The DIMMID Board met in Rome from 9-12 January for an in-person session. Discussions with Aaron Maniam (Oxford) covered AI, global developments and community building, concluding with a visit to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
The Pontifical Institute of Liturgy mourns the death of Monsignor Crispino Valenziano. A pioneer of liturgical anthropology, his legacy at Sant’Anselmo defines the second generation of post-Conciliar scholarship.
Abbot Primate Jeremias reflects on the mission of Catholics in a world undergoing dramatic change and announces several future projects. He also includes a promotional section on Sant’Anselmo and an outlook on his upcoming travel plans.
Here we report news from our Benedictine family.
For the feast of the Epiphany, the editors of the NEXUS Bulletin feature John Frontispiece, The Word Made Flesh, a frontispiece from The Saint John’s Bible, a landmark Benedictine project rooted at Saint John’s Abbey.
Draft Catalogus entries are are now being sent to congregational superiors for review. With data collection complete, we have included an illustrative table presenting current statistics of the Benedictine Confederation as of the end of 2024.
Benedictines worldwide are preparing for the 2029 Jubilee marking 1,500 years since the foundation of Montecassino. Inspired by Pope Leo XIV, Adam Simon, Coordinator of the 2029 Project, unfolds the Jubilee as a journey through places of hope: Benedictine monasteries.
Sant’Anselmo is working to establish a residential college for Benedictine women students, offering a stable community for study, prayer and formation. Prof. Fernando Rivas OSB explains why it featured in Abbot Primate Jeremias’ address to Pope Leo.
Dom Edmund Power OSB writes of an ecumenical vocation at the heart of Sant’Anselmo, shaped by Benedictine hospitality and openness to Christian traditions, and renewed by the call of Leo XIV to live unity beyond comfort zones, in the spirit of ut unum sint.
A Gregorian Chant Course at Sant’Anselmo will run from January to April 2026, offering Collegio residents structured formation in the Latin chant tradition, taught by three specialists with long-standing academic and practical experience.
