June 15, 2007

Benedictine monk ordained a priest

Benedictine Deacon Paul Nord stands before Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein during the June 3 liturgy at Saint Meinrad Archabbey Church in St. Meinrad during which he was ordained a priest. Father Paul is a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. To the left of the archbishop, watching the ritual are, from left, Benedictine Father Anthony Vinson and Benedictine Archabbot Justin DuVall. (Submitted photo)

Benedictine Deacon Paul Nord stands before Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein during the June 3 liturgy at Saint Meinrad Archabbey Church in St. Meinrad during which he was ordained a priest. Father Paul is a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. To the left of the archbishop, watching the ritual are, from left, Benedictine Father Anthony Vinson and Benedictine Archabbot Justin DuVall. (Submitted photo)

Benedictine Father Paul Nord, a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, was ordained a priest on June 3 by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein.

The ordination liturgy was celebrated at Saint Meinrad Archabbey Church in St. Meinrad.

Father Paul, 31, is the son of Joseph and Margaret Nord of Huntingburg, Ind.

A native of Indianapolis, he attended Southridge High School in Huntingburg and was a member of St. Joseph Parish in Dale, Ind., in the Evansville Diocese.

In 1997, he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute.

He earned a Master of Divinity degree at Saint Meinrad School of Theology in 2005.

Father Paul is the associate director of supervised ministry for Saint Meinrad School of Theology. He has also served as an assistant oblate director for the monastery.

He joined the monastery in 2002 and professed his solemn vows as a Benedictine monk on Aug. 15, 2006. †

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