As he left the chapel at St. Margaret’s Hospital, Kansas City, Kan., Father Columban died of apoplexy.  He had been in the hospital for two months doctoring for pleurisy.  He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and began attendance at St. Benedict’s College in 1880.  In 1882 he made vows as a member of the abbey and was ordained December 21, 1886.

Brother Matt, as he was known to the community, came to from St, Joseph’s of the Valley Parish in western Leavenworth County, Kan.  He pronounced his monastic vows, December 28, 1923.  The community was then living in what is now Farrell Hall. 

Father Henry was diagnosed with cancer in September 1995 and had returned to the abbey from being pastor of St. Mary’s, St. Benedict, St. Bede, Kelly, and St. Patrick’s, Corning, all in Nemaha County.

In June 1915 Father Andrew was the “first Kansan to celebrate his silver jubilee (of ordination) after 25 years of continuous labor in his native state.”  This quote was taken from a local paper.  He was born in Marak, Kan., near Everest, and professed as a monk of St. Benedict’s Abbey in 1885 and later ordained priest in 1890.