蜜桃社s Week 2025 January 27, 2025 Saint John’s Prep is celebrating 蜜桃社s Week! There are special activities throughout the week for students and staff. 蜜桃社s Week offers a meaningful opportunity to celebrate our mission of providing a Catholic, Benedictine education while uniting students, families and staff in shared values and purpose. 蜜桃社s Week (CSW) is a week-long celebration […]
In Memoriam ~ Jim Connolly ’64 January 24, 2025 James Arthur Connolly, Jr. ’64 passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 23, 2025. He was born in Duluth, MN on January 28, 1946 to the late James Arthur Connolly, Sr. and Joan White Connolly. James was a graduate of St. John鈥檚 Prep in Collegeville, MN and Cathedral High School, Duluth, MN. As someone who craved […]
In Memoriam ~ Jim Goossens ’69 January 5, 2025 James C. Goossens ’69 passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025 in St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of 73. James (Jim) was in the 3rd聽of 4 generations of a multigenerational family legacy of affiliation with St. John鈥檚 Abbey, St. John鈥檚 Preparatory School, St. John鈥檚 University, and The College of St. Benedict, beginning with his grandfather, […]
In Memoriam ~ John Edward Dreis January 4, 2025 John Edward Dreis Father of Mike Dreis ’74 and Chris Dreis ’80 John Edward Dreis, age 95, of Bloomington, MN passed away peacefully on January 3, 2025. Preceded in death by their wife Patty, parents James, and Katherine, and siblings Beatrice, Everett, and Suzanne. Survived by children Michael (Marcia) Dreis, Barbara (James) Golombecki, Christopher (Angela) […]
In Memoriam ~ Joseph C. Machtemes, ’54 December 30, 2024 Joseph C. Machtemes ’54 Joseph C. Machtemes, age 88, of Faribault, entered into heaven on December 26, 2024, at Hastings Senior Health and Living in Hastings, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive, Faribault. Visitation will be held […]
Joy & Peace to You this Christmas December 20, 2024 In the beginning was the Word,And the Word was with God, And the Word was God.He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him,and without him nothing came to be. 锘縅ohn 1:1-3 Dear Saint John鈥檚 Prep Community,Among my favorite memories of my children when they were very young was taking them […]
In Memoriam~ Br. Otto John Thole, OSB ’55 December 15, 2024 Brother to 鈥燜r. Tom Thole, OSB ’49, and 鈥燜r. Simeon Thole, OSB ’53 John Anthony Thole was born on June 13, 1937, in Moorhead, Minnesota, the third oldest of four children born to Otto and Margaret (Acheson) Thole. His father was a bookkeeper for the local power company, and his mother was a homemaker. John attended Saint […]
In Memoriam ~ Fr. Wilfred Theisen, OSB ’47 December 5, 2024 Father Wilfred Theisen OSB, died December 3, 2024. Robert John Theisen was the sixth of nine children born to John and Elizabeth (Tabery) Theisen in Wadena, Minnesota, on September 5, 1929. After completing elementary school he entered Saint John鈥檚 Preparatory School in 1943.聽Following graduation as valedictorian in 1947, Robert enrolled in Saint John鈥檚 University. Two […]
In Memoriam ~ Owen James Lynch ’71 November 17, 2024 Owen James Lynch Jr., age 71, of Minneapolis, passed away peacefully on November 13, 2024.Mass of Christian burial at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Reception to follow. Interment to follow in Saint John鈥檚 Abbey Cemetery, Collegeville, […]
