Fr. Walter Vollmar (1911-1969)

One of the many members of our community from St. Benedict’s Parish, Kansas City, Kan., Father Walter did his entire course of studies, from high school to theology, at St. Benedict’s.  He was among the first class of novices in the new monastery in 1930 and made his first profession July 11, 1936.  From then until 1944 he was an instructor at the College in math and speech.  He later taught at Maur Hill High School.  Simultaneous to these assignments he was assistant procurator, manager of the Abbey Student Press, and manager of the Raven Roost.  In 1956 he became pastor of St. Benedict’s, Bendena, and in 1963 he was named pastor of St. Benedict’s Parish, Atchison, where he was assigned when he died rather suddenly on December 30, 1969.