LATROBE, PA – Father Albin Juhász-Laczik, O.S.B., headmaster of the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma, Hungary, will deliver the annual Saint Vincent College Founders’ Day reflection as part of the Winter Honors Convocation.
The Convocation will be held at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica, where Father Albin also will be awarded an honorary degree.
A lifelong learner, Father Albin studied theology at the St. Gellért Theological College in Pannonhalma, then at the Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland and the Saint Meinrad Abbey in Indiana. He later earned history and English degrees as a student at the Eötvös Loránd University and a doctorate in law at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, both in Budapest, Hungary.
Father Albin has been teaching at the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma since 2007 and from 2011 to 2018 served as deputy headmaster. He is the editor of the “Pannonhalmi Szemle” and the editor-in-chief of the “Pannonhal-MA” magazine. Father Albin is the leader of the Gregorian choir of the monastic community and teaches Gregorian music theory and practice in the theological training in Pannonhalma.
In 2018, he was named the director general of the school and dormitory, as well as the director of the newly established Education Directorate at the Pannonhalma Archabbey.
Father Albin has a variety of publications and writings to his credit, including his 2019 book, “The History of the Hungarian Calvary of Fatima,” and has made multiple contributions to the Pilgrimage Booklet series. He also served as co-editor of “Heritage and Mission: Benedictines in Hungary,” published in 2012.
Father Albin in 2019 was awarded the Justitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award in recognition of his leadership in the Pannonhalma Child Protection Program. The initiative is a model for educational institutions and an example to follow in terms of preventing and reducing school abuse.
