Renovation of the OSB Website

Early in September 2018, the OSB website will launch in a new version. A committee established by Abbot Primate Gregory Polan OSB provided advice and guidance. The website is in the final stages of preparation in Rome overseen by Bro. Simon Stubbs OSB. The present web address (www.osb.org), will automatically re-direct to the new web server in Italy.

Expanding the Heart

Monasticism in Study and Pratice: 14 October 2018 - 15 February 2020

‘Cor Orans’: instructions for the Contemplative Life of Women

A document containing instructions for the Contemplative Life of Women was presented on Tuesday in the Vatican.

Benedictine Women Chose New Leader

Every four years the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum convenes Benedictine Women from all over the world for an international symposium at Sant’Anselmo in Rome, the headquarter of the Benedictine Confederation.

Pope Francis meets the CIB

On 8 September at 11 a.m., in the Sala del Consistoro of the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the participants of the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum Symposium, the International Union of Benedictines.

Annunciation Congregation

At the General Chapter of the Annunciation Congregation held in Subiaco, Italy, the capitulars elected a new abbot president.

Aufgebot

P. Mag. Gereon Klaus Gschwandtner OCist, geboren am 2. Februer 1967, ist aufgerufen, bis 31. Oktober 2018 im Abteisekretariat Stift Heiligenkreuz, Markgraf-Leopold-Platz 1, 2532 Heiligenkreuz im Wienerwald, Tel: +43-2258-8703-112, Fax: +43-2258-8703-172, Email: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!, ein amtliches Schriftstück abzuholen, oder bis dahin ebenda seine Aufenthaltsadresse bekanntzugeben.

Kurs für monastische Ausbildung 2018

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Demission des Abtes von Wettingen-Mehrerau

Am 12. Juli 2018 hat Abt Anselm van der Linde sein Amt als Abt von Wettingen-Mehrerau und Präses der Kongregation von Mehrerau aus persönlichen Gründen niedergelegt. Der Heilige Stuhl nahm am 1. August die Demission an. Pater Vinzenz Wohlwend wurde als Apostolischer Administrator eingesetzt. Er steht dem Kloster vor bis zur Wahl des neuen Abtes.

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Mariawald

The official closing of the Mariawald Abbey (Germany) took place on September 15, 2018.

Martyrs of Algeria

On 1st September in Rome, a meeting was held (Bishops of Algeria and Postulator) with the Superiors General or representatives of the 8 religious Congregations involved in the Cause. At the end of this meeting, it was decided that the celebration of the beatification would take place on December 8, 2018 in the basilica of Santa Cruz in Oran (Algeria).

Huerta

A heavy storm in the afternoon of Sunday 9 September in the southeastern province of Soria (Spain) caused extensive damage to the Huerta Monastery. The water from three ravines forming a single river devastated everything it encountered on its way.