Saint Meinrad Report
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âSince its beginning, Saint Meinrad has never been content with living merely for itself. History shows how in the past the Abbey has spent itself generously at times beyond it strength in the school, in ordinary and extraordinary pastoral work, and in the Indian mission fieldâ. (Kleber 511).The first abbot, Marin Marty, showed great interest in Indian missions, especially among the Sioux. (Quirk 1) âIn 1852, the Rev. Joseph Kundek of Jasper visited Abbot Schmidt at the Benedictine in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, whose first abbot had been Saint Meinrad. âMeinrad was born of Alemanic parents, in the days of Emperor Charlemagne, about the year 797, the Sulichgau, in southwestern Germany.â (Kleber 1) His father started life to Benedictine abbey