Welcome to the home page of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States. The Benedictines of Saint Vincent operate Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and minister in other apostolates on campus, in many western Pennsylvania parishes and at parishes in Baltimore, Maryland; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Benedictine Military School, Savannah, Georgia; Wimmer Priory in Taipei, Taiwan and at St. Benedict Priory in Vinhedo, Brazil.

On our pages, you can find out more about our campus, our history, events, vocations, the Archabbey Basilica and much more. A special feature of these pages will be a brief commentary on each week's gospels. Please refer to our "site news" section to keep up to date with changes to our page.

I welcome your comments about Saint Vincent and hope you visit frequently, whether it be in person or in cyberspace.

Sincerely in Christ,
Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.

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Sunday Homily

Sunday, May 11, 2008
John 20: 19-23
Demetrius R. Dumm, O.S.B.

Pentecost Sunday

Gospel Summary

On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the wonderful good news that the risen Lord has poured out his Spirit upon us, first of all to convince us of his victory over sin and death, and then to enable us to continue his work of salvation by our own love and concern for others.

As we can well imagine, the disciples were filled with fear and foreboding after the death of their master. But suddenly, Jesus is there among them, radiant with life.

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