Show recalling founding of i indiana abbey in 1853 the death a short time ilmo ago of an schmitt abbot of st mein rad recalls the foundation of indi anas benedictine abbey besought by bishop de st paints abbot henry IV of switzerland sent bent two monks ulrich christen a swiss and bede oconnor a londoner of 0 irish descent to tho diocese of vin cennes which then embraced tho the whole of indiana nna a third of illinois on august 12 1853 these two monks bought mr dennings Dennl farm of acres for 2750 this property lay in a romantic region of eni entrancing ranc forests some five miles mites south of Ver ferdinand dinand in the hilly country that skirts the Aj iderson river la in perry and spencer counties it was in the hills bills 1 the same historic hills that since the beginning of time bare b jve called I 1 ma roan n and monk to prayer and meditation 1 I will lift up mine eyes to the hills whence cometh my help sang bang the psalmist st francis of assisi was oiled filled with the collius aeter num when he left the haunts of wen men to go to the quiet of the hill hung hermitage of ln la verna st and tho the monk ekkehard of st cfall sought their peace in the snows 0 the alps tho baroo call led petrarca Petr arch to his midnight prayers in the moonlit heights of avignon Correspond correspondence enco indianapolis news |