What's New in the Order of St Benedict http://www.osb.org/new/current.html Current newsworthy people, places, and events in the monastic world of Benedictine men and women. en-US Copyright 2012, Order of Saint Benedict, MN 56321-2015 roliver@csbsju.edu (Richard Oliver OSB) Trappistines Elect Abbess in Iowa http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#stramoski http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#stramoski Since 7 May 2012, Mother Rebecca Stramoski OCSO, 52, is the new Abbess of Our Lady of the Mississippi in the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa. Hildegard Honored and Abbess To Be Beatified http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hildegard http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hildegard On Thursday, 10 May 2012, the Holy Father extended the cult of St. Hildegard of Bingen to the Universal Church and announced the beatification, 10 November 2012, of Abbess Maria Luisa Prosperi OSB, Abbess of Saint Lucy Monastery, Trevi, Spoletana, Italy. Benedictine Sister Vilified by Philippine Infantry http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#matutina http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#matutina Sister Stella Matutina OSB questions the multinational, large-scale mining policy of the Philippine governmnet. She has become the target of vilification. Maxwell Johnson on Benedictine Spirituality http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#johnson http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#johnson Prof. Maxwell Johnson shares his ideas about Benedictine spirituality in a series of videos produced by the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. Sant'Anselmo http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#anselmo http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#anselmo The German language section of Vatican Radio offers an overview of the Pontifical Benedictine University of Saint Anselmo on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Swiss Monks Elect 96th Abbot of Disentis http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#monn http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#monn The monks of Disentis Abbey elected, for the first time in 96 years, a native speaker of Romanish as the new abbot. Abbot Vigeli Monn OSB will be blessed as abbot on 6 May 2012. Breuer's Church Turns 50 http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#breuer http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#breuer Al Eisele writes about Marcel Breuer's abbey church at Collegeville for the 50th anniversary of its construction and dedication. Interreligius Videos http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#pieris http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#pieris The Monastic Interreligious Dialogue website features two videos of Father Aloysius Pieris, a Jesuit from Sri Lanka. + Abbot Luke Rigby OSB, 88 http://www.osb.org/new/1201new.html#rigby http://www.osb.org/new/1201new.html#rigby Founding abbot of Saint Louis Abbey, Missouri, Abbot Luke Rigby died Saturday, 17 March 2012. The EBC named him Titular Abbot of Whitby after his retirement, The funeral and burial at the abbey took place on 24 March 2012. Music, Liturgy, and the Arts http://www.osb.org/new/1201new.html#music http://www.osb.org/new/1201new.html#music For You and For Many is the title of the Collegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy, and the Arts, 18-21 June 2012, that will explore unity across cultures, generations, and worship styles.