Lunch & Learned Archived Videos

2024/2025

The Rule of Saint Benedict Scroll Mary Bruno
Election 2024: Wisdom from the Rule Rev. Nickolas Becker
Keeping Death Daily before One’s Eyes Rev. Michael Patella

2023/2024

An Unexpected Call Abbot Douglas Mullin
Benedictine Communication in and for Digital Culture Daniella Zsupan-Jerome
Gift to the Community: How the Benedictine Sisters Shaped Healthcare Brendon Duffy
Dorothy Day: Benedictine Roots behind her Life’s Work Jeff Korgen
Celebrating 25th Anniversary of The Saint John’s Bible Rev. Michael Patella

2022/2023

Her Vocational Journey: a Benedictine sharing of becoming a sister Sister Laura Suhr
Always we begin again! From right answers to cultural humility Donelle Poling
The Saint John’s Bible Tim Ternes
Gratefulness: The Porter of the Monastery Fr. Michael Peterson
Tending to Essentials: Benedictine Wisdom for Growing Attentive Michael Rubbelke

2021/2022

The Growth & Gifts of the Abbey Arboretum Abbot John Klassen & John Geissler
Tales from a Piano Bench & Bicycle Seat: The art of listening in a fractured world George Maurer
Grassroots Organizing and Benedictine Values…Say What? Karlyn Forner
Virgil Michel’s Benedictine Vision of a World Where All Have Enough Eric LeCompte
Riding the Pandemic Roller Coaster with St. Benedict Rodger Narloch

2019/2020

The Benedictine Perspective Through Videography Br. Simon-Hoa Phan
Being Benedictine Across Generations Jessie Bazan
Benedictine Wisdom in the Classroom and Beyond Fr. Rene McGraw
Around the World with Saint Benedict Robert Bell
What is a Benedictine Oblate? Fr. Michael Peterson, Mary Stommes, Nick Tangen, & Holly Christie
One Hundred Miles of Harmon  Fr. William Skudlarek & Ajahn Jotipalo

Before 2019

How Hospitality Makes Life Better and Easier Kathleen Norris
It’s All God’s Work Sr. Mara Faulkner
Happiness: Benedictine Style Sr. Michaela Hedican & Br. David Paul Lange
Benedictine Heritage Living in Music Jordan Sramek
Meditating on Art: The Practice of Visio Divina Elizabeth Johnson
Vocation, Not Just Employment Fr. Jonathan Licari
Not Just Talking About the Weather Fr. William Skudlarek
John McCutcheon Shares John McCutcheon
A Monk’s Insight on Death Fr. Mark Thamert
The Land, the Forest, and the Place of Agriculture at Saint John’s Tom Kroll
Benedictine Living & Learning—Building Up the Community Br. Aelred Senna
Lectio Divina: The Ancient Monastic Art Br. David Paul Lange
Ancient Fire to a Humane Future Richard Bresnahan
Hospitality: Making Room Inside Ourselves for Another Person Sr. Cecelia Prokosch
Hidden in Plain View: Artwork at Saint John’s That Tells the Story Martin Connell
Vision and Values: A Design History of Saint John’s Br. Robin Pierzina
Building Community – One Person at a Time Fr. Eric Hollas
Is ISIS Islamic? Noreen Herzfeld
The Nature of Saint John’s Larry Haeg and Jenny Kutter
Musings on Monastic Mergers Sr. Michaela Hedican
Once a Johnnie, Always a Johnnie Fr. Lew Grobe
Saint John’s Abbey Church: The Creation of a Modern Sacred Space Victoria Young
The History of Eichstatt Sr. Ephrem Hollermann
Why Benedictines Can’t Stop Preserving Endangered Manuscripts Fr. Columba Stewart
Design of the Abbey Church Br. David Paul Lange