Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey & School Honored by Creighton University with "Presidential Medallion"

At Creighton University's Commencement Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey & School were recognized as follows

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" For half a century, the Benedictine monks at Mount Michael Abbey in Elkhorn, Nebraska, have been a stable force for good in the region, fostering the Christian ideal of a balanced life of prayer, work and holy leisure so that in all things, God may be glorified.

This year, the abbey marks the 50th anniversary of becoming a priory and the opening of St. John's Seminary, the minor seminary that became the incomparable Mount Michael Benedictine High School in 1970.

Named for St. Michael the archangel, the abbey and school have devotedly provided Catholic education to young men, who have gone on to become accomplished and faith-filled professionals, community leaders, husbands, fathers, priests and brothers.

Faithfully living out the Benedictine form of hospitality as a primary spiritual value, Mount Michael Abbey & School have provided a place where the presence and peace of God are palpable. The monks have welcomed "all as Christ," imparting nourishment for the minds, hearts, bodies and souls of visitors and students alike.

Creighton University has enjoyed a great relationship with Mount Michael High School. Many of Mount Michael's graduates enroll at Creighton each year and enrich Creighton with the spirituality they learned from the Benedictines.

In honor of Mount Michael's jubilee celebration and in thanksgiving for its contributions, Creighton proudly confers upon Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey & School the University's Presidential Medallion this sixteenth day of December, two thousand and six."