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NEWS
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SCHEDULE
Funeral Arrangements for Fr. David Turner, OSB
Funeral arrangements for Fr. David Turner were announced Monday, by Abbot Austin Murphy ... read more
Fr. David Turner, OSB (1934-2023)
Our confrere, Fr. David Turner, passed into eternity Sunday, September 17. Please pray for our confrere. ... read more
Introduction to Br. Kevin Coffey, Director of Vocations
Since coming to St. Procopius Abbey in the year 2000 to become a Benedictine monk, I’m always taken aback by my journey towards God and His will for me ... read more
A Memorable Centennial
The year of grace 2022 marked the hundredth anniversary [of the community of St. Andrew Svorad], and Abbot Gary Hoover approached Abbot Austin ... read more
For our scheduled Mass & Prayer times, please visit:
https://www.procopius.org/mass-and-prayer-times.
We are currently in the School Year Schedule.
Monday, September 18
Vespers - 6:40pm
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Monday, September 25
No Vespers
Replaced by the Vigil for Fr. David Turner at 7pm
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Tuesday, September 26
Mass - 10:30am (Funeral Mass for Fr. David Turner)
No Noon Prayer
Vespers - 5pm
Compline - 7pm
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Funeral Arrangements for Fr. David Turner, OSB
(all take place in the Abbey Church)
Monday, September 25
Reception of the body and Vigil - 7pm
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Tuesday, September 26
Funeral Mass - 10:30am
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FRONT DESK HOURS
Monday-Friday - 9am-6pm
Saturday-Sunday - 9am-2pm
ABBOT AUSTIN
Abbot Austin G. Murphy, OSB, is the 10th abbot of St. Procopius Abbey. He was born in Huntington, NY, in 1974 and attended the University of Chicago, receiving a BA in Economics in 1995. Soon after graduating, he came into contact with St. Procopius Abbey and, feeling called to the monastic life there, applied and entered. His jobs before becoming abbot have included teaching math and religion as well as being campus minister at the abbey's high school, Benet Academy. He studied for the priesthood at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, receiving his MA in Theology in 2003 and his MDiv and STB from there in 2004. In 2006, he began doctoral studies at the University of Notre Dame, working in the area of patristics, especially St. Augustine's thought. On June 16, 2016 Abbot Austin successfully defended his dissertation. He was elected abbot on June 24, 2010.

HISTORY OF THE ABBEY
St. Procopius Abbey began in 1885, when a group of Benedictine monks from St. Vincent Archabbey took over the direction of St. Procopius Parish in Chicago. While living the monastic life, the new community served the faith of Czech and Slovak immigrants by founding a high school, college, printing press, and seminary as well as by doing parish work. Operations were transferred to Lisle, outside of Chicago, in the earlier twentieth century. After much apostolic activity, the community in the 1960s refocused its energy on its educational work, as remains the case today. In 1970, the monks moved into a new monastery building and today the community consists of 20 monks.
