General News

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 …

Over the last few days, a message has been sent to some houses of the Order, requesting money for the Sisters of Syria, using a wrong email address. Do not respond in anyway to such requests. We remember the other times …

Dom Jacques Delesalle, Abbot of the monastery of Mont-des-Cats(diocese of Lille, France) since 2010, presented his resignation to the Abbot General. With the consent of his Council, the Abbot General accepted the …

As some have noticed, our web site has been recovered and is back online. But it is still incomplete and some more work needs to be done. Because of its current instability and especially problems with the server, we …

Our web site has been recovered but some more work needs to be done. Because of its current instability and especially problems with the server, we prefer to continue for the time being to post the news on the blog : …