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Three novices, who began their novitiate year together on July 10, 2012, made their first profession of vows for three years as monks of Marmion Abbey on July 11. There is a venerable monastic tradition to take a new name in order to better reflect their commitment to let Christ live in them. They had the option of retaining their baptismal names or of choosing a new monastic name - all three have chosen a new monastic name by which they will now be known.
Novice Patrick Haggerty (age 26) is from Mt. Pleasant MI where he was a member of St. Mary’s University Parish. He is a graduate of Niagara University NY with a degree in sport management. He has chosen the name of Br. Theodore. St. Theodore the Studite was the abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople. He was known as a man of zeal, especially for defending the faith and for the use of iconography in the faith. He was a theologian, a monastic founder, and a man of letters. Br. Theodore’s feast day will be celebrated on November 12.
Novice Joseph Minardi ‘08 (age 23), from Yorkville and a member of St. Patrick Parish, began his novitiate year after graduating from the University of Dallas with a degree in philosophy in May 2012. He has chosen the name of Br. Antony Maria. St. Anthony of the Desert, also known as St. Anthony of Egypt or St. Anthony the Great, is also known by the name Antony (no “h”). Br. Antony’s second chosen name, Maria, was chosen out of a personal devotion to Mary, Mother of God. Br. Antony Maria’s feast day will be on January 17.
Novice Daniel Hernandez ‘06 (age 25), from Geneva and a member of St. Peter’s Parish, has a degree in theater from St. Ambrose University. He has chosen the name of Br. Oscar in honor of two separate people. The first is St. Ansgar (also known as St. Oscar), “Apostle of the North,” a Benedictine monk of Corbie Abbey in the 9th century who later became archbishop of Hamburg and a missionary to the Scandinavian peoples. The second is Bishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, a man outspoken in defense of the faith of the poor and of the persecuted, who was assassinated while saying Mass in a Catholic hospital on March 24, 1980. Bishop Oscar Romero’s cause for beatification was accepted by the Vatican in 1997 and is still pending today. Br. Oscar’s feast day will be celebrated on February 3, the feast day St. Oscar, Apostle of the North. Once Bishop Oscar Romero is beatified, Br. Oscar will take that day as his feast day (presumably March 24).
Br. Theodore, Br. Antony Maria and Br. Oscar will all begin their studies for the priesthood at Saint Meinrad School of Theology in St. Meinrad IN this fall.
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