Fr. Boniface Moll (1908-1989)

Father Boniface Moll passed away October 7, 1989.

He made his profession as a monk of St. Benedict’s Abbey July 2, 1928, and finished his education here.  After ordination in 1933, Father Boniface was librarian and teacher at Maur Hill, 1934-35.  He earned a bachelor and later a master’s in library science from Columbia University in 1939.

One of many monks trained to work in library science, Father Boniface along with Fathers Colman and David, worked mightily in the ground floor library workroom at the west end of what is now St. Benedict Hall, formerly the Administration Building, to maintain the reputation of the Abbey/College library as a great research library.

He served in World War II in the China-Burma-India theater of operations.  He was recalled to active duty in 1949 and served in Korea, West Germany, and in the United States, before retiring in 1965 as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Father Boniface died where he had been raised, in Okmulgee, Okla., after a long bout with cancer.  He was serving there as an auxiliary Army chaplain, one facet of his long-time military ministry. 

Below is Fr. Boniface’s military issue alter.