Nine seminarians were instituted into the Ministry of Reader on March 31 at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica by Most Rev. Lawrence Persico, Bishop of Erie. They are from the Dioceses of Altoona-Johnstown, Covington and Erie, as well as from Saint Vincent Archabbey and Beijing, China. Those instituted as lector can proclaim the readings at liturgy. Read More

 A seminary Scripture professor and a college campus minister, monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, will team up to continue the Sunday Scripture homily column that appears on the Archabbey website as well as in several regional newspapers, including The Catholic Accent of the Diocese of Greensburg. Father Edward M. Mazich, O.S.B., assistant professor of Biblical Languages, Sacred Scripture and Systematic Theology at Saint Vincent Seminary, and Father Killian R. Loch, O.S.B., director of campus ministry at Saint Vincent College, will take over the column at the start of the Lenten season. Read More