Éditorial

Dom J.-P. Longeat, osb, Président de l’AIM

Méditation

Fratelli tutti, chap. 3 (extraits)

Pape François

Lectio divina

« Un seul Père et vous êtes tous frères » (Mt 23, 8-9)

Dom Olivier-Marie Sarr, osb

Perspectives

Frères selon la règle de saint Benoît

Dom J.-P. Longeat, osb

Méditation

Fratelli tutti, chap. 3 (extraits)

Pape François

Ouverture au monde

Conséquences de la crise actuelle dans la vie des communautés religieuses

Sœur Patricia Murray, ibvm

Grandes figures pour la vie monastique

Dietrich Bonhoeffer et la vie monastique

John W. de Gruchy

Nouvelles

• Iwuru, fondation du monastère de Ewu-Ishan

Le Secrétariat de l’AIM

• Solonka, fondation en Ukraine

Le Secrétariat de l’AIM

• Les moines bénédictins de Shantivanam

Le Secrétariat de l’AIM

Notes de lectures

Editorial

Dom J.-P. Longeat, osb, President of the AIM

Training for Monastic Life

Lectio divina

We are formed by Being With

Dom Maksymilian R. Nawara, OSB

Perspectives

• Formation for monastic Life

Dom Gregory Polan, OSB

• Fruitful ground for monastic Formation

Dom Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, OCist

• The BECAN Monastic Institute

P. Peter Eghwrudjakpor, OSB

• The Formation ‘Ananias’

Sister Marie Ricard, OSB

• Monastic Formation in Vietnam

Sister Marie-Lucie, OCist

• Monastic Formation in Tanzania

Brother Pius Boa, OSB

• Formation Sessions in the Monastery of Mvanda

Mother Anna Chiara Meli, OCSO

• What keeps you from going Stale?

Father Chad Boulton, OSB

Witness

Theological Study in the Monastery

Sister Claire Cachia, OSB

Opening on the world

Challenges to Christians and the Consecrated Life in a Troubled World

Professor Italo de Sandre

A page of history

Ecumenism in Action

Brother Daniel Ludik, OHC

Monks and nuns, witnesses for our times

• Mother Marie-Chantal Modoux

The Sisters of Encontro, OSB

• Charles de Foucauld

Father Michael Davide Semeraro, OSB

News

• The Foundation of Vitorchiano in Portugal

The Sisters of Palaçoulo, OCSO

• The Foundation in Cairo

Brother Maximillian Musindal, OSB

• Closure of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Desert and Opening of the first Village of Francis Village of Francis

Contents

Editorial

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

Lectio Divina

The Beatitudes

Mother Anna Chiara Meli, OCSO

Perspectives

• Theological Education and Monastic Renewal

Dom Bernhard A. Eckerstorfer, OSB

• Experientia, an Experience of continuous Formation

Dom Eamon Fitzgerald, OCSO

• Monastic Life after Covid19

Dom Robert Igo, OSB

• Vocational Discernment according to the Rule of St Benedict

Dom Bernardo Olivera, OCSO

• The Formation of Benedictines in South Korea

Sister Marie-Enosh Cho, OSB

• Monastic Formators’ Programme 

Dom Brendan Thomas, OSB

• Formation for Formators in the Monasteries of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean

Sister Agnès Bruyère, OCSO

• The Structure Sainte-Anne

Dom Olivier-Marie Sarr, OSB

• The Programme ‘Wisdom Connections T4’

Sister Michelle Sinkhorn, OSB

Meditation

Speech of Benedict XVI at the Collège des Bernardins

Monastic work and life

Monastic Economy as an Agent of Change

Isabelle Jonveaux

Arts and culture

The new Monastery of Envigado

Dom Guillermo Arboleda, OSB

A page of history

The Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing

The Congregation of Tutzing

Monks and nuns, witnesses for our times

• Mother Bénigne Moreau

Mother M.-M. Caseau and Sister L. de Seilhac, OSB

• Dom Basílio Penido

Dom Matias Fonseca de Medeiros, OSB

News

• The Secretariat of AIM

Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• My Years at AIM Mother

M.-Placid Dolores, OSB

• A Journey in the Argentine (continued)

Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

Editorial

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

Lectio Divina

Eucharist and Service (John 13.1-15)
Humberto Rincón Fernández, OSB

Meditation

The Death of St Antony
St Athanasius

Testimonies

• The Cemetery of the Benedictine Monastery of Thiên Binh
Nathalie Raymond

• The Cemetery of the seven monks of Tibhirine
Monique Hébrard, journalist

• Koningsakker, the natural Cemetery of a monastic Community
Mother Pascale Fourmentin, OCSO

