Elders of the Benedictines:
A Portrait and Interview Project

Mark W. McGinnis

This project consists of a series of 30" x 30" acrylic on canvas portraits and companion written interviews with each elder from thirty Benedictine monasteries throughout the United States. The following are short excerpts from each of the thirty interviews to give you a sample of the elders' insight and wisdom:

Father Vincent Martin, O.S.B. Saint Andrew's Abbey Valyermo, California	Father Placid Pientek, O.S.B. Saint Andrew Svorad Abbey Cleveland, Ohio	Father Alban Boultwood, O.S.B. Retired Abbot Saint Anselm's Abbey Washington D.C.
Brother Victor J. Frankenhauser, O.S.B. Assumption Abbey Richardton, North Dakota	Sister M. Gregory Cushing, O.S.B. Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Benedictine Monastery Tucson, Arizona	Sister M. Juliana Bresson, O.S.B. Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Clyde, Missouri
Father Eugene W. Dehner, O.S.B. Saint Benedict's Abbey Atchison, Kansas	Sister Firmin Escher, O.S.B. Saint Benedict's Monastery St. Joseph, Minnesota	Sister Liguori Sullivan, O.S.B. Benet Hill Monastery Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sister M. Matthias Igoe, O.S.B. San Benito Monastery Dayton, Wyoming	Father Stanislaus Maudlin, O.S.B. Blue Cloud Abbey Northeastern South Dakota	Father James Jones, O.S.B. Conception Abbey Conception, Missouri
Sister M. Louise Frankenberger, O.S.B. Olivetan Benedictine Community Holy Angels Convent Jonesboro, Arkansas	Father Berthold Ricker, O.S.B. Saint John's Abbey Collegeville, Minnesota	Sister Agatha Burke, O.S.B. Saint Joseph Monastery Tulsa, Oklahoma
Father Bede Stocker, O.S.B. Marmion Abbey Aurora, Illinois	Father Clement Pangratz, O.S.B. Saint Martin's Abbey Lacey, Washington	Father Theodore Heck, O.S.B. Saint Meinrad Archabbey St. Meinrad, Indiana
Father Frederic Schindler, O.S.B. Mount Michael Abbey Elkhorn, Nebraska	Sister Marmion Maiers, O.S.B. Mother of God Monastery Watertown, South Dakota	Sister Augustine Uhlenkott, O.S.B. Monastery of Saint Gertrude Cottonwood, Idaho
Father Bernard Sander, O.S.B. Mount Angel Abbey Saint Benedict, Oregon	Sister Victorine Fenton, O.S.B. Mount Saint Benedict Monastery Crookston, Minnesota	Sister Lillian Harrington, O.S.B. Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery Atchison, Kansas
Sister Placidia Haehn, O.S.B. Saint Placid Priory Lacey, Washington	Sister Joeine Darrington, O.S.B. Queen of Angels Monastery Mount Angel, Oregon	Sister Annella Gardner, O.S.B. Sacred Heart Monastery Richardton, North Dakota
Sister Leonette Hoesing, O.S.B. Sacred Heart Monastery Yankton, South Dakota	Sister Jane Frances Brockman, O.S.B. Saint Scholastica Monastery Fort Smith, Arkansas	Father Paul R. Maher, O.S.B. Saint Vincent Archabbey Latrobe, Pennsylvania