On May 13, 2003, a new statue of Saint Benedict and his sister, Saint Scholastica, was placed in the northeast corner of the Nave of Holy Rosary Cathedral. The occasion was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Ordination to the Holy Priesthood of the then-Rector, Msgr. Donald W. Neumann. The statue was placed in honor of the Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey in Mission, who— since 1939—have trained priests for the Archdiocese of Vancouver and, seemingly, Rectors for the Cathedral, including Archbishop Peter Mallon, Bishop David Monroe, Father James Comey, as well as the present Rector, Father Glenn Dion.  Saint Benedict (c.480-546) is the Father of Western Monasticism and the Patron of Europe.  His Holy Rule has formed monks and nuns—and other communities of Christians—for a millennium-and-a-half.  His twin sister, Saint Scholastica, is considered to be the first Benedictine nun.  As she died, St. Benedict saw her soul go to God in the form of a dove, thus the dove next to her in the statue. The raven next to St. Benedict is holding a loaf of bread in his beak. The loaf had been poisoned by a jealous priest in the neighbourhood and the raven carried it off before it could harm Saint Benedict. The statue was carved in linden wood by Norbert Grunwald of Deroche, BC, and was commissioned and paid for by Father Neumann (+RIP+).