LATROBE, Pa. — Benedictine Brother James Raber, a seminarian from Belmont Abbey, is studying second theology at St. Vincent Seminary this academic year.
Pictured are (from left): Benedictine Father Patrick Cronauer, academic dean; Benedictine Father Boniface Hicks, director of spiritual formation; Benedictine Father Edward Mazich, rector; Brother James; Benedictine Father John Mary Tompkins, vice rector; Dr. Lawrence Sutton, director of pre-theologian formation; and Benedictine Father Cyprian Constantine, director of liturgical formation.
Brother James is the son of Edward B. and Sue M. Raber of Fleming Island, Fla. He is a 2002 graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in marine transportation operations from Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, in 2006. He has done post-graduate studies at Belmont Abbey College, and he has studied at St. Meinard Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana.
— Kim Metzgar
MOUNT HOLLY — Turner Hobbs, a Life Scout with BSA Troop 8 at St. Matthew Church in south Charlotte, designed and constructed the first outdoor Stations of the Cross on the grounds of St. Joseph College Seminary as his Eagle Scout project.
Hobbs is active in his Catholic faith and attended the Quo Vadis Days summer camp at the college seminary last summer.
He is the son of Bill and Lisa Hobbs. Bill Hobbs says his son loved constructing the outdoor Stations of the Cross because it combined his faith journey with his scouting interests.
It offered him an opportunity to lead his fellow scouts to leave a legacy at the campus, while also being a unique Eagle Scout project.
The Boy Scouts were assisted by Deacon Timothy Mueller, the college seminary’s facilities manager, who helped prepare the lumber. Troop members worked on four separate days to complete the project, which came to fruition Oct. 9.
— SueAnn Howell, senior reporter
