Fr. Matthew Kovacs
Fr. Matthew Kovacs was born in 1929 in Hungary and he entered the Cistercian Order in the Abbey of Zirc, Hungary on August 29, 1949. He made his solemn profession clandestinely (for fear of Communist retaliation) in Budapest in 1956. He was ordained on July 21, 1957 in the Cistercian Monastery of Zwettl, Austria. Since 1963 he has taught primarily Latin and German at the school. His favorite "mottos" for the monastic life are: "Orando et Laborando," "Pro ordine nostro!" and "Ama nesciri."