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.

Meeting in Kraków, the Congregation of the Annunciation re-elected Abbot Maksymilian Nawara OSB, welcomed new monasteries, and renewed its international council.

Saint Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, USA, has elected Right Reverend Brendan J. Seipel OSB as the 11th abbot in its 135-year history.

Three-week sabbatical program
3-23 July 2027