The current Abbot General is Dom Bernardus Peeters. Born in 1968 he entered the Abbey of Koningshoeven (Tilburg) in 1986. He was novice master and prior of that community at the time of his election as abbot in 2005. He was elected Abbot General by and abbots and abbesses of the Order at the General Chapter in February 2022.
The Abbot General is a bond of unity within the Order, he fosters good relations among the communities of both monks and nuns and is the watchful guardian of the Order’s patrimony, ensuring its growth. Above all he is to be a pastor who promotes the spirit of renewal in communities. He visits the monasteries sufficiently often, as he judges best, to be aware of the state of the whole Order, and be able to provide valuable help to individual superiors and communities. — Constitution 84