Travis Spillum, 27 of Little Falls, Minnesota was accepted as a novice of Saint John’s Benedictine Abbey in a simple but profound ceremony during Morning Prayer on July 10th in the abbey church in Collegeville,
Minnesota. Travis is the son of Jason and Stacy Spillum and the brother of Alyssa, Alec, Jayden and Aunika. After attending Little Falls Lincoln Elementary and Community Middle and High School Travis attended Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN.After graduating in 2017 with a BA in Mathematics and Economics, Travis applied and was accepted by the Saint John’s Abbey sponsored Benedictine Volunteer Corps. He spent a year with the sisters of St. Gertrude’s Convent in Tanzania, Africa, working in an orphanage, assisting with a printing press, and teaching in the Convent’s school. Travis was most recently employed by Best Buy as a forecasting analyst for two and a half years.
As a novice, Travis begins a year of work, study and prayer with the junior monks and larger community of Saint John’s Abbey.










