The 800 acre St. Bede campus includes the school, its attached monastery, a church, a football field with stands, a baseball field with stands, a basketball stadium/theater, an outdoor 400 meter track, a soccer field, the Saint Bede Abbey Press building, the boarding houses, and much open space, including an apple orchard, as well as corn and soybean fields.
Facility The school is a five-level brick building with dozens of classrooms and offices. The building can be perceived in halves, with the north half containing most of the classrooms and the south half containing most of the offices. The main administrative office is located on the first floor. There are computer labs on the first and second floors. The art department takes up most of the third floor. The science labs and classrooms are located in the Perino Science Center. Lockers are located on the second and third levels of the building. There is a tunnel that connects the main building with the gym, where
physical education classes are held.
Saint Bede Abbey St. Bede Abbey, attached to the school, is the permanent residence of twelve monks who live according to the
Rule of Saint Benedict. The monks, many of whom actively participate in the everyday workings of the school, follow the gospel of Christ by serving God, the Church, and the community through daily prayer, both communal and private, serious work, quiet reflection, hospitality, and the renunciation of marriage, possessions, and pleasure. The current abbot is Philip Davey, OSB, who succeeded former abbot Claude Peifer, OSB, in June 2011. Abbot Peifer, likewise, succeeded Abbot Roger Corpus, OSB, in 2003.
Abbey Church The Abbey Church is a multi-purpose building containing a general assembly area, students' chapel, theater/lecture hall, lounge,
kitchenette, and conference rooms. The students use the Abbey Church for
Eucharistic liturgies, prayer services,
penance services, classes, plays, and meetings.
Library The St. Bede Academy
library is a multilevel facility consisting of two large reading rooms on two levels joined by four levels of stacks. The
theology library consists of the upper reading room and the top level of the stacks. The academy library consists of the lower reading room and three levels of stacks. The academy collection totals 20,000 volumes and the monastery collection contains 19,000 volumes.
Student refectory The student
refectory, located on the main floor of the school building, provides hot lunch and snack items daily to students. Students remain on campus during lunchtime. The refectory was renovated during the summer of 1997 to restore the original tin ceiling which had been covered over for years. Ceiling fan/light fixtures now hang to provide an atmosphere of former days at the Academy. A commons area located in the Perino Science Center is a gathering place for students where students go to meet socially, study. etc. Refreshments are always available in the PSC vending area.
Notable alumni •
Andrew J. Bacevich- Professor Boston U. and Johns Hopkins, Author and Historian, Princeton-West-Point •
J. A. Happ, Pitcher - New York Yankees, Northwestern University •
James Massey - Professor at
University of Notre Dame,
MIT and
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