Alumni Reunion and Events
Please join us for the 2023 Alumni Reunion, Monday, Sept. 11, and Tuesday, Sept. 12. We will feature special guest speaker, Fr. Bernhard Eckerstorfer, OSB, Rector of Sant’ Anselmo, in honor of the monastery's 150th anniversary.
If you have questions, contact us at 660.944.2881 or events@conception.edu.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, September 11
9:00 a.m. . . . . . . Registration Begins (St. Raphael Hall)
12:30 p.m. . . . . . Lunch (St. Joseph Dining Hall)
1:30 p.m. . . . . . . Memories Monday (St. Maur Hall Alumni Union)
2:30 p.m. . . . . . Tour of Good Shepherd Hall
3:30 p.m. . . . . . . Guest Speaker: Fr. Bernhard Eckerstorfer, OSB,
Rector of Sant’ Anselmo (St. Maur Hall A109)
5:00 p.m. . . . . . . Alumni Eucharist (Abbey Basilica)
(after Eucharist group picture of reunion attendees)
6:15 p.m. . . . . . . Banquet & Award Presentation (St. Joseph Dining Hall)
Social Reception After Banquet (St. Raphael Hall)
Tuesday, September 12
7:45 a.m. . . . . . . Breakfast (St. Joseph Dining Hall)
9:00 a.m. . . . . . . Board of Directors Meeting (St. Raphael Conference Room)
10:00 a.m. . . . . . 150th Anniversary Tour and Talk
Tour of updated basilica sanctuary led by
Fr. Pachomius Meade, OSB
Talk on the history of Conception Abbey by
Abbot Benedict Neenan, OSB
11:45 a.m. . . . . . Eucharist (Abbey Basilica) Lunch to follow
Guest Speaker: Fr. Berhnard Eckerstorfer, OSB
Topic: Rule of St. Benedict, Prologue 15
Seeking abundant life empowered by Benedictine education
Fr. Bernhard A. Eckerstorfer, OSB, was born in 1971 in Linz, Austria, and studied geography, philosophy, and theology in Salzburg, Vienna, and the United States (M.T.S., Mag., Dr. theol.). In 2000, he entered Kremsmünster Abbey and spent two years in Rome for post-doctoral studies on patristic and monastic theology. He served for 15 years as director of vocations, novice master, formation director, and spokesman of his abbey and taught at the Universities of Linz and Salzburg. His courses, lectures, and publications focus on how the Church, monastic life, and theology can both fulfill their mission in the contemporary world. Since 2020, he has been Rettore (President) of the Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo, the international Benedictine university in Rome.
