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NEWS
of the Benedictine Confederation
and the Cistercian Family
Here we give recent news from the different Orders of the Benedictine Family
or other news related to the life of our communities
and everything that revolves around it.
The General Chapter Newsletter 2025
https://ocso.org/2024/10/14/the-general-chapter-newsletter-2025/ ocso.org
Oct 15, 20241 min read
Solemn Profession at Novo Mundo
On October 12, 2024, Solemnity of Our Lady of the Conception Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, Brother Tobias Dias Ferraz made solemn...
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Election at Kunnambetta
On October 7, 2024, the foundation of Ananda Matha Ashram, Kunnambetta, in the diocese of Calicut (India) was raised to the rank of...
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Appointment of a new prior at Orval
On 21 September 2024, Dom Damien Debaisieux, abbot of Scourmont and Father Immediate of Orval, appointed Father Xavier Frisque as...
Sep 22, 20241 min read
New superior in Bricquebec
Dom Pierre-André Burton, abbot of Cîteaux and Father Immediate of Bricquebec, has appointed Father Simon-Marie Nguyen as superior ad...
Sep 12, 20241 min read
New Prior in Kasanza
On 1st September 2024, the community of Kasanza (Diocese of Kikwit, R. D. Congo) elected Dom Léonard Zibula as Titular Prior of the...
Aug 31, 20241 min read
New Abbot at Sept-Fons Abbey
By decree of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Abbot General presided over an...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
Solemn profession for the Victoria community
On 20 August 2024, Solemnity of Saint Bernard, Brother Pachomius Musisi of the monastery of Victoria (Uganda) made solemn profession at...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Solemn profession at the monastery of Humocaro
On August 15, 2024, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Omaira Arias Cardenas made solemn profession at the...
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Solemn Profession at Victoria Abbey
On July 11, 2024, Solemnity of Our Father Saint Benedict, Brother Kizito Kimuli made solemn profession at the monastery of Victoria...
Aug 11, 20241 min read
Profession at Kokoubou monastery
On May 31, 2024, Brother Janvier Ogoubiyi and Brother Marie-Romuald Oussoi made solemn profession at the monastery of Kokoubou (Benin)....
Aug 1, 20241 min read
Profession at Abakaliki Monastery
On July 20, 2024, Sister Emilia Ugwu Sister Cordismaria Ozumba made solemn profession at the monastery of Abakaliki (Nigeria). Sister...
Jul 25, 20241 min read
Kunnambetta monastery raised to the rank of simple priory
The Central Commission, meeting at San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile, in June, and acting as Plenary Council of the Abbot General (ST...
Jul 18, 20241 min read
Foundation of Sept Fons Monastery at Badi (Senegal)
The community of Sept Fons has for some time had a project of foundation at Bàdi, diocese of Tambacounda, Senegal. Its roots go back to...
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Closure of Oelenberg Monastery
The community of Oelenberg (Alsace, France) has been aware for some time of its situation of fragility. The monastic commissary, Dom...
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Profession at the Whitland Monastery
On June 29, 2024, Solemnity of the Saints Apostles Peter and Paul, Sister Elsie Leung made solemn profession at the monastery of Whitland...
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Solemn professions at Jarabacoa Monastery
On June 29, 2024, Solemnity of the Saints Apostles Peter and Paul, Brother Mario María Mora Morel Brother Agustín Rivera made solemn...
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Newsletter Formation OCSO
Newsletter n° 37 sur la formation dans l'ordre des Trappistes : Meeting of the Central Commission, Fratelli Tutti , Courses noted. The...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Reopening of monastery of Soke (Angola)
Mother Maria Francesca Righi, abbess of Valserena and Pontifical Commissary of the community of Soke in the archdiocese of Huambo...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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