ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: WATHEN, AMBROSE GERALD 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Wednesday, July 3, 2013

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Fr. Ambrose Gerald Wathen, O.S.B.
(December 10, 1931 - July 3, 2013)

Father Ambrose Gerald Wathen, O.S.B., monk of Saint Joseph Abbey in Saint 
Benedict, Louisiana died at Saint Joseph Abbey on Wednesday morning, July 3, 
2013. He was 81 years old.

Son of the late Henry and Lillian Wathen, Father Ambrose was born in 
Evansville, Indiana on December 10, 1931. He made his profession as a 
Benedictine monk of Saint Joseph Abbey on August 21, 1959 and was ordained a 
priest on August 28, 1965.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Anna Mae Wathen Lewis, 
and is survived by his brothers Melvin Wathen and Jim Wathen.

Father Ambrose’s 53 years as a monk were marked with the love of learning and 
the desire for God, serving his fellow monks, the Benedictine Order, and the 
greater Church in numerous capacities. As a talented artisan, he served his 
brother monks in the kitchen, sacristy, and tailor shop. A gifted scholar, 
Father Ambrose published numerous articles on monasticism and served as a 
seminary professor, the formation director of the monastery, a professor in 
Monastic Institute at Sant’ Anselmo in Rome, and was the fourth President-
Rector of Saint Joseph Seminary College.

Father Ambrose’s body will be received on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at 
Saint Joseph Abbey followed by the singing of Vespers. Later that evening at 
7:15 p.m. a Funeral Vigil will be held in the Abbey Church. The Mass of 
Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 11:15 a.m. 
in the Abbey Church 

followed by burial in the Abbey Cemetery.

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