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On October 24, 2020, Sister Miriamgrace Amrachi Ezenwaka made solemn profession at the monastery of Abakaliki (Nigeria).Sister Miriamgrace was born in 1974 in Nigeria. She entered Abakaliki in 2011 and made first …

Dom Bernardo Bonowitz, Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Novo Mundo (Diocese São José dos Pinhais, Brazil), for reasons of health gave his resignation from the office of Abbot of Novo Mundo to the Abbot General (Cst 40). The …

On October 14, 2020, Sister Renata Maria Iwona Dąbrowska made solemn profession at the monastery of Tautra (Norway). Sister Renata Maria was born in 1980 in Mrągowo (Poland). She entered Tautra in 2014 and made first …

On October 12, 2020, Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, Patroness of Brazil, Sister Maria Karla Goncalves made solemn profession at the monastery of Wrentham (USA). Sister Maria Karla was born in 1986 in Sao Paulo (Brazil). …

FOR YOUR INFORMATION In an effort to better serve their pastoral responsibilities, the Conventual Chapter of the Abbaye N.-D. de Bellefontaine found it necessary to request thatSt. Joseph’s Abbey (Spencer) to be included …

On October 09, 2020, Sister Maria Rafael Bartlett made solemn profession at the monastery of Tautra (Norway). Sister Maria Rafael was born in 1957 in Chislehurst (England, Great Britain). She entered Tautra in 2013 and …

On October 12, 2020, the community of Zundert (Diocese of Breda, The Netherlands) elected as Abbot for a six year term, **Dom Guido Van Belle. ** Dom Guido was born in Ninove (Belgium) in 1959. He entered Zundert in …

FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Conventual Chapter ofMount Melleray Abbey responded to the efforts of the General Chapter of 2017 to arrange the Paternity of Communities, whose traditional Paternity line had been altered, by …

LET IT BE KNOWN TheAbbaye Cistercienne N-D des Prairies has been officially suppressed by the vote of the Abbot General and His Council acting in the name of the General Chapter (Cst 82,2) on 23 September 2020. The …

LET IT BE KNOWN TheAbbaye Sainte-Marie du Désert has been officially suppressed by the vote of the Abbot General and His Council acting in the name of the General Chapter (ST 44.2.B) on 28 September, 2020. The effective …

October 3, 2020, Dom Erik Varden (Mt. St. Bernard, Great Britain) was ordained a Bishop-prelate of Trondheim, Norway Episcopal ordination of Bishop Erik Varden

On October 1, 2020, Dom Nathanaël Koninkx, Abbot of Westmalle (Belgium) and Father Immediate of Orval, appointed FatherBernard-Joseph Samain as Superior ad nutum of Orval. Dom Bernard-Josephwas born in 1947 in Graux …