Tigoni

On 21 September the Conventual Priory of Prince of Peace at Tigoni (Kenia) was raised to an Abbey, 42 years after its foundation. On 24 of September the monks elected Fr John Baptist Oese Imai OSB, hitherto Conventual Prior, their first abbot, for a period of 12 years.

Downside Abbey

On 26th August 2020 Fr Nicholas Wetz was elected 13^th Abbot of Downside. A day after his election, Abbot Nicholas announced that the Community of St Gregory the Great founded in 1606 in Douai in the Spanish Netherlands had unanimously decided to leave Stratton-on-the-Fosse, their home since 1814. With smaller numbers and changing circumstances, the current monastery buildings are no longer suitable or financially viable.

Lacey

It is with great joy that the community of Sant’Anselmo joins the monks of St. Martin’s Abbey in Lacey, Washington, USA, to announce the election of their ninth abbot, Abbot Marion Qui-Thac Nguyen. Since 2014, Abbot Marion has been a doctoral student in the Monastic Institute of the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo and a resident of the Collegio. osb.org, Lacey

Novo Mundo

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 Abbot General with the consent of his Council accepted the resignation which became effective 1 October, 2020.

Tautra

On October 14, 2020, Sister Renata Maria Iwona Dąbrowska made solemn profession at the monastery of Tautra (Norway).

Wrentham

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).

Casamari

The Chapter of the Congregation of Casamari met on July 23, 2020, under the presidency of the Vicar, Dom Ugo Tagni, to elect a successor to Abbot Eugenio Romagnuolo, who died prematurely.

The Nuns leave the Monastery of Marienlof-Colen

Since 23 September 2019 the monastery of Colen has been affiliated with the monastery of Helfta (Germany), because the community consisted of only three elderly sisters.
The monastery was founded in the 15^th century by the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross. 198 years ago, the Cistercian monk Jerome Minsart acquired the monastery and offered it to the Cistercian nuns of Belgium.