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.
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.
Are we truly seeking the interests of Jesus Christ, or are we caught up in our own? Abbot General Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori delivers a pertinent reflection for today's monastic communities.
The Monastery of São Bento in Fortaleza is now officially part of the Benedictine Congregation of Brazil. Founded by Dom Beda Pereira de Holanda in 1993, it was previously part of the Diocese of Fortaleza.
Can art truly be created without freedom? This exhibition challenges perceptions and offers a glimpse into the strength of the human spirit. Story and opening reception photos here.
Abbot Primate Emeritus Gregory wrote: "For Poemen, nothing less than total dependence before God will enable us to see ourselves as we really are. If we have nothing on which to depend, upon which to feel secure, it brings us to a point of seeing ourselves stripped of the things that serve to give us a false meaning of who we are in this world."