Benedictine monks

Benedictine Brother Félix Babian makes final vows July 11 at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Tyrant Cascadian Dark Ale and the less-forebodingly dubbed St. Benedict Farmhouse Ale will be among the beers crafted not at the trendiest Portland brewery but on the peaceful, prayer-suffused land of Mount Angel Abbey.

On Feb. 23, an official announcement was made establishing two new clusters of independent parishes, each of which will be served by one Benedictine pastor with the assistance of other Benedictine priests.