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Saint Benedict Monastery elected its twelfth Prioress, Sister Andrea Westkampf. The election process was facilitated by Sr. Elaine Fischer of Mount St. Scholastica and Sr. Lynn McKenzie the President of the Monastic Congregation of St. Scholastica. https://www.monasticcongregationss.org/ https://osbva.org/

On Aug 14, 2024 Frater Basilius was invested with the novice habit. On Aug 20, 2024 Fraters Anselm Lampelsdorfer, Abraham Maria Steuer Joachim Schraut, Johannes Maria Schoisengeier and Viktorinus Dolinar made their temporary profession. And, finally, on August 15, 2024 Father Guerricus Karl made his solemn profession. Let us pray for these men and for vocations in our Order! https://www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org/ ocist.org

The Subiaco-Cassinaise congregation is meeting for its 21st General Chapter from 30 August to 7 September 2024 at Montserrat Abbey. See the summaries of these meetings: https://www.benedettinisublacensicassinesi.org/news/21st-general-chapter-%c2%b7-day-to-day-%c2%b7-day-1/

Beginning Friday, 6 September, about 215 abbots, priors, and superiors from the worldwide Benedictine Confederation will gather for two weeks at Sant’Anselmo for their quadrennial congress, Congressus OSB 2024. Joining them will be 22 representatives from the C ommunio Internationalis Benedictinarum , representing the monasteries and institutes of Benedictine women. A meeting of the Synod of Abbots President, a 19-member council representing the congregations within the confederation, will be held at the opening of the congress. At the opening session, Abbot Primate Gregory Polan will present his report, followed by reports from the individual congregations. On Saturday, 14 September, the abbots will elect a new abbot primate, who will assume leadership of the OSB Confederation for the next eight years. osb.org

At the First Vespers of St. Bernard on August 19,2024, Our Lady of Dallas welcomed seven new novices: Jerome, Gerard, Elijah, Anselm, Gideon, Charbel, and Michael. Along with the new novices, we also had two brothers, Kolbe and Nahaniel, make their temporary profession. Please pray for these men and for the Order, that we may continue to draw others to our way of life! https://abbey.cistercian.org/ ocist.org

On August 22, 2024, on the Patronal feast of the Blessed Virgin, Mary Queen of Heaven, in the abbey of Wąchock, the Congregation of Polish monasteries had their general chapter. Among the items discussed were a modifications to the Constitutions, translators for Cistercian texts and many practical questions regarding their monasteries. ocist.org

On 1st September 2024, the community of Kasanza (Diocese of Kikwit, R. D. Congo) elected Dom Léonard Zibula as Titular Prior of the community. Dom Léonard had been Superior ad nutum of the community since 2019. ocso.org

A group of nuns of the Congregation of Castille participated in the XXXIX week of the program of Monastic Studies, which was celebrated in Valladolid, Spain, from August 26-29. The week was dedicated to reflecting upon the remnants of the 21st century for monastic communities. ocist.org

By decree of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Abbot General presided over an election at the Abbey of Sept-Fons (Diocese of Moulins, France) on 23 August 2024, in the presence of Dom Pierre-André Burton, abbot of Cîteaux and Father Immediate of Sept-Fons, and Mother Anne-Emmanuelle Devêche, Abbess of Blauvac. Dom Emmanuel Cottineau, councillor to the Abbot General, acted as secretary of the election. The community elected Dom Thomas Getti  as abbot for a term of six years. Which was determined by the Dicastery. Dom Thomas was born in 1965 in Rouen (France). He entered Sept-Fons in 1991, made his solemn profession in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 1999. https://www.abbayedeseptfons.com/fr ocso.org

On 20 August 2024, Solemnity of Saint Bernard, Brother Pachomius Musisi of the monastery of Victoria (Uganda) made solemn profession at the monastery of Tilburg (Netherlands) for the Abbey of Victoria. Brother Pachomius was born in 1988 in Uganda. He entered Victoria in 2019 and made first profession in 2021. ocso.org

On August 15, 2024, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Omaira Arias Cardenas made solemn profession at the monastery of Humocaro (Venezuela). Sister Omaira was born in 1976 in El Piñal (Venezuela). She entered Humocaro in 2015 and made first profession in 2019. ocso.org

2024, No. 1: Interreligious Dialogue, a path to unity . The AIM-USA staff requested monastics to share their experience of Interreligious Dialogue as one way to foster unity in the world. All reflections have been edited by the AIM-USA staff with the permission of the authors. https://aim-usa.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/2024%20AIM%20NL%20Vol%2033%20No%201.pdf aim-usa.org