Oblate Talk on July 19, 2026
2026-07-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Father Dominic Leo, O.S.B., will give the talk on Sunday, July 19 at 3 p.m., on the topic of prayer in Benedictine Spirituality. Father Dominic entered the Benedictine Order from Saint Peter’s Abbey in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 2014 and transferred his vows to Saint Vincent Archabbey in 2017. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Edward C. Malesix in 2019. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Saint Joseph’s College of Commerce in Bangalore, India, and earned a Master of Science degree in information technology from Karnataka State Open University. He received the Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary. He currently serves in the Alumni Office of Saint Vincent College and prior to that was parochial vicar, then administrator of Saint Gregory the Great Parish in Virginia Beach.

Oblate Talk on August 16, 2026
2026-08-16 15:00 - 16:00
Father Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B., will discuss “Forgiveness in Benedictine Spirituality” at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 16. He is procurator of Saint Vincent Archabbey and is professor in the Education Department at Saint Vincent College, where he teaches many courses in special education. He is the founder of the Bearcat B.E.S.T. program at Saint Vincent College, and has also served in parish apostolates. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Vincent College, a Master of Arts and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary, the Master of Education degree in special education from the University of Pittsburgh and the Doctor of Education degree in special education from West Virginia University. He also has a Master of Science degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion and Nutrition from California University of Pennsylvania. He is a doctoral-level board-certified behavior analyst, and has Pennsylvania teaching certificates in many disciplines. He made first vows as a Benedictine monk in 1994 and was ordained to the presbyterate in 2000

Oblate Talk on September 20, 2026
2026-09-20 15:00 - 16:00
Brother José Rosa, O.S.B., will present “Stability in Benedictine Spirituality” at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 20. Brother José was ordained to the diaconate on August 30, 2025 by Bishop Larry J. Kulick and has been assigned at Saint Joseph the Worker Parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and politics from Saint Vincent College and is a student at Saint Vincent Seminary. He made solemn vows on July 11, 2025 and serves as an assistant to the director of Campus Ministry, member of the Archabbey Schola and is involved in numerous retreats.

Oblate Talk on September 27, 2026
2026-09-27
Bishop Larry J. Kulick, J.C.L., will talk to the Oblates on “Oblate Day” Sunday, September 27, on a topic to be announced. Bishop Kulick was appointed the Sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg by Pope Francis on December 18, 2020. He was ordained to the episcopacy on February 11, 2021. Prior to his appointment as bishop, he was diocesan administrator when his predecessor was installed as the 12th Bishop of Cleveland. A native of Leechburg, he is the first native son and priest of the diocese to be appointed Bishop. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College, a Master of Arts in systematic theology and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary, a licentiate in canon law from The Catholic University of America, and serves on many boards, including the Saint Vincent Seminary Board of Regents, Saint Vincent College Board of Directors and the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference.

Oblate Talk on October 18, 2026.
2026-10-18 15:00 - 16:00
Father Isaac Haywiser, O.S.B., will discuss “Discipline in Benedictine Spirituality” at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 18. Father Isaac has a variety of assignments at Saint Vincent Archabbey, College and Seminary. He professed first vows as a Benedictine monk in 2010 and was ordained a priest in 2015. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Saint Vincent College, a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary, a Master of Science in marketing from Drexel University and a Master of Science degree in church management from Villanova University. He is presently lecturer in business administration at Saint Vincent College, director of strategic initiatives for formation and human formation advisor at Saint Vincent Seminary, health benefits manager and plans administrator for the Archabbey.

Oblate Talk on October 24, 2026
2026-10-24
Father Job Foote, O.S.B., will give a series of talks on a topic to be determined for the Oblate Day of Recollection on Saturday, October 24. Father Job is presently serving as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart and Ascension Parishes, Jeannette, in the Diocese of Greensburg. He professed first vows as a Benedictine monk in 1984 and was ordained a priest in 1989. He has served a number of parishes in the dioceses of Richmond, Pittsburgh, Altoona-Johnstown and Harrisburg, and has also been a chaplain at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos in El Salvador. He has also been a lieutenant in the U.S.Naval Reserves. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Penn State University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary.

Oblate Talk on November 15, 2026
2026-11-15 15:00 - 16:00
Father Thomas Acklin, O.S.B., will speak on “Conversatio Morum” at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 15. Father Tom is known as an author, teacher, spiritual director, counselor, retreat master and psychoanalyst. He is the author of The Unchanging Heart of the Priesthood, and The Passion of the Lamb and co-author with Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., of Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love, and Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love. A former rector of Saint Vincent Seminary who is presently professor of theology, he has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Duquesne University, a Master of Divinity from Saint Vincent Seminary, a Licentiate in Sacred theology, a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from the University of Louvain, Belgium.

Oblate Talk on December 20, 2026
2026-12-20 15:00 - 16:00
Father Patrick Cronauer, O.S.B., will speak on “The Spirituality of Advent/Christmas in the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict” at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 20. Father Patrick is professor of Sacred Scripture and Biblical Languages at Saint Vincent Seminary, where he has taught for 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption College, the Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Weston School of Theology, the S.S.L., from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; and the S.S.D., from École Biblique et Archéologique Francaise, Jerusalem. He has also done graduate studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and lived and worked in a small Benedictine community in Israel in the early 1970s. He has organized and led the biennial third and fourth-year seminarian pilgrimage to the Holy Land for a number of years.