• The Manufacture of Coffins at New Melleray
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

Opening on the world

Lessons for life, drawn from Paul facing Sickness and Death
Professor Roger Gil, neurologist

Liturgy

Liturgy for the Dead: Traditions of Vietnam and monastic Rites
Sister Marie-Pierre Như Ý, OSB

Meditation

Giving up the Sleep of Death
Brother Irénée Jonnart, OSB

A glimpse of history

Anglicans and St Benedict
Fr Nicholas Stebbing, OSB

Monastic work and life

The Prayer of our Hands
Brother Bernard Guékam, OSB

Monks and nuns, witnesses for our times

• Dom Ambrose Southey
Dom Armand Veilleux, OCSO

• Mother Anna Maria Cànopi
Sister Maria Maddalena Magni, OSB

• Mother Teresita D’Silva
Mother Nirmala Narikunnel, OSB

News

• To Benefit All. In Praise of the Carta caritatis
Dom Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, OCIST

• International Colloquium: The Carta caritatis
Éric Delaissé

• Introduction to the 12th Latino-American Monastic Assembly (EMLA)
Dom Enrique Contreras, OSB

• Journey to Argentina, October, 2019
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

Editorial

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

Lectio Divina

The Rich Young Man (Matthew 19.16-26)

Mother Escolástica Ottoni de Mattos, OSB

Meditation

Young people, Faith and Discernment of Vocation. The Art of Discernment

Extract from the final document of the Synod of Bishops

Testimonies

• On being a Monk in a Young Community

Dom Alex Echeandia, OSB (Lurín)

• Self-discovery in the Monastery

Sister Maria Terezinha dos Santos, OSB (Encontro)

• An Experience of Interior Freedom for Union with God

Brother Edmond Zongo, OSB (Koubri)

• Monastic Life in St Benedict’s Monastery, Ewu – a personal view

Dom Nichodemus Ohanebo, OSB (Ewu)

• The Challenges and Joys of Monastic Life

Sister Antoinette Ndubane, OSB (Elukwatini)

• A first Step in Monastic Life

Sister Rosa Ciin, OSB (Shanti Nilayam)

Opening on the world

Young people, Faith and Discernment of Vocation, Part 1, Chapter 2

Extract from the final document of the Synod of Bishops

Economy and Monastic Life

• Contributions of the Monastery of Bafor to Local Development

Dr Katrin Langewiesche

• Research Project on the Kora

Dr Katrin Langewiesche

Liturgy

Poetry and Monastic Life 

Sister Thérèse-Marie Dupagne, OSB 

Monks and nuns, witnesses for our times

Geronda Aimilianos Hieromonk

Serapion and Archimandrite Basil

News

• A Journey in Mainland China

Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• A Journey to Chad

Sister Christine Conrath, OSB

• Meeting of Contemplative Communities of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean

Sister Agnès Brugère, OSB

• Meeting of ABECCA

Dom Alex Echeandía, OSB

• Reflections on the Ananias Course

Brother Moise Ilboudo, OSB

Editorial

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

Lectio Divina

From Cain to Joseph – the discovery of community
Dom Jean-Michel Grimaud, OSB

Perspectives

• How to use this document, ‘A Mirror of Monastic Life’
Dom Paul Stonham, OSB

• Interview with Dom Mark Butlin
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• ‘A Mirror of Monastic Life’ – a tool for discernment
Sister Christine Conrath, OSB

• The ‘Mirror of Monastic life’ – starting from lectio divina
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• The ‘Mirror’ – starting from the Rule and Life of St Benedict
Dom Geraldo González y Lima, OSB

Monks and nuns, witnesses for our times

Assassinated where they worked
Dom Armand Veilleux, OCSO

Liturgy

Music, a special way of seeking and finding God
+Dom Dominique Carta, OSB

A page of history

A sketch of Monastic Life in Madagascar
Dom Christophe Vuillaume, OSB

Art and culture

Dom Alwin Schmid (1904-1978)

Dom Cyril Schäfer, OSB

News

• Meeting of the Association BEAO
Dom Jean-Pierre Longeat, OSB

• News of the DIM-MID
Dom William Skudlarek, OSB

• News of the CIB
Sister Thérèse-Marie Dupagne, OSB