From 28 August until 2 September, the annual Synod of Abbots President was held at Conception Abbey, Missouri, USA, the home monastery of Abbot Primate Gregory Polan. Story and photos here.

Following an abbatial election on Saturday, 19 August, a new abbot has been elected to serve the Marmion community of Aurora, Illinois, USA. Abbot Joel Rippinger, OSB, is the sixth abbot of Marmion Abbey.

Collegio Sant’Anselmo was proud to host the Leadership and The Rule summer course again, in a successful venture that included 21 Benedictine, Cistercian, and Trappist monks and nuns.

On 18 August 2023, the monks of Königsmünster Abbey elected, for a term of 12 years, Fr. Cosmas Hoffmann OSB as their fifth abbot. Story and links to photos here.