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 Essay Competition for Junior Monastics http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#essay http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#essay 31 March 2010 is the deadline set for submission of entries in the Junior Essay Competition sponsored by the American Benedictine Academy. Two Abbots Elected on 18 November http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#two http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#two The monks of Mount Angel Abbey elected Father Gregory Duerr OSB, prior and novicemaster, as eleventh abbot, and the general chapter of the Austrian Congregation elected Abbot Christian Haidinger OSB, Altenburg Abbey, to succeed the much lamented Clemens Lashofer OSB as Abbot President. Idaho Monks Elect Fr. Kenneth Hein as Prior http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hein http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#hein The monks of the Monastery of the Ascension, Idaho, elected Father Kenneth Hein OSB, 71, to be their conventual prior. Ramsgate Monks Seek a New Home http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ramsgate http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#ramsgate The Benedictine monks of Ramsgate Abbey, Kent, UK, have decided to abandon their E.W. Pugin monastery for smaller quarters. PBS Features Kansas Monastery http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#pbs http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#pbs On Sunday, 1 November, PBS features Mount St. Scholastica Monastery, Atchison, KS, on "Religion and Ethics Weekly" program. Father John Oetgen OSB Died 10 October 2009 http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#oetgen http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#oetgen Father John Oetgen OSB, 85, a monk and priest of Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, died on Saturday, 10 October. ABA Researchers Publish Newsletter http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#mrn http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#mrn In October 2009 the first issue of ABA Monastic Researchers' Newsletter was published by The American Benedictine Academy. S. Ephrem Hollermann OSB edits the