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On 11 July 2025, Sister Marena Hoogland made her profession at the Monastery of the Annunciation (Bismarck, USA). Sister Marena entered...

The following email addresses for contacting AIM are no longer active: aim.vanveswanadoo.fr aimfrmailo.com Please contact AIM using the...

M. Kathy de Vico, abbess of O.L. of Redwoods (diocese of Santa Rosa, USA) since 2000, presented her resignation to the Abbot General in...

From June 29 - July 5, a workshop for candidates, novices, and those temporarily and solemnly professed from German-speaking Cistercian...

New Bulletin of AIM, no. 128: Law and Life. https://www.aimintl.org/en/communication/report/128 Contents   Editorial Dom Bernard Lorent Tayart, OSB, President of AIM   Perspectives • Updating Constitutions Fr. Aitor Jimenez   • The revision of juridical texts in the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation Dom Étienne Ricaud, OSB   • The CIB Sister Lynn McKenzy, OSB   • The Federation of Notre-Dame de la Rencontre  (Our Lady of the Encounter) Sister Marie-Benoît Kaboré, OSB   • Statute

On 26 July 2025, the community of Miraflores (Diocese of Rancagua, Chile) elected Dom Lucas Marckmann Soto as Abbot of the Community for...

On July 25, 2025, Solemnity of Saint James the Apostle, patron of Spain, Brother Pablo María Colmenar Vázquez made solemn profession at...

This edition of NEXUS should reach you on 11 July, the day when we celebrate St Benedict. Among us Benedictines, this day is celebrated...

On July 11, 2025, Solemnity of Saint Benedict, Sister Laurence Gabriella Gauchier made solemn profession at the monastery of Blauvac...

On 10 July 2025, at the end of her second abbatial term, Mother Hortense Mituga was re-elected Abbess of Clarté-Dieu (Archdiocese of...

During the Eucharist on Sunday, 10 August 2025, Sister Jeanne-Emilie, Sister Anne-Foucauld and Sister Claire-Bénédicte will take their...

On 7 July 2025, the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant’Anselmo, following confirmation from the Dicastery for Culture and Education, announced...

On June 17, 2025, Dom Bento Gonçalves de Oliveira , OCist, Abbot of Nossa Senhora da Santa Cruz, in Itaporanga, was elected Abbot...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly elected Abbot General and all participants to the General Chapter of the Vallombrosan Congregation on 28...

On June 27, 2025, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sister Giusy Picone made solemn profession at the monastery of Valserena...

On June 28, 2025, Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Brother Nikolaus Arno made solemn profession at the monastery of Lamanabi...

On June 28, 2025, Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Mariana de Jesús Quiñónez Luisamano made solemn profession at the...