The Catalogus Working Group of Benedictines held its first full-group meeting to develop a common platform for the two Catalogus volumes. The new volumes of the Catalogus are scheduled for release later this year.
A new collection of personal letters, translated and edited by Buckfast Abbey archivist Steve Roach, offers an intimate look at the life and spiritual resilience of Abbot Anscar Vonier OSB.
Benediktinerstift St. Lambrecht
St. Lambrecht, Austria
31 January 2026
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.
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.
