This year the Abbot President spent Christmas with a small community of brothers in Old Krakow.
The Benedictine monks of Maredsous have elected Père François Lear as their ninth abbot on 19 December 2024, following the decision of Père Abbé Bernard Lorent to assume the presidency of the Alliance for International Monasticism beginning 1 Januar…
From 12 to 14 December, at the request of Abbot Thijs, the Abbot President visited the community in Egmond to reflect together on current challenges, to share experiences from other monasteries and to seek ways to develop a plan for the future.
One year after the canonical visitation, the Abbot President visited the community of Trier. In joint meetings, also online with the brothers from Huysburg, the Abbot President had the opportunity to learn about the project and plans for cooperation…