News
The conventual chapter of Pannonhalma Archabbey has re-elected Archabbot Cirill Hortobágyi OSB for a further term as Archabbot. He also remains Abbot-President of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation.
Around 160 educators from five continents gathered at Melk Abbey for BENET 2026, exploring monastic stability, hospitality and the enduring mission of Benedictine schools in a changing world.
Meeting at Sant’Anselmo, delegates voted for new CIB statutes, re-elected Sister Lynn McKenzie OSB as moderator and gathered for the first International Benedictine Women’s Symposium since 2016.
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The conventual chapter of Pannonhalma Archabbey has re-elected Archabbot Cirill Hortobágyi OSB for a further term as Archabbot. He also remains Abbot-President of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation.
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Around 160 educators from five continents gathered at Melk Abbey for BENET 2026, exploring monastic stability, hospitality and the enduring mission of Benedictine schools in a changing world.
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Meeting at Sant’Anselmo, delegates voted for new CIB statutes, re-elected Sister Lynn McKenzie OSB as moderator and gathered for the first International Benedictine Women’s Symposium since 2016.
The Abbot Presidents travelled far for this year’s synod, to a remote place in Rwanda. Abbot Javier of the Ottilien Congregation reports from that momentous gathering.
Summer Courses
Benedictine Art
A profile of Fr Dunstan Massey OSB, whose artwork has filled Westminster Abbey for decades, reflecting a life formed by monastic community and the Rule of Saint Benedict
As part of our series on Benedictine artists, we examine how Br. Thomas Hessler OSB integrates his creative practice into his ongoing leadership as Prior of Europakloster Gut Aich.
A Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Tepeyac, Father Gabriel Chávez de la Mora OSB was a seminal figure in the renewal of contemporary sacred architecture and liturgical art in Mexico.
The striking Beuronese murals in Conception Abbey’s Basilica were the first in the United States, executed by its own monks after the 1893 tornado. They testify to the monastery's aspirations and preserve a replica of the destroyed Emaus originals.
Obituaries
Father Aelred Kavanagh OSB
Saint Joseph Abbey
Saint Benedict, Louisiana, USA
3 November 2026
Brother Clemens Ziller OSB
Erzabtei Sankt Ottilien
Eresing, Germany
4 November 2026
Father Wolfgang Fischer-Felgitsch OSB
Stift Admont
Admont, Austria
31 October 2026
Brother Gerardo Lee OSB
Ss. Mauro and Placido Abbey
Waegwan, South Korea
31 October 2026
Featured monasteries
Located at the center of international monasticism in Rome, Sant’Anselmo’s residential college is well-positioned to showcase the individual characters and charisms of monasteries world-wide. The editors of OSB DOT ORG invite you to visit the web pages of Collegio Sant’Anselmo for a glimpse of monastic life abroad, from the personal perspectives of their international residents.
