What's New in the Order of St Benedict http://www.osb.org/new/current.html What's New in the Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) en-us Order of Saint Benedict, MN 56321-2015 Transitus of Saint Benedict http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#transitus http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#transitus Sunday, 21 March, commemorates the death of Saint Benedict, but the Fifth Sunday of Lent supersedes the feast day in most places. Many Benedictine communities transfer the celebration to the following Monday. Monastics in Chile http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#chile http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#chile The Confederation of the Religious of Latin America and the Carribean (CLAR) offers an update on the situation in Chile after the earthquake. Monasterios de Chile is a website with links to the individual houses of Benedictine and Cistercian men and women in Chile. The Abbot of Ettal Abbey, Bavaria, Resigns http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ettal http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ettal At the request of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising, the Abbot of Ettal Abbey has resigned, effective 24 February 2010. 25th Monastic Institute, 2010 http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#spirit http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#spirit Saint John's Abbey and School of Theology sponsor the 25th annual Monastic Institute, summer 2010. The theme is "Benedictine Spirituality." Clear Creek Priory Becomes an Abbey http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hulbert http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hulbert Since 11 February 2010, Abbot Philip Anderson OSB is the first abbot of Clear Creek Abbey, Hulbert, Oklahoma. He receives the abbatial blessing, April 10, 2010. Ash Wednesday 2010 http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ash http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ash The Holy Father began the holy season of Lent atop the Aventine Hill at the Benedictine Church of Sant'Anselmo. + Sr. Germaine Bevans OSB, Vicar for Religious http://www.osb.org/new/0904new.html#bevans http://www.osb.org/new/0904new.html#bevans Sister Germanine Bevans OSB, Vicar for Religious in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, died on Friday, 12 February 2010. Bishop Robert N. Lynch will officiate and preach at her funeral on Tuesday, 16 February, at Holy Name Monastery. Recent Books by Women http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#books http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#books Sister Mary Reuter OSB, Sister Julia Upton RSM, and Sister Joan Chittister OSB will publish new titles this month and next. +R. D. Teresa Arlete Rodrigues OSB http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#rodrigues http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#rodrigues On 1 February 2010, Dame Teresa Arlete Rodrigues OSB, 79, died. As a member of Stanbrook Abbey, she led the Alliance for International Monasticism from 1984 to 1996, bringing her into contact with monasteries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. RIP. Conception Abbey http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#conception http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#conception The National Catholic Reporter focuses on Conception Abbey's use of management consultants to help the monks revitalize their apostolate of Catholic publishing.