Solemn Profession
Brother Ephrem Bennett, O.S.B made his solemn (final) profession of monastic vows on the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany at St. Martin’s abbey Church, Lacey WA. Congratulations!
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Postulancy
Brother Guy Jelinek, O.S.B. (administrator) received Mr. Aaron Minix into the postulancy at St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle IL during Second Vespers on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.
Postulancy
Father Thiago Silva, O.S.B. received Mr. Denismar Borges into the postulancy at Mosteiro São José in Mineiros, Brazil during Second Vespers for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The community is a dependent priory from St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison, KS.
Novitiate
Brother Fulton (C.J.) Neumann, O.S.B. was clothed in the monastic habit and received into the novitiate at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, KS during First Vespers for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
Finance Council
Abbot President Jonathan Licari, O.S.B. convoked the congregation’s finance council at St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, IL from November 12-14, 2024 for the annual review of the independent certified audits of our monasteries and their sponsored apostolates. Members of the finance council include Archabbot Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B. (Latrobe), Father Isaiah Fredericks, O.S.B. (Collegeville), … Continue reading Finance Council
Solemn Profession
Brother Efren López-Borjas, O.S.B. made his solemn (final) profession of monastic vows on Sunday morning, November 17, 2024 in St. Leo Abbey Church in Pasco County, Florida. Congratulations!
Annual Priors’ Meeting in Morristown
The monastic community at St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown, NJ warmly welcomed claustral priors from various monasteries in the United States and Canada of the American Cassinese Congregation, the English Congregation and the Swiss American Congregation for their annual meeting from November 6-8, 2024. Abbot Joel Macul, O.S.B. from St. Paul’s Abbey in Newton, NJ … Continue reading Annual Priors’ Meeting in Morristown
Canonical Visitation in Latrobe
Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B. (St. John’s Abbey), Abbot James Albers, O.S.B. (St. Benedict’s Abbey), Brother Richard Crawford, O.S.B. (St. John’s Abbey), Father James Flint, O.S.B. (St. Procopius Abbey), Father Edwin Leahy, O.S.B. (Newark Abbey) and Father Elias Correa-Torres, O.S.B. (Belmont Abbey) conducted the quinquennial canonical visitation of the monastic community at St. Vincent Archabbey in … Continue reading Canonical Visitation in Latrobe
Solemn Profession
Brother Bruno Mello, O.S.B. made his solemn (final) profession of monastic vows on Saturday, October 5, 2024 in St. Mary’s Abbey Church in Newark, N.J. Congratulations!
Abbatial Blessing
The Most Rev. Peter A. Libasci, D.D., Bishop of Manchester, conferred the solemn abbatial blessing on newly-elected Abbot Isaac Murphy, O.S.B. in St. Anselm Abbey Church in Manchester, NH on Friday, September 27, 2024. Among the concelebrants were Abbot President Jonathan Licari, O.S.B. as well as Abbot Isaac’s two predecessors, Abbot Mark Cooper, O.S.B. and … Continue reading Abbatial Blessing