J. Patrick Rick

J. Patrick Rick joined the Alexian Brothers, a Catholic order of men that operate health facilities, after graduating high school in 1966. However, before he had to make a life-long commitment to the brotherhood and their monastic religious community, Rick left and pursued a family and several varied careers. Over three decades after leaving, he returned to Wisconsin to find his monastery in ruins. Rick decided to make a film, which has now turned into the book, The Abbey & Me.

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  • Abbey Stories/ Grief & the Afterlife

    In the first half, a former brother in the Alexian Novitiate Monastery in Wisconsin, Patrick Rick, discussed a possession case and exorcism which took place at the original Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis in 1949. In the latter half, grief expert David Kessler spoke...More »

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