General News

On May 31, 2023, Father Lorenzo Voltolini Esti made solemn profession at the monastery of Paraíso (Ecuador). Father Lorenzo was born in 1948 in Poncarale, Brescia (Italy) and was ordained a priest in 1974; he had been …

On May 31, 2023, Mother Isabel Rivero Navarro completed her third term of six years as Abbess of Vico (Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain). On the same day, she was re-elected Abbess of the Community for an …

On May 24, 2023, Sister Colombe Horber of Val d’Igny (France) turned 100. ** Sister Colombe** was born in Montlebon, France, on May 24, 1923. She entered La Grâce Dieu on October 2, 1942 and joined the Val d’Igny in …

On May 13, 2023 Brother Augustine Emineke Nwanizoba and Brother Chukwuma Emmanuel Ezebalu made solemn profession at Holy Cross Monastery Illah (Nigeria)Br Augustine**** was born in 1993 at Awovu (Nigeria). He entered …

Over recent months, the situation of fragility of the community of Engelszell (Austria) deteriorated significantly. Despite the best efforts of all concerned – the brothers of Engelszell, the Father Immediate (Dom …

On Thursday evening May 11th, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic orthodox Church in Egypt, visited our monastery of Tre Fontane because of a personal desire to pray at the place of St. Paul’s martyrdom, as part of his …

Dom Hubert Bony, superior ad nutum of Engelszell (Austria) since 2017, offered his resignation which was accepted by the Father Immediate, Dom Dominique-Marie Schoch, abbot of Oelenberg, on May 9th 2023. On the same …

**On May 10, 2023, Father Francisco Dietzler of Novo Mundo (Brazil) turned 100. ** Father Francisco ****was born in Philadelphia, (USA), on May 10, 1923 and entered Spencer on June 22, 1951. He has been of two …

The Newsletter n°34 of the Central Secretary for Formation can be obtained from the Internet under the heading “Formation/Newsletter”: Formation/Newsletter

The secretary of the Committee, constituted by the Benedictine and Cistercian Orders to obtain the title of “Doctor of the Church” for Saint Gertrude of Helfta, informs about the “Saint Gertrude” Session to be held in …

On April 22, 2023, Sister María del Consuelo Caro Varela made solemn profession at the monastery of El Encuentro (Mexico). Sister María del Consuelo was born in 1984 in La Joya, Jalisco (Mexico). She entered El Encuentro …

On April 23, 2023, Father Pierre Mougel of Acey (France) turned 100. Father Pierre ****was born in Rochesson (France), on April 23, 1923 and entered Acey on August 8, 1943. Père Pierre d’Acey – Un premier centenaire à …