General News

Mother Myriam Fontaine, Abbess of N.-D. de La Coudre, Laval (Diocese of Laval, France) since 1995, having reached the age of retirement mentioned in ST 40.A of the Constitutions, presented her resignation to the Abbot …

On 17 January 2023, the Holy See appointed Dom Guillaume Jedrzejczak as *Superior ad nutum Sanctae Sedis *of Sept-Fons. On 6 June 2023, the Holy See ended this mandate of Dom Guillaume and returned Sept-Fons to the …

3 – 8 June 2023: Sept-Fons (France) 9 – 13 June 2023: Formation Course Abbot General and his Council (Rome) 13 – 24 June 2023: Regular Visitation Las Huelgas (Spain) 24 – 27 June 2023: Palaçoulo (Portugal)16 – 23 July …

On May 31, 2023, Father Lorenzo Voltolini Esti made solemn profession at the monastery of Paraíso (Ecuador). Father Lorenzo was born in 1948 in Poncarale, Brescia (Italy) and was ordained a priest in 1974; he had been …

On May 31, 2023, Mother Isabel Rivero Navarro completed her third term of six years as Abbess of Vico (Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain). On the same day, she was re-elected Abbess of the Community for an …

**On May 24, 2023, Sister Colombe Horber of Val d’Igny (France) turned 100. ** Sister Colombe was born in Montlebon, France, on May 24, 1923. She entered La Grâce Dieu on October 2, 1942 and joined the Val d’Igny in …

On May 13, 2023 Brother Augustine Emineke Nwanizoba and Brother Chukwuma Emmanuel Ezebalu made solemn profession at Holy Cross Monastery Illah (Nigeria)Br Augustine was born in 1993 at Awovu (Nigeria). He entered Illah …

Over recent months, the situation of fragility of the community of Engelszell (Austria) deteriorated significantly. Despite the best efforts of all concerned – the brothers of Engelszell, the Father Immediate (Dom …

On Thursday evening May 11th, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic orthodox Church in Egypt, visited our monastery of Tre Fontane because of a personal desire to pray at the place of St. Paul’s martyrdom, as part of his …

Dom Hubert Bony, superior ad nutum of Engelszell (Austria) since 2017, offered his resignation which was accepted by the Father Immediate, Dom Dominique-Marie Schoch, abbot of Oelenberg, on May 9th 2023. On the same …

**On May 10, 2023, Father Francisco Dietzler of Novo Mundo (Brazil) turned 100. ** Father Francisco was born in Philadelphia, (USA), on May 10, 1923 and entered Spencer on June 22, 1951. He has been of two Foundations of …

The Newsletter n°34 of the Central Secretary for Formation can be obtained from the Internet under the heading “Formation/Newsletter”: Formation/Newsletter