In 2011, the college unveiled an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of St. Benedict located in front of the Haverty Center.
Fashioned by Kansas City artist and Benedictine alumnus Tim Mispagel ’93, the statue features hands crafted from the artist’s observation of the hands of Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB, of St. Benedict’s Abbey. The Abbey also supplied Mispagel with one of its habits so he could see how it hung and moved. It enabled the artist to incorporate the actual Order of St. Benedict garb into the statue. Additionally, Mispagel did extensive research on the saint’s features as well as the footwear of the era so he could produce a final product that was true to the historical record.