General News

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

On October 01, 2020, Brother Bosco Mok made solemn profession at the monastery of Lantao (Hong Kong). Brother Bosco was born in 1986 in Hong Kong. He entered Lantao in 2015 and made first profession in 2017.