General News

Thanks to Dom Isidoro, Abbot of Huerta (Spain), who has sent us this latest update concerning Huerta monastery being innodated by the recent flood: These two weeks have been very difficult, but we are now seeing the …

On October 1, 2018, Sister Assunta Nguyen Le Bang Truyen, Sister Bernarda Nguyen Thi Danh and Sister Rosaria Nguyen Thi Thanh Bien made solemn profession at the monastery of Ajimu (Japan). Sister Assunta was born in 1991 …

A copy of the Latin Ordo for 2018-2019is now available on the website, and can be downloaded in PDF format: (« Resources/Liturgy/Ordo »). Thanks to Fr. Justin of Genesee!

On September 15, 2018, Brother Paco Rivera Jimenez was ordained a priest at the monastery of Huerta (Spain). Father Paco was born in 1979 in Granada (Spain). He entered Huerta in 2007 and made his solemn profession in …

The official closing of the Mariawald Abbey (Germany) took place on September 15, 2018. The decision for the closure was taken at the General Chapter, Assisi 2017 (vote 43). The celebration was presided over by Bishop …

Thanks to Dom Stanislaus, Abbot of Mepkin (South Carolina – USA), who sent us news of his abbey which is located in the path of hurricane “Florence” : Mepkin has dodged Hurricane “Florence” and we are well. We were …

“My life was GIVEN to God and to this country…” Testament of Dom Christian de Chergé On 1st September in Rome, a meeting was held (Bishops of Algeria and Postulator) with the Superiors General or representatives of the 8 …

A heavy storm in the afternoon of Sunday 9 September in the southeastern province of Soria (Spain) caused extensive damage to the Huerta Monastery. The water from three ravines forming a single river devastated …

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido at about 3 a.m. local time on Thursday 6 September. The monasteries ofTenshien and Phare, located in this region, violently felt the shock but …

September 8, 2018: ** Death of Sister Hedwige,** Nun of Blauvac, 105 years and 6 months old. She was the oldest nun in the Order. Sister Hedwige Talagrand was born on February 02, 1913 in S. Laurent-les-Bains (France). …

Dom Bernardo Olivera, who was Abbot General of our Order from 1990 to 2008, was elected Abbot ofAzul (diocese of Azul – Argentina) from 1984 to 1990 and reelected Abbot of Azul in 2009. Having reached the age of …

The Newsletter n°18 of the Central Secretary for Formation can be obtained from the Internet under the heading “Formation/Newsletter”: Formation/Newsletter