6 September 2024
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 Communio 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.
Key Sant’Anselmo entities, including the Ateneo, Collegio, and the Administration and Finance Commission, will provide updates alongside reports from other prominent Benedictine institutions. These will include Collegio Greco, Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique – Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, Alliance for International Monasticism, the International Commission on Benedictine Education, Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum, the worldwide oblates, and a review of data from the latest confederation census.
The congress also will feature three keynote addresses, 33 workshops, and numerous presentations and discussions held across the basilica and the Ateneo’s classrooms.
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.
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Altre Notizie
The week of 19-23 April was a busy week for the rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo, Rev. Fr. Bernhard A. Eckerstorfer. On Monday, 19 April, the community celebrated the "octave" of his 50th birthday. Then on Wednesday, 21 April, the Solemnity of Sant'Anselmo, Fr. Bernhard celebrated the Solemn Mass, delivered the homily and hosted the festive lunch afterward. More information, links, photos and homily.
On the occasion of the Solemnity of Sant'Anselmo, the community of Sant'Anselmo was blessed with an article by Antonio Tarallo. We recommend this article, written in Italian on La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, to all of our readers, students and residents.
Our resident, Deacon D. George Frick, gave a presentation of the situation in his homeland, which has been affected by the war for 10 years. He told the story of the country, shared personal experiences, and asked everyone to pray for his people who, at the moment, are suffering from hunger and the pandemic. Story, photos and links here.
