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The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbey’s Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment.
Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community of Benedictine monks founded in 1882 from the Abbey of Engelberg in Switzerland. Today, the community continues to serve the spiritual needs of western Oregon and beyond through the parish church of St. Mary’s, a seminary (founded in 1889), a guesthouse, and other works that welcome all visitors and guests in the spirit of Benedictine hospitality.
For more information about Mount Angel, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/.
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Mary, the mother of God, plays a central role in Christian art, and is portrayed in various ways. What do her faces reveal to us believers? In this fourth and final lecture of the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser, Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institute, and Brother Alfredo Miranda, OSB, a monk of Mount Angel Abbey, explore the figure of Mary in the artistic and iconographic tradition of the Church. Based in Portland, Oregon...
In this third lecture from the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser, Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institute, is joined by Patrick Tomassi, Emma Fitzgerald, Sarah Kuenzi and Father Chi-Nhan Vo. The panelists discuss what it means to become an “Icon of God.” Based in Portland, Oregon, the Classical Iconography Institute is a fine arts educational nonprofit dedicated to teaching the ancient method of egg tempera iconography to preserve ...
What do the positions of figures, colors, gestures, and symbols mean when encountering icons and Christian art? In this second lecture from the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser shares how to read an icon and discover how artwork can be a revelation of the mystery of God. Christine Schlesser is the Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institute. Based in Portland, Oregon, the Classical Iconography Institute is a fine arts educational nonp...
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1, 2025. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemn Profession of Monastic Vows of Father Michael Shrum, OSB, on September 12, 2025. We give thanks to God for Father Michael's monastic vocation, now as a permanent member of our monastic community. Please pray for him. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Websi...
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Simple Profession of Monastic Vows of Brother Jonah (Townsen) Poissant, OSB, on September 8, 2025. Please pray for Brother Jonah as he continues his monastic formation as a junior monk under the guidance of the Junior Master, Father Israel Sanchez, OSB. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Ab...
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated for the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year at Mount Angel Seminary on August 25. For more talks and homilies from Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during the community Mass in the Abbey church on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, 2025. For more talks and homilies from Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Benedict on Friday, July 11, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, abbot of Mount Angel Abbey, preached this homily on the Solemnity of Pentecost on June 8, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church. For more talks and homilies from Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on June 1, 2025, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preaches at the Mass of the renewal of monastic vows which closes the Abbey’s annual community retreat in the Abbey church on Friday, May 23, 2025. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on May 19, 2025, for the beginning of the monastic community's annual retreat with Fr. Ignacio Llorente, SSJ. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On May 13, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during a Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving offered in the Abbey church for our new Holy Father Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV, formally Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States, was elected as the 267th Bishop of Rome on May 8, 2025. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On April 29, 2025, the monks of Mount Angel Abbey celebrated a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, celebrated the Mass and offered this homily for the occasion. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On April 19, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily in the Abbey church for the Paschal Vigil. Listen to more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On April 18, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church for Good Friday. Listen to more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On April 17, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church for Holy Thursday. Listen to more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary
On April 12, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the funeral Mass of Abbot Nathan Zodrow, OSB, the tenth abbot of Mount Angel. Abbot Nathan served as abbot from 2001 to 2009. He was first professed as a monk of Mount Angel on September 8, 1974, and was ordained to the priesthood on April 16, 1988. He died on April 8, 2025. “Eternal rest, grant unto Abbot Nathan, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.” See more content ...
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