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Rome, May 4-8, 2026 Topic for the Course: "Behold, I make all things new" (Rev 21 :5) - How can Christ renew all things, and how do we open ourselves to this renewal of our monastic life?  Course Program: 11:00-11:15 Chapter of the Abbot General Mauro Giuseppe Lepori, OCist 11:20-12:00 and 12:10-12:45 Fr. Carlo Casalone, SJ, Professor of Moral Theology at the Gregorian University: Digital transition and spirituality 14:30-15:10 and 15:20-16:00 Dr. Nina Sofie Heereman, Profess

Discernment in Monastic Life From Monday 4 May to Friday 5 June 2026, the latest edition of the online course in continuing monastic formation in Italian will take place, on the theme ‘Discernment in Monastic Life’, organised by the Faculty of Theology and the Monastic Institute of the Sant'Anselmo. Five new courses will be delivered, one per weekday, from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm. https://www.anselmianum.com/it/news/1722-formazione-monastica-permanente-online

7 March 2026 Fr. Stefan Geiger OSB Preside Pontifical Institute of Liturgy Sant'Anselmo Ateneo Some time ago, Bishop Aldo Berardi, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, requested a continuing education course for his clergy from the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy. Now we have arrived—and for the time being, we cannot leave. Together with our Guestmaster, Fr. Benoit Alloggia OSB, I traveled to Kuwait for this course; an additional three days in Bahrain were planned. However, as

We hereby offer you a short course on prayer. Through brief videos by Dom Olivier Quenardel, former abbot of Citeaux, the program presents questions for personal and/or group reflection. Our thanks to Dom Olivier and the KTOTV team. https://www.ocso.org/uploads/general-news/documents/prayer-is-the-joy-of-life-en.pdf OCSO Formation Commission ocso.org

Here is the new newsletter published by the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO) on training: https://ocso.org/wp-content...

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International College "San Bernardo in Roma" of the Cistercian Order From 23 September (arrival on 22nd) to 27 September (departure after lunch) 2025 Topic for the Course: PILGRIMS IN HOPE https://www.ocist.org/ocist/images/pdf/ENCS2025.pdf ocist.org

The appointment of two new coordinators for the Monastic Formators’ Program was announced 11 February by Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder...

At the beginning of a new year, we would like to inform you of some important dates in the life of our Order: 1) The online training course for the Order will be from June 2-6, 2025. This year it is entitled: “LITURGIA VISSUTA” (“Living the Liturgy”). 2) The monastic formation course (CFM) will take place from August 25 to September 19, 2025. 3) The course for the superiors of the Order , entitled “Pilgrims in Hope”, will be held from September 23-27 (mornings only), 2025. W