Downside Abbey : Habemus Abbatem
Dom Nicholas Wetz has been elected Abbot of Downside Abbey and has announced that the community will leave Stratton-on-the-Fosse.
P. Marion Nguyen, studente di Sant’Anselmo, eletto Abate
Prima della sua elezione, l'Abate Marion Qui-Thac Nguyen era residente del Collegio mentre seguiva il dottorato in Teologia monastica presso il Ateneo. Leggi qui la sua straordinaria storia.
Julian Schaumlöffel Appointed New ICBE President
Fr. Julian Maria Schaumlöffel, O.S.B., the new president of the International Commission on Benedictine Education, is from Königsmünster Abbey in Meschede, Germany. Read the full biography and story here.
Terrorist Attack on Missionary Benedictine Foundation in Northern Mozambique
The newly-founded monastery of St Pachomius in N'nango was attacked on 12 May by members of an Islamist terrorist militia.
Alone [Together] : Support for Social Distancing
Abbot Christopher Jamison has partnered with a few of his friends to offer an online resource for people living through the Covid-19 crisis.
Johannes Fragner elected Abbot of Seckau
The convent of the Styrian Benedictine abbey elected the 56-year-old Graz native to the new abbot on Tuesday, 10 March 2020. Story with German-language links.
BCC Meeting at Sant’Anselmo 2020
The Benedictine Commission on China brings together representatives from Benedictine monasteries throughout the world to exchange information about the work of their communities related to China and to discuss cooperation on projects for China. This year the meeting was held 29 February at Sant'Anselmo. Story and photo links here.
Tre Abati Primati. Da sinistra: l'Arciabate Wolfgang Oexler (Sant'Ottilia), il Priore Mauritius Wilde (Sant’Anselmo, Muensterschwarzach), l'Abate Primate Gregory Polan (Sant’Anselmo, Conception), il defunto Abate Primate em. e Vescovo Viktor Josef Dammertz (Sant'Ottilia, Augsburg), l'Abate Primate em. Notker Wolf (Sant'Ottilia), e l'Abate Presidente Jeremias Schroeder (Sant'Ottilia)
Requiem Mass for Bishop Dammertz
Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz was a man of great vision and generous service to the Benedictine Order.
P. Elias Lorenzo, ex-priore di Sant’Anselmo, è nominato vescovo
Il Vescovo Elias è stato Priore di Sant’Anselmo per cinque anni prima di essere eletto Abate Presidente della sua Congregazione. Ulteriori informazioni e link qui.
The Way of Benedict: Eight Blessings for Lent
The Way of Benedict: Eight Blessings for Lent by Laurentia Johns OSB of Stanbrook Abbey, England, is a newly-published Lent book that also includes ideas for reflection and action at the end of each chapter.