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30 May – 6 June: Echourgnac (France) 6 – 10 June Rivet (France) 10 – 12 June Alloz (Spain) 13 – 15 June Meeting of the Regional Secretaries of Formation, Valserena (Italy) 20 June – 5 July Nasu, Phare, Tenshien (Japan) 5 …

On 24 May 2025, Brother Louis Mary Okeawolam and Brother Albert Mary Chizoba Ezenagu were ordained priests at the monastery of Awhum (Nigeria). Father Louis Mary was born in Awo Omamma, Oru (Nigeria) in 1981. He entered …

On 20 May 2025, Brother Antonius Atapati was ordained a priest at the monastery of Lamanabi (Indonesia). Father Antoniuswas born in 1968 in Ende (Indonesia). He entered Lamanabi in 2008, made his solemn profession in …

On 11 May 2025, Brother Oswald Nyamigezy was ordained a priest at the monastery of Scourmont (Belgium). Father Oswaldwas born in 1971 in Nganga (Dem. Rep. of the Congo). He entered Mokoto in 2001 and made his solemn …

Mother Marie-Josée Stocker, abbess of Notre-Dame de Baumgarten (diocese of Strasbourg, France) since 2018, presented her resignation to the Abbot General in accordance with ST 40.A.bis of the Constitutions. The Abbot …

On May 7, 2025,** Dom Roberto de la Iglesia** completed his second term of six years as Abbot ofCardeña**** (Archdiocese of Burgos, Spain). On the same day,Dom Roberto**** was re-elected Abbot of the Community for a new …

On April 27, 2025, Divine Mercy Sunday Sister Eutropia Firmin Sukums made solemn profession at the monastery of Vico (Spain). Sister Eutropiawas born in 1980 in Morogoro (Tanzania). She entered Vico in 2015 and made …

This morning, 30 April 2025, as the State of Israel commemorated its fallen soldiers, a succession of fires broke out across the country. At around 10:00am seven fires were reported on the hill of Neve Shalom, opposite …

Dom Thomas Georgeon, abbot of La Trappe and Father Immediate of the community of Tre Fontane (diocese of Rome, Italy), has appointed Father Maximilianus Slamet Widodo, monk of Rawaseneng, as superior ad nutum of Tre …

On April 22, 2025, Sister Josefine Gromm made solemn profession at the monastery of Donnersberg (Germany). Sister Josefine was born in 1969 in Baden-Baden (Germany). She entered Donnersberg in 2017 and made first …

Dear brothers and sisters, On Easter Monday, early in the morning, we were all surprised by the death of Pope Francis. His Easter wishes and blessings for the city and the world, given the day before, turned out to be a …

Happy Easter! Joyeuses Pâques ! ¡Feliz Pascua! So for the monk it an always be Easter, just as it is also always Lent. Of the new man, born of the Passover of Jesus, prayer is the keystone, as it were. For like death, …