Search | Back   Rev. Blase (Charles) Schumacher, O.S.B.   August 15, 1905 - August 5, 1989     Dates |  Ordos |  Notes |  Names       No Photo Available         Miscellaneous Notes   Father Blase (Charles) Schumacher was born in the town of Willy, Iowa on August 15, 1905, one of 15 children. Father Blase and his twin brother Leo became priests; six of the girls became nuns. After graduation form Columbia College, Dubuque, Iowa, he entered the novitiate of St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota in 1929. He made his first profession on September 9, 1930 at St. John's Abbey, and was ordained there on June 10, 1934. After ordination Father Blase was assigned to St. Gregory's Abbey to prefect, teacher, and head coach of major sports. After nine years he was assigned to a parish in Vernal, Utah, where he had several missions. He used an airplane to go to mission to mission. He was then assigned to St. Maur's Priory, South Union, Kentucky and to Nassau, Bahama Islands. In 1955 Father Blase transferred his vows to St. Gregory's Abbey. More pastoral assignments followed in Ada, Montebello, Anadarko, Harrah, Lenox, Iowa, Sterling, Grand Junction, Iowa, and others. In 1982 Father Blase returned to the Abbey where he lived in retirement. In 1984 he celebrated fifty years of priesthood. He broke his hip in a fall in May of 1989 and his health then declined steadily until his death at the Shawnee Care Center on August 5, 1989.     Dates   Born: August 15, 1905 Birth Place: Carroll, IA   Professed: September 9, 1930 (25.07 years old) Ordained: June 10, 1934 (28.82 years old) Died: August 5, 1989 (83.97 years old)     Ordo Information   First Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 1950 Last Year Listed in Ordo at St. John's: 1956 Listed in 7 Ordos Missing Years Ordos: 0     Names   Possible names for Rev. Blase (Charles) Schumacher, O.S.B.:   Rev. Blasius Schumacher, Fr. Blasius Schumacher, Father Blasius Schumacher Rev. Blasius Schumacher, Fr. Blase Schumacher, Father Blase Schumacher Rev. Blasius Schumacher, Fr. Carolus Schumacher, Father Carolus Schumacher Rev. Blasius Schumacher, Fr. Charles Schumacher, Father Charles Schumacher       This web site is provided solely for educational purposes. Every effort has been made to verify the information posted on this web site. However, no claim is made regarding the accuracy of the information posted herein. Sources include: Benedictine Ordo (1970-2010) Public Records; Other; Court Documents; Newspaper, Television and other Media; Victim Interviews.