The community of Brialmont (Belgium) has been aware for some time of its situation of fragility. The superior, M. Marie-Pascale Dran, and the sisters, with the help of the Father Immediate (Dom Xavier Frisque13, superior ad nutum of Orval) and the Commission for the future, after serious consideration, have judged that it is not possible for the community to recover from this situation, and that it must be closed. The Abbot General and his Council have followed the situation closely.
Following the process described in the Statute on the Accompaniment of Fragile Communities and the Suppression of a Monastery, on 13 February 2026, the Abbot General and his Council, in the name of the General Chapter, voted to ask the Holy See to suppress the community of Brialmont.
On the same date the Abbot General and his Council named a Commission for Closure to implement the suppression process, under the presidency of Dom Xavier, abbot of Orval.
Please pray for the Sisters of Brialmont in gratitude for their given lives in this place.
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