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It was twenty years ago that the world learned of the execution of seven Trappist monks kidnapped two months before in Notre Dame of Atlas monastery inTibhirine (Algeria).

Gabriele and the team of “MGquadro” worked hard during these past weeks so that the new version of our website “www.ocso.org” could be published online at the end of May as promised … It might be that the current site …

Our Abbot General, Dom Eamon, was operated on yesterday morning (13 May) for gallstones. The operation went very well. The intervention was at the “Clinic Karol Wojtyla” in front of the Generalate. We can almost see the …

In some monasteries of the Order, the main door of their church was chosen by the bishop of their diocese as** the Holy Door in this Holy Year of Mercy** … We would be very grateful to these communities if they would …

MESSAGE OF DOM STANISLAS OF MEPKIN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR : Dear All: The earthquake in Ecuador yesterday was about 40 miles south of our Sisters in Esmeraldas, but they suffered very, very little damage, thank …

Our computer technician , Gabriele and his team are preparing the transition of the Website of the Order (www.ocso.org) to a new version of the program on which the site is built. This transition will provide greater …

On April 4, 2016, the Community of the Abbey of Koningsoord – Arnhem (The Netherlands) elected as abbess, for an indefinite term, Mother Julian Pieters. At the time of her election, Mother Julian was Superior ad nutum of …

On March 28, 2016, Brother Pierre Vo made solemn profession at the monastery of Bricquebec (France). Brother Pierre was born in 1979 in Nghe An (Vietnam). He entered Bricquebec in 2008 and made first profession in 2012.

The Newsletter n°8 of the Central Secretary for Formation can be obtained from the Internet under the heading: “Formation/Newsletter” :

In this year 2016 on which March 26th , marks the 20th anniversary of the kidnapping of our brothers of Atlas and coincides with the date of the Easter Vigil, the Abbot General and the brothers and sisters of Viale …

On March 19, 2016, Sister Estela Domínguez Flores made solemn profession at the monastery of Tulebras (Spain). Sister Estela was born in 1969 in Capoluca, Ixtaczoquitlán (Veracruz, Mexico). She professed perpetual vows …