - featuring the work of Br. Paul
Shipped out ~ Br. Paul
Crash ~ Br. Paul
On May 1st at 6 pm, the Abbey's Memorial Art Show, featuring Br. Paul's oil and watercolor paintings, and a few select other local artists, will begin.
Brother Paul Tennis, OSB is originally from New York City. After his time in the US Navy during World War II, he became a graphic artist in Florida. In 1955, Brother Paul joined the monastic community of Benedictine Monks at Saint Leo Abbey where he put his artistic skills to wonderful use, hand-carving the entry doors to the Abbey's Church of the Holy Cross, and creating the stained-glass windows within the Abbey church as well as several other churches throughout Central Florida.
Brother Paul's work ranges from tranquil scenes around the Abbey grounds, to seascapes from his time in the Navy, to trains and beyond. Several dozen select pieces will be available for sale. Please join us at Saint Leo Abbey, on May 1st from 6 pm to 9 pmwith an encore onSunday, May 2nd after the 10am mass.
We look forward to seeing you here at the Abbey!
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact Danielle at 352.558.8619 or via email:
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. You can also call the receptionist at 352.588.8624 for general questions.
The 476 Train ~ Br. Paul
FORE! ~ Br. Paul
Join us for BINGO!!
BINGO!!
Join the Monks of Saint Leo Abbey for BINGO every Thursday at 6pm in the Carpenter Shop, located next to the Gift Shop on Abbey Court.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
Questions: Please email
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or call 352.588.8624.
Invitation from Abbot Isaac:
To the Beloved Friends and Family of Saint Leo Abbey,
It is with great pride that I announce the up coming celebration of our 120th year of serving Gods people in the hills of Saint Leo.
On June 13th we will celebrate a Mass to thank God for his many blessings throughout these years and at the same time ask Him, to keep on blessing us with growth in holiness of life and vocations to our community.
My predecessors Fr. Simeon Thole, O.S.B; Fr. James Tingerthal, O.S.B. and Fr. Robert Veleten, O.S.B., administrators of the Abbey, asked you for your help to renovate our Church, or equally importantly your Church. I am fortunate enough to finally accomplish this work; we are expecting to have the inside of the church completed in time for our June 13th celebration. Through your generosity and help, we have painted and redecorated our Abbeys Church.We truly hope you will be able to join us for this celebration or one of our other events going on throughout this momentous year to see for yourself how your gifts, whether you supported through donations or you gave to us through volunteering your time, have helped restore this historic and treasured Church.We are eternally grateful!
As we, the monastic community, gather in church, we have a renewed feeling seating here worshiping God in such a blessed and beautiful place.We are sure you will feel it too!
For more than 75 years this church has been a silent witness of the many people who have come to pray with the monks and to participate in the Eucharistic services. To all of you I thank you for making Saint Leo Abbey a place where not only the monks of Saint Leo Abbey but all of Gods people, our neighbors from far and near, our fellow monks and priests and yes, tourists too, have come to discover peace on this holy hill.
Here you will see some pictures of the before, during and after work done in our Church. Obviously, I will not show you the final look, you will have to come and see it for yourself.
I look forward to seeing you on June 13th at 10:30 am to celebrate, with us our 120th year on the Hill.
+ Abbot Isaac Camacho, O.S.B.
The very beginning...(including repairs on the Rose window, and the base coat, if you look closely you can see the first patch of paint on the left in the picture)
The base coat is almost finished, just the very top is still bare...
A closer look...
The first wall is complete!
Celebrating 120 years: On The Hill
We are celebrating 120 years: On The Hill!
In honor of the time,
memories, prayers, students, Monks and others that have made the climb to our
hill, we will be celebrating our 120th year with a series of events.
Our kick off event will be a
Celebratory Mass here at the Church of the Holy Cross on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 10:30 am,
with refreshments and socializing with good friends, family and our community,
following the ceremony.
We look forward to celebrating
this year with you!
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event postings and details.
