OUR COMMUNITY
MEET SOME OF THE BROTHERS
      

New Melleray was founded founded in 1849. In that time, a very large number of monks have lived and died within its walls. Although our community numbers about 30 at the present time, 50 years ago after WW II there were over 150 monks living here. For more information about some of New Melleray's monks over the years, see Fr.Kenneth's Monastic Biographies.

Here is a list of our present community members. Some members of our community would like to share some of their favorite scriptural passages and other words of wisdom. Check out their individual pages below. Following thier name is their date of entry into the community.



Father Bernard Cullen (January 5, 1942)
Father Francis Ferrara (February 23, 1945)
Father Daniel Lenihan (May 17, 1946)
Brother Walter Schoenberg (August 31, 1946)
Father Thomas McCarty (September 12, 1947)
Father Kenneth Tietjen (August 18, 1948)
Father Lawrence Nolan (August 4, 1949)
Father James O'Connor (August 18, 1949)
Father Thaddeus Kennedy (September 24, 1949)
Father Xavier Dieter (March 24, 1950)
Brother Felix Leja (May 24, 1950)
Father Thomas MacMaster (June 13, 1950)
Father David Wechter (August 11, 1951)
Father John Janinski (July 23, 1953)
Father James Henderson (August 14, 1953)
Brother Placid Zilka (March 27, 1955)
Father Stephen Verbest (October 4, 1957)
Brother Paul Halaburt (January 7, 1958)
Father Brendan Freeman (Abbot) (August 13, 1958)
Brother Tobias Shanahan (December 15, 1958)
Brother Kevin Knox (February 14, 1959)
Brother Gilbert Cardillo (June 1, 1961)
Brother Robert Simon (August 9, 1962)
Father David Bock (October 25, 1962)
Brother John O'Driscoll (January 3, 1963)
Father Neil Paquette (February 3, 1975)
Father Alberic Farbolin (April 29, 1984)
Brother Ephrem Poppish (December 5, 1984)
Brother Dennis Vavra (February 27, 1990)
Brother Albert Bracket (April 4, 1993)
Brother Paul Andrew Tanner (November 27, 1998)
Brother Jonah Wharff (January 18, 2000)
Brother Joseph Kronebusch (January 6, 2008)
Brother Nicholas Koenig (August 15, 2008)
Brother Michael Gajarski (November 22, 2009)
Brother Juan Diego Lavado (March 25, 2010)
Brother Eugene Hinksmon (May 31, 2009)


In Memoriam
Father Joseph P. Bauwens Brother Richard Justus
Father Joseph Knapp Brother Terrence Manion
Brother Raymond Sullivan Father Timothy Welsh
Brother Augustine Nave Brother Benedict Babor
Father James Kerndt