Early Community Photos

1887 Fr. Gall and the "Eight Beatitudes"

1887 Fr. Gall and the "Eight Beatitudes"

2nd ROW: Basil Egloff, Ildephonse Kalt, Joseph Huwyler, Gregory Luthiger, Augustine Stocker, Meinrad Epp

BOTTOM ROW: Luke Hess, Fr. Gall D’Aujourd’hui, Bernard Zell

1890 Independent Priory

1890 Independent Priory

3rd ROW: Unknown, Augustine Stocker, Joseph Huwyler, Luke Hess, Thomas Keller

2nd ROW: Othmar Wehrle, Aloys Baumgaertner, Martin Fleig, Meinrad Epp, Ildephonse Kalt, Gregory Luthiger, Anselm Kaelin, Bernard Zell

BOTTOM ROW: Basil Egloff, Gall D’Aujourd’hui, Fintan Kraemer

1891 Independent Priory

1891 Independent Priory

5th ROW: Benedict Bulle, unknown, unknown, Joseph Huwyler, unknown

4th ROW: Fintan Kraemer, Maurus Strobel, unknown, Gottfried von Luenink, unknown, unknown, unknown

3rd ROW: Bernard Zell, Ildephonse Kalt, unknown, Othmar Wehrle, Martin Fleig

2nd ROW: Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Gall Bisegger, unknown, Wolfgang Schlumpf, Joseph Kaiser, Matthew Saettele, Pius Zwyssig

BOTTOM ROW: Justin Huwyler, Basil Egloff, Meinrad Schoenbaechler, Luke Hess, Thomas Keller, Augustine Stocker

1894 Scholasticate

1894 Scholasticate

OLDER MONKS: Fr. Gall D’Aujourd’hui, Abbot Ignatius Conrad, Thomas Keller (Director)

1895

1895

OLDER MONKS: Fr. Gall D’Aujourd’hui, Abbot Ignatius Conrad, Thomas Keller (Director)

1895 Abbey

1895 Abbey

4th ROW: Unknown, unknown, unknown, Francis Morat, unknown, Placidus Naegele, Anton Weder, unknown, unknown

3rd ROW: John Weibel, Meinrad Schoenbaechler, Matthew Duffner, Gall Bisegger, Maurus Strobel, unknown, Joseph Kaiser, Benedict Bulle, Luke Tschuemperlin

2nd ROW: John Nigg, Bernard Zell, Justin Huwyler, Thomas Keller, Joseph Huwyler, Luke Hess, Martin Fleig, Othmar Wehrle

BOTTOM ROW: Unknown, unknown, Wolfgang Schlumpf, Abbot Ignatius, Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Boniface Spanke, unknown

Late 1890s

Late 1890s

2nd ROW: Othmar Wehrle, Matthew Saettele, Ildephonse Kalt, Aloys Baumgaertner 

BOTTOM ROW: Bonaventure Binzegger, Fintan Kraemer, Vincent Wehrle

1898

1898

3rd ROW: Boniface Spanke, Leo Gerschwyler, Maurus Rohner

2nd ROW: Placidus Oechsle, Thomas Keller, Luke Hess, Anselm Kaelin, John Nigg

BOTTOM ROW: Meinrad Epp, Martin Fleig, Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Abbot Ignatius, Fintan Kraemer, Joseph Huwyler

1899

1899

3rd ROW: Anselm Kaelin, John Nigg

2nd ROW: Leo Gerschwyler, Meinrad Epp, Joseph Huwyler, Aloys Baumgaertner, Luke Hess

BOTTOM ROW:  Ildephonse Kalt, Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Martin Fleig

1900 Profession

1900 Profession

2nd ROW: Stephen Heinkele, Gregory Kehres, Lawrence Hoyt, Justin Wewer

BOTTOM ROW: Athanasius Zehnder, Frowin Koerdt, Fr. Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Columban Schmucki, Benedict Borgerding

1900

1900

3rd ROW: Boniface Spanke

2nd ROW: Ildephonse Kalt, Gall D’Aujourd’hui, Meinrad Epp, Martin Fleig

BOTTOM ROW: John Nigg, Aloys Baumgaertner

1900

1900

5th ROW: Unknown, unknown, unknown, Michael Boesch, Aloys Wuest, Gall Bisegger, Raphael Steinberg, Maurus Strobel, Gabriel Riegert, Joseph Kaiser

4th ROW:  Unknown, unknown, Luke Tschuemperlin, Matthew Duffner, Placidus Naegele, unknown, unknown, John Weibel, Francis Morat, unknown

3rd ROW: Benedict Bulle, John Nigg, Placidus Oechsle, Martin Fleig, Basil Egloff, Bernard Zell, Anselm Kaelin, Aloys Baumgaertner, Leo Gerschwyler, Meinrad Epp, Luke Hess

2nd ROW: Joseph Huwyler, Matthew Saettele, Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Ildephonse Kalt, Pius Zwyssig, Fintan Kraemer

BOTTOM ROW: Conrad Spirig, Benedict Borgerding, Stephen Heinkele, Athansius Zehnder, Frowin Koerdt, Columba Schmucky, Lawrence Hoyt, Justin Wewer, Anton Weder

1901

1901

5th ROW: Leo Gerschwyler, Joseph Huwyle, Fintan Kraemer

4th ROW: Placidus Oechsle, Aloys Baumgaertner

3rd ROW: Martin Fleig, Bernard Zell, Anselm Kaelin

2nd ROW: Meinrad Epp, Gall D'Aujourd'hui, Basil Egloff

BOTTOM ROW: Ildephonse Kalt, Matthew Saettele, John Nigg, Pius Zwyssig, Luke Hess

1902 Election of the New Prior

1902 Election of the New Prior

3rd ROW: Luke Hess, Bernard Zell, Martin Fleig, Ildephonse Kalt, Othmar Wehrle, Placidus Oechsle

2nd ROW: Ludwig Stutzer, Thomas Keller, Joseph Huwyler, Boniface Spanke, Anselm Kaelin, Aloys Baumgaertner

BOTTOM ROW: Basil Egloff, Pius Zwyssig, Prior Augustine Stocker, Abbot Ignatius, Meinrad Epp, Fintan Kraemer

1902 Clericate

1902 Clericate

3rd ROW: Athanasius Zehnder

2nd ROW: Benedict Borgerding, Justin Wewer, Pius Zwyssig (appointed Director in July, 1902), Stephen Heinkele, Gregory Kehres

BOTTOM ROW: Frowin Koerdt, Lawrence Hoyt

1903 Clericate

1903 Clericate

2nd ROW: Andrew Quante, Paul Nahlen, Peter Post

BOTTOM ROW: Innocent Olles, Benedict Borgerding

1904 Abbot, Fathers, and Fraters at Blessing of the New Abbey

1904 Abbot, Fathers, and Fraters at Blessing of the New Abbey

3rd ROW: Paul Nahlen, Columban Schmucki, Stephen Heinkele, Benedict Borgerding, Joseph Huwyler, unknown, Luke Hess (continued beyond post) Boniface Spanke, unknown, Frowin Koerdt, John Nigg, unknown, unknown

2nd ROW: Athanasius Zehnder, Lawrence Hoyt, unknown, Bernard Zell, Basil Egloff, Ildephonse Kalt, Peter Post, Justin Wewer, Thomas Keller, unknown, unknown, Innocent Oiles, Gregory Kehres, Maurus Rohner, unknown, Pius Zwyssi

BOTTOM ROW: Unknown, Martin Fleig, Fintan Kraemer, Augustine Stocker, Frowin Conrad, Ignatius Conrad, Meinrad Epp, unknown, unknown, unknown

1904 Brothers

1904 Brothers

6th ROW: Francis Morat

5th ROW: Unknown, Gabriel Riegert, Bruno Koch, Michael Boesch

4th ROW:  Conrad Spirig, Matthew Duffner, Placidus Naegele

3rd ROW: Raphael Steinberg, Joseph Kaiser, Meinrad Schoenbaechler, Aloys Wuest

2nd ROW: Gall Bisegger, Benedict Bulle, Maurus Strobel

BOTTOM ROW: Thaddeus Eberle, Anthony Weder, Bernard Aufdermauer, Andrew Zwyssig, Luke Tschuemperlin

1906 Brothers

1906 Brothers

5th ROW: Aloys Wuest, unknown, Maurus Strobel, unknown, John Weibel

4th ROW:  Matthew Duffner, Raphael Steinberg, Michael Boesch

3rd ROW: Bruno Koch, Placidus Naegele, Pius Zwyssig

2nd ROW: Bernard Aufdermauer, Benedict Bulle

BOTTOM ROW: Unknown, unknown, Andrew Zwyssig, Anthony Weder, Conrad Spirig, Francis Morat, Meinrad Schoenbaechler, Gall Bisegger, Joseph Kaiser, Luke Tschuemperlin, unknown

1920 Juniorate

1920 Juniorate

3rd ROW: Joseph Fuhrmann, Thomas Buergler

2nd ROW: Unknown, Eugene Knoff, Charles Poggemann, Richard Eveld, Ignatius Bodmayr, Bede Mitchel

BOTTOM ROW: Bonaventure Maechler, Philip O'Regan, Fr. Columban Schmuchy (Director), William Oberste, Louis Deuster