The monastic community at Westminster Abbey in Mission is giving thanks after Brother Paschasius Roca and Frater Athanasius Capko made perpetual vows Sept. 1.
Three years ago these men made triennial vows, at which they received their religious names.
Brother Paschasius (formerly Ricardo Roca) was named after Saint Paschasius Radbertus, a 9th-century monk known for his teaching on the nature of the Eucharist.
Frater Athanasius (formerly Stuart Capko) was named after Saint Athanasius, the patriarch of Alexandria and a great champion of the divinity of Christ during the Arian crisis in the 4th century.
Brother Paschasius, the youngest of two children, began inquiring into the monastery in 2013. He is known by his smile and spirit of hospitality. He is also a jack of all trades serving the community as tailor, gardener, mechanic, cook, infirmarian, and assistant guest master.
Frater Athanasius is the second of the four children born to Ed and Nancy Capko. After graduating from the minor seminary of the Seminary of Christ the King in 2014, Frater Athanasius entered the monastery the following August. Known for his sobre and joyful spirit, he is currently studying in his fourth year of arts in the Seminary of Christ the King. Aside from his philosophical studies, he has served the monastic community in a variety of ways including as a farmhand, gardener, infirmarian, and assistant organist.
Files from Father Caesarius Marple, OSB.
