General News
Notices and news items of general interest concerning the Order
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Tilburg
On April 2 2022, the Community of Tilburg (Diocese of ´s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) elected as Abbot for an indefinite term, **Father Isaac Majoor. ** Dom Isaac was born in 1951 in Lazen (Netherlands). He entered …Read more -
Novo Mundo
On 26 March 2022, Dom Gerard D’Souza, Abbot of Genesee (USA) and Father Immediate of Novo Mundo, appointed **Father Paulo Santos Da Fonsecaas Superior **ad nutum of Novo Mundo (Diocese of São José dos Pinhais, Brazil). …Read more -
Novo Mundo
On March 25, 2022, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Brother Gregório Machado Ferraz made solemn profession at the monastery of Novo Mundo (Brazil). Brother Gregório was born in 1990 in São Paulo (Brazil). He …Read more -
Rawaseneng
On 19 March 2022, Dom Gonzaga Rudiyat, Abbot of St. Maria of Rawaseneng (Indonesia) and Father Immediate of Lamanabi, appointed **Father Antonius Anjar Daniadias Superior **ad nutum of Lamanabi (Diocese of Larantuka, …Read more -
San Isidro
On March 19, 2022, Solemnity of St. Joseph, Brother Tescelino Alcazar Soler made solemn profession at the monastery of San Isidro (Spain). Brother Tescelino was born in 1983 in Murcia (Spain). He entered San Isidro in …Read more -
LET IT BE KNOWN
With the suppression of the Abbaye of Sainte-Marie du Désert (France) on 3 October 2020, the Abadía cisterciense de Viaceli, in the diocese of Santander in Spain was deprived of the filial relation to a Community of the …Read more -
Happy birthday, Mother Bruno!
On March 6, 2022, Mother Bruno Loeillot of Val d’Igny (France) turned 100. Mother Bruno was born in Reims, France, on March 6, 1922. She entered Val d’Igny on October 6, 1942. We thank Mother Bruno for her witness and …Read more -
LET IT BE KNOWN
On 20 January 2022, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life decreed (Prot. n. 6423/2022) that the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict …Read more -
Awhum
On March 1, 2022, the Abbot of Gethsemani (USA), Dom Elias Dietz having received the delegation from the Father Immediate of Awhum Dom Gerard D’Souza accompanied by Dom John Bosco Kamali, Abbot of Victoria (Uganda) …Read more -
ABBOT GENERAL CONFERENCE
AT THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL CHAPTER 2022 1 PART CONFERENCE – Conclusion of the GC 2022 februaryRead more -
Homily of the first Mass presided over by the Abbot General Dom Bernardus
Dom Bernardus, Abbot General -Sermon 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – EN, FR, ES Dom Pierre-André, Abbé de Cîteaux – Homélie Election Abbé Général 2022 – EN, FR, ESRead more -
The General Chapter O.C.S.O.
On February 11, 2022, the capitulantes gathered in Assisi (Italy) for the first part of the General Chapter, elected Dom Bernardus Peeters as our Abbot General. Dom Bernardus was born in Heerlen (The Netherlands) in …Read more