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ORA ET LABORA

Since 1961
official joint solidarity platform

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SB – CIB – OCIST – OCSO

Associatio Internationalis Monastica - AIM

Welcome to Associatio Internationalis Monastica

We work for the growth and development of monastic life today

around the world

The Associatio Internationalis Monastica (AIM) is an Association of monasteries promoting cooperation, solidarity and mutual aid between communities. AIM contributes to the human, cultural and spiritual training of communities, encourages and supports exchanges between communities and supports the financing of projects presented by the communities.

MONASTIC LIFE

MONASTIC LIFE

Monastic formation

Regional monastic associations

 

Reference texts:

The Mirror of Monastic Life

the monastic Dream...

COMMUNITIES

COMMUNITIES

History of the Benedictine Confederation

History of the International Communion of Benedictines

Contact details of monasteries by continent and country.

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OUR PROJECTS

Each semester, projects are presented here which are sent to AIM in order to support them.

These projects concern:

Formation at all levels,

constructions,

aid for new foundations,

lucrative activities and development works (health, education, agriculture.)

Associatio Internationalis Monastica - AIM

1,500 YEARS OF MONTE CASSINO - Places of Hope
A Jubilee for the Entire Benedictine Family


In 2029, the family of Orders living according to the Rule of Saint Benedict will celebrate a jubilee of exceptional significance: the 1,500th anniversary of the founding of Monte Cassino, the cradle of Western monastic tradition. This anniversary, commemorated at the initiative of the Benedictine Confederation on the site jubilee.osb.org, invites every community — Benedictine, Cistercian, and Trappist — to renew its fidelity to the Gospel and to monastic hospitality.

The Associatio Internationalis Monastica (AIM), which has served the communion between monasteries throughout the world since 1961, is wholeheartedly joining this jubilee momentum. This milestone coincides with a moment of institutional renewal within AIM itself: revision of its statutes, strengthening of its governance structures, and the deployment of new digital tools in the service of its members.

The jubilee of 2029 is therefore not merely a commemoration: it is an invitation to work together to build an international monastic alliance that is even more vibrant and united, so that we may bring together a little of Heaven down to earth.

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RECENT NEWS

OSB
OSB
Order of Saint Benedict

The news presented here are those of the male and female monasteries belonging to the Benedictine Confederation.

OCSO
OCSO
Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance

This Order brings together the monasteries of the reform of the Order of Cîteaux by Abbot de Rancé in the 17th century.

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OCist.
Cistercian Order

The monasteries represented here belong to the Cistercian Order.

SPÉCIALS
SPECIALS
Special news
and events

Here you will find news about various communities or specific events.

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AIM around the world

1,157
COMMUNITIES
FEMININE

Associatio Internationalis Monastica - AIM

1,762
COMMUNITIES
AND MISSIONS
OSB - OCSO - OCIST

605
COMMUNITIES
MASCULINE

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