AIM
ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MONASTICISM
“First of all, every time you begin a good work, you
must pray to the Lord most earnestly to bring it to perfection.”
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Mission
AIM has as its principal task to make know the life and needs of monastic communities.
AIM responds to these needs by supporting communities in their birth, growth, development, trials and difficulties.
AIM stimulates reflection on the challenges facing contemporary monastic life in fields such as education, poverty, environmental issues, justice and peace.
Service
The objective of AIM is to promote the human, cultural, and religious development of monasteries throughout the world, and of their surrounding populations. It is also an organisation facilitating reflection amongst communities living under the Rule of St. Benedict.
· AIM promotes co-operation and solidarity amongst monasteries throughout the world.
· AIM contributes to human, spiritual and cultural formation by providing scholarships, seminars, books, equipment and grants for construction and development.
· AIM initiates and supports networking between monasteries at regional and international levels.
· AIM helps in obtaining financial assistance for projects through contacts with organisations dedicated to evangelisation and development.
· The Bulletin of the AIM, published in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, provides a forum for the exchange of information and discussion on monastic life today and in the future.
Organisation
President : Fr Martin Neyt, osb
Secretary General : Sr Gisela Happ, osb
Council and Executive Committee (permanent staff and representatives of the Benedictine Confederation and Cistercian Orders)
International Team :
Fr Abbot Paul Stonham, osb, and Fr Jacques Côté, osb (Latin America)
Fr Mark Butlin, osb (English-speaking Africa and Asia)
Sr Véronique Dupont, osb, and Fr Jean-Luc Molinier, osb (French-speaking Africa and Madagascar)
AIM is an organ of the Benedictine Confederation working in collaboration with the Cistercian Orders
International Central Office AIM
7, rue d’Issy
F-92170 Vanves
France
