October 20, 2026 - We welcome Robert Gerber to our community

Please join us in welcoming Robert Gerber as a postulant to our community.

Robert is from Louisville, just an hour away. He has been testing his vocation with us over several visits as an observer, working and praying with the monks. He has decided to take the next step in his discernment by formally entering the community. He arrived on Monday afternoon, the 19th of October, and was officially welcomed into the community on Tuesday, the 20th.

Robert joins Postulant Ryan, Br. David and Br. Gerard in the novitiate, sharing with them the monastic life as they grow in their understanding of God’s will for them and the continuing action of God’s grace in their lives. And we as a community thank God for their witness to us.

The group photo shows all of those in the novitiate, left to right, Postulant Ryan, Br. David, Postulant Robert, Br. Joseph, their Novitiate Undermaster (in charge of their work), and Br. Gerard.

We ask prayers for postulant Robert, for all those discerning their vocation in the novitiate, and for our community.