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Welcome to the new AIM website - The InterMonastery Alliance.
✅ The site is available in French 🇫🇷, German 🇩🇪, English 🇬🇧, Spanish 🇪🇸 and Italian 🇮🇹.
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New Abbess President of the Congregation of Castille
On 28 March, during the celebration of the 9th Ordinary Chapter of the Congregation of Castile, Mother Eugenia Pablo was elected Abbess...
Apr 21 min read
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New archabbot in Salzburg
On Saturday, 15 February 2025, the monks of Saint Peter’s Archabbey (Austria)gathered to elect a new archabbot. New elections are...
Mar 11 min read
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Re-election of the abbot of the Seitenstetten abbey
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025, the community of Seitenstetten Abbey (Austria), chaired by Abbot President Johannes Perkmann, re-elected...
Feb 271 min read
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New abbot at En-Calcat
On Friday 7 February 2025, the Benedictine monks of En-Calcat (France) elected Father Maximilien Pietrzak abbot of the community....
Feb 251 min read
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Election in Sorá
On 19 February 2025, the community of Sorá (Archdiocese of Panama, Panama) elected Mother Fabiana Barrera as Titular Prioress of the...
Feb 201 min read
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Election of the Abbot of Huerta
On 17th February 2025, at the end of his fifth abbatial mandate, Dom Isidoro Anguita Fontecha was re-elected Abbot of the Abbey of Santa...
Feb 171 min read
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New abbess at Frauenthal
On February 12, 2025 the community of Frauenthal (Switzerland) elected Sr. Bede Berg as their new abbess. Let us thank God for this...
Feb 171 min read
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Election of the Abbess at Wrentham
On 11th February 2025, at the end of her first abbatial mandate, Mother Sofia Millican was re-elected Abbess of Mount St. Mary’s Abbey,...
Feb 121 min read
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New abbot at Kremsmünster Abbey
On 25 January 2025, the community of the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster elected a new abbot. Abbot Bernhard Eckerstorfer succeeds...
Jan 272 min read
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New Abbot at Novo Mundo
On 20 January 2025, the community of Novo Mundo (Diocese of São José dos Pinhais, Brazil) elected Father Estêvao Nery Fantesia Pinto as...
Jan 211 min read
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New Abbot President of St Ottilien Congregation
The General Chapter of the Congregation of Sankt Ottilien, meeting at Waegwan Abbey (South Korea), has elected Father Javier Aparacio...
Jan 181 min read
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New Abbot at Göttweig
On 8 January, Fr. Patrick Schöder OSB was elected as the new abbot of Göttweig Benedictine Abbey. He succeeds Abbot Columban Luser as the...
Jan 102 min read
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Election at Hinojo
On 1st January 2025, at the end of her fifth abbatial mandate, Mother María Marcenaro was re-elected Abbess of the Hinojo monastery...
Jan 41 min read
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New abbot at Maredsous
On Thursday 19 December 2024, the community of Maredsous (Belgium) elected Father François Lear as its 9th abbot. Dom François Lear was...
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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Monthly news from Abbot Primate
Elections and nominations At the abbey of Pluscarden (Scotland, Subiaco-Cassinese Congregation), Fr Simon Piatkowski was installed as...
Dec 6, 20242 min read
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New Abbot at Inkamana
On 30 November 2024, the community of Inkamana in South Africa has elected for an unlimited period Fr. Boniface Kamushishi as their...
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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New Prioress at Norfolk
Sr. Gabrielle Marie Oestreich was elected on November 30, 2024 during the Norfolk Priory Election Chapter, which Sr. Rosann Ocken,...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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New prioress in Manila
On November 20, 2024 during the Manila Priory Election Chapter, which Sr. Mary Thomas Prado, the outgoing prioress of Manila and Vicaress...
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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New abbot at Phare Abbey
On 28 October 2024, the community of Phase (Diocese of Sapporo, Japan) elected Dom Franciscus Yoshimoto Kunihiko as Abbot for a six-years...
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Austrian Congregation re-elects Johannes Perkmann as president
This past week the Austrian Benedictine Congregation held its General Chapter in the Abbey of Göttweig. Göttweig, spectacularly situated...
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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