Bulletin 122 - 2022

DWELLING IN THE ‘COMMON HOUSE’

Contents

Editorial
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB, President of the AIM

LECTIO DIVINA

The heavens and the earth proclaim the glory of God (Ps 18a)
Mother Nirmala Narikunnel, OSB

PERSPECTIVES

• The Concerns of the Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation
Dom Gregory Polan, OSB

• A New Development for Monastic Life
Dom Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori (OCist)

OPENING ON THE WORLD

Understanding the Anthropocene
Bernard Lucet

WITNESS

• France – ecological monasteries
Sister Nathanaelle Lefoulon, OSB

• Celebrating God’s Creation: Planting Trees
Extract of the newsletter of May-July 2021 from the Priory of Manila

ECONOMY AND MONASTIC LIFE

• Monasteries as centres of an alternative and durable economy
Benoît-Joseph Pons

• The Cellarer according to the Rule of S Benedict
An account of a Conference given at the meeting of MAC by Dom Simon Madeko. Dom Médard Kimengwa Kitobo

LITURGY

Cistercian monasticism of the Ge’ez Rite
Dom Négusse Woldai, OCist

GREAT FIGURES of MONASTIC LIFE

Viktor Josef Dammertz, OSB
P. Cyrill Schäffer, OSB

NEWS

• The Benedictus Foundation
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• The Evolution of Benedictine Congregations from a Feminine Viewpoint
Mother Franziska Lukas, OSB

• Membership Trends in the Benedictine Confederation 1880-2020
Thomas Piazza and Fr Geraldo González y Lima, OSB

• Report of the Secretary-General of DIM-MID
Fr William Skudlarek, OSB