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Welcome to the new AIM website - The InterMonastery Alliance.
✅ The site is available in French 🇫🇷, German 🇩🇪, English 🇬🇧, Spanish 🇪🇸 and Italian 🇮🇹.
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New Superior at Aiguebelle
On 1 November 2024, Mother Katharina Michiels, abbess of Nazareth, to whom is currently delegated the authority of Father Immediate of...
Jan 61 min read
Solemn profession at Cîteaux
On 1st January 2025, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Brother Lucien Kaouza made solemn profession at the monastery of Cîteaux (France)....
Jan 41 min read
Election at Hinojo
On 1st January 2025, at the end of her fifth abbatial mandate, Mother María Marcenaro was re-elected Abbess of the Hinojo monastery...
Jan 41 min read
Archabbot Cirill T. Hortobágyi Leads Ecumenical Delegation
Archabbot Cirill T. Hortobágyi OSB, abbot president of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation and archabbot of Pannonhalma, recently led...
Dec 30, 20241 min read
New abbot at Maredsous
On Thursday 19 December 2024, the community of Maredsous (Belgium) elected Father François Lear as its 9th abbot. Dom François Lear was...
Dec 20, 20241 min read
Solemn profession at Valserena
On December 8, 2024, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Giulia Maria Muth made solemn profession...
Dec 12, 20241 min read
New Superior at Azul
On 8 September 2024, Dom Santiago Maria Rios completed his six-year mandate as abbot of Azul (diocese of Azul, Argentina). On 13...
Dec 9, 20241 min read
Monastic Commissary at New Melleray
On 23 November 2024, at the request of Mother Rebecca Stramoski, abbess of O.L. Mississippi, who currently holds the authority of Father...
Dec 4, 20241 min read
Chimay, N.-D. de la Paix
On 4 October 2024, at the request of Dom Damien Debaisieux, abbot of Scourmont and Father Immediate of Chimay, the Abbot General and his...
Nov 8, 20241 min read
Mount Melleray, Roscrea, Mellifont: Our Lady of Silence
The communities of Mount Melleray Abbey (diocese of Waterford and Lismore), Mt. St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea (diocese of Killaloe), and...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Flooding at Benaguacil Abbey (Spain)
News from the Trappist nuns after the floods in the Valencia region (Spain) : We are fine. The electricity was repaired yesterday. The...
Nov 2, 20241 min read
Anniversary at Montecassino
Montecassino, the ancient father house of the Benedictines, remembered an important event last Thursday, 24 October. Sixty years ago on...
Oct 29, 20241 min read
New abbot at Phare Abbey
On 28 October 2024, the community of Phase (Diocese of Sapporo, Japan) elected Dom Franciscus Yoshimoto Kunihiko as Abbot for a six-years...
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Flooding at N.-D. des Neiges
Between 16 and 17 October, around 600 mm of rain fell on the abbey in 36 hours. There was extensive material damage to the site. The...
Oct 20, 20241 min read
New abbot at Stams Abbey
On 12 September 2024, the community of Stams Abbey (Austria) elected Father Cyrill Greiter as the community's 45th abbot. Until now,...
Sep 22, 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
A new abbess at Mariastern
The community of Mariastern-Gwiggen elected Sr. Maria-Stella Krimmel OCist as their 8th Abbess on September 8, 2024....
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Austria)
On Aug 14, 2024 Frater Basilius was invested with the novice habit. On Aug 20, 2024 Fraters Anselm Lampelsdorfer, Abraham Maria Steuer...
Sep 5, 20241 min read
Novices and Profess in Dallas Abbey
At the First Vespers of St. Bernard on August 19,2024, Our Lady of Dallas welcomed seven new novices: Jerome, Gerard, Elijah, Anselm,...
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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