Father Matthias Küppers OSB
Monastère Bénédictin
Chevetogne, Belgium
5 May 2025
Father Antonio Maria Marchesini OSB
Abbazia di Praglia
Teolo, Italy
2 May 2025
Brother Franz Neuhausen OSB
Benediktinerabtei Rohr
Rohr, Germany
2 May 2025
Br. Jeremia Martin Appointed Prior of Münsterschwarzach
A new chapter begins at Münsterschwarzach Abbey. Prior Pascal has retired after 12 years, and Br. Jeremia Martin has been appointed as the new prior. Includes a link to an interview between the two on the Münsterschwarzach Abbey web site.
Prayer for Our Late Pope Francis
On Tuesday 22 April Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder and the community of the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo will celebrate Holy Mass for Pope Francis. We will continue to remember Pope Francis in our prayers during the nine-day period of mourning.
Father Roger Botz OSB
Saint John's Abbey
Collegeville, Minnesota, USA
21 April 2025
Events, Elections and Appointments | March-April
Abbot Primate Jeremias shares short excerpts of Confederation news.
Notes from the Aventine | March-April
Reflecting on Easter, Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder shares a story from Pope Gregory's dialogues: for St. Benedict, receiving a visitor was already a kind of Easter. It reminds us that seeing others with openness and welcome can be a form of resurrection in our daily lives.
Strategic Planning: The Principals
To foster better communication and coordination among the Curia, Atheneum, and College of Sant'Anselmo, Abbot Primate Jeremias initiated the Principals meeting. This quarterly, day-long retreat brings together key leaders offsite for concentrated reflection.
Sant’Anselmo Hosts Monastic Symposium on Wisdom
The three-day monastic symposium Sapienza: Forma di vita e di pensiero successfully concluded on 10 April at Ateneo Sant’Anselmo. Key presentations from notable presenters such as Cardinal Fernández offered a sapiential consideration of monastic life and thought culminating in a round table on wisdom in monastic observance.