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What is Your Calling?

Join us October 2–4, 2026, for a long weekend to learn about life as a professed monk or priest. Contact the vocations director for more information or to secure your spot: Br. Kevin Coffey, OSB vocations@procopius.org (224) 474-3412 View the following pages to find out more: THE CALL Abbey Life Abbey Works Monk Profiles Vocation Stories Vocation Retreats Vocation Director Vocation Videos

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Who's Hoo at St. Procopius

“There are no birds!” was the constant mantra of Fr. Victor Lakatek to students in his ornithology classes and to his confreres. He was well aware that the Lisle countryside was giving way to suburban sprawl and habitat loss. Global change was also on his mind as well as the bird populations that were being altered. Fr. Victor was an expert on birds, especially in the field, knowing volumes on bird habitat, migration, behavior, and had been involved for decades with the Lisle

Aug 26

Benedictine Jubilee 2029

For nearly 1500 years, Benedictine monasteries have been places of prayer, community, and welcome. In 2029, the global Benedictine family comes together to celebrate this living tradition, to reflect honestly on where we stand, and to look with hope toward the future. The Jubilee can be celebrated wherever you are and in whatever way suits you. Visit a monastery, join an event, go deeper into the tradition, or share your own story. Click here for ideas on where to start. Visi

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ABOUT THE ABBEY

The monastic community of St. Procopius Abbey consists of 12 men dedicated to seek and serve God as Benedictine monks in the Catholic Church. They have different social, ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds. Some are ordained priests, some are not. Some are extroverts, some introverts. But whatever the differences, all have taken vows as monks and have thus consecrated their lives to Christ.

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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 12 monks.