Mount Angel Seminary
Began, officially, in 1882. Actually it existed earlier in the mind of Father Adelhelm Odermatt, our founder. He lived for several years in close contact with Father Frowin Conrad, a fellow monk, who was founding a monastery in Missouri. But Father Adelhelm did not like some of the changes that Father Frowin made; they were, after all, supposed to found a monastery that would serve as a place of r…