Benedictine Father Ignacio Gonzalez teaches a Spanish class to students at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. Father Ignacio, the director of campus ministry at St. Anselm's Abbey School, also teaches religion there. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel teaches robotics to 12th grade student Tim Burke at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. Father Samuel, the novice master at St. Anselm's Abbey, serves as a robotics and computer science teacher at the school. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The interior of the chapel at St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The greenhouse at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington is in the care of Benedictine Father Peter Weigand, the president emeritus of the abbey who teaches earth science and anthropology at St. Anselm's Abbey School. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada).
Abbot James Wiseman greets 10th grade students and the teacher, Belen Fernandez at the beginning of the Spanish III language class at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. He is taking the Spanish class with the students. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Belen Fernandez teaches a Spanish III language class at St. Anselm’s Abbey School in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. Abbot James Wiseman of St. Anselm's Abbey (at right) learns with the students. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
After the Spanish Language III class at St. Anselm's Abbey School, everyone poses for a photo. From left to right are the teacher, Belen Fernandez, Abbot James Wiseman, and 10th grade students Cole Stanek, Henry Sloan, Ronald Holley, Yadier Johnson and Carlo Tedeschi. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel celebrates a Mass at the chapel at St. Anselm's Abbey on Dec. 11, 2024, as seventh grade students from St. Anselm's Abbey School attend the Mass. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel blesses a student of St. Anselm's Abbey School during the Dec. 11 Mass at the chapel at St. Anselm's Abbey. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada))
Students from St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington pray during the Dec. 11 Mass at the chapel at St. Anselm's Abbey. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The interior of the chapel at St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington. All of the woodwork was carved by the monks of St. Anselm's Abbey. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The altar at the chapel of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington. All of the woodwork was carved by the monks of the abbey. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel prays with the JV basketball team of 9th and 10th graders from St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington in the school gym before the game. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The large painting on the wall was painted by one of the monks in the Fort Augustus Room at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington. One of the monastery's community rooms is used sometimes for community gatherings, including for coffee and refreshments after the midnight Christmas Mass. The abbey also sometimes opens this room for group meetings. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Abbot James Wiseman speaks about the library of St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Abbot James Wiseman reads Scripture during vespers at the chapel at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. From left to right are Benedictine Brother Cyprian Morales, Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel, Benedictine Brother Dunstan Robidoux, Abbot James and Benedictine Father Ignacio Gonzalez. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The library of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C., includes about 40,000 books in its collection. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Abbot Joseph Wiseman looks at a book written by another monk at St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington, Benedictine Father Joseph Jensen, in the library at St. Anselm's Abbey on Dec. 11, 2024. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
During a silent dinner on Dec. 11, 2024 at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, the Benedictine monks get food in the refectory there. From left to right are Benedictine Brother Dunstan Robidoux, Benedictine Brother Cyprian Morales and Benedictine Father Peter Weigand (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
At a silent dinner at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024, Benedictine Father Gabriel Myers reads a book in the refectory. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
During a silent dinner at St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington. the monks eat their meals in the refectory while they listen to a table book reading by Benedictine Father Gabriel Myers on Dec. 11, 2024. From left to right are Benedictine Brother Cyprian Morales, Benedictine Father Peter Weigand, Benedictine Father Joseph Jensen, Abbot James Wiseman, and Benedictine Father Samuel Springuel. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Benedictine Father Ignacio Gonzalez cleans dishes after the monks finish their meals at their silent dinner in the refectory at St. Anselm’s Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Artworks by Benedictine Father Stephen Reid (1912-1989) are displayed in the hallway of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Abbot James Wiseman organizes the mail that the Benedictine monks receive in the mailing room of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
This artwork by Benedictine Father Stephen Reid (1912-1989) displayed in the hallway of St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington is Abbot James Wiseman's favorite artwork there. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
In his office at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024, Abbot James Wiseman shows memorable cards and gifts from his family and friends, including one from his sister. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Abbot James Wiseman relaxes in his office at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington on Dec. 11, 2024, sitting next to a file of retyped handwritten letters sent to him by his mother. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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