General News

A copy of the Latin Ordo for 2022-2023is now available on the website, and can be downloaded in PDF format: (« Resources/Liturgy/Ordo ») Thanks to Fr. Justin of Genesee!

At the request of Dom Jean-Charles Nault OSB, Pontifical Assistant of the community of Sept-Fons, the Abbot General can announce the following about the election in Sept Fons: “As we knew, the outcome of the election, …

The Abbot General made a special Visitation at Latroun, from 17 to 23 July 2022, together with his councillor Dom Emmanuel Cottineau. Dom René Hascoët, abbot of Latroun since 2011, offered his resignation to the Abbot …

On August 06, 2022, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Brother Timothée Farque made solemn profession at the monastery of Latroun (Israel). Brother Timothée was born in 1986 in Belfort (France). He entered …

On August 10, 2022, at the end of his first term as Abbot, Dom Joseph Wittstock was re-elected Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Berryville (USA), for a new six-year term.

On August 06, 2022, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Brother John Vianney Hamill made solemn profession at the monastery of Genesee (USA). Brother John Vianney was born in 1966 in Philadelphia (USA). He …

Dom Pedro Barrientos completed his term as Abbot of the Monastery of Miraflores (Diocese of Rancagua, Chile). On August 6, 2022: the Community elected as Abbot for a six-year term Father Teodoro Ekongo Satchenda. Dom …

Mother Anna Chiara Meli, Titular Prioress of Notre-Dame de Mvanda (Diocese of Kikwit, Dem. Rep. of Congo), has reached the age of retirement mentioned in ST 40.A of the Constitutions. On July 18, 2022, Dom Nathanaël …

Given the difficult situations of the communities of Mount Melleray, Roscrea, and Mellifont, during a meeting of superiors of the Region of the Isles in Brownshill (Bernardines, England) in June, the Abbot General …

Having fulfilled the requirements according to the Statute on Foundations, nr 20-21, the community of the Abbey of Maria Frieden, in the diocese of Aachen (Germany) was transferred on 23.06.2022. The new address is: …

Dom Abdón de la Cruz Rodríguez Hervas, Prior of Santa Maria de Las Escalonias (Diocese of Córdoba, Spain), gave his resignation from the office of Titular Prior to the Abbot General (Cst 40). The Abbot General with the …

Dom Charles Albanese, abbot of Saint Benedict’s Abbey, Snowmass (Archdiocese of Denver, USA) since 2019, has presented, for personal reasons, his resignation to the Abbot General. With the consent of his Council, the …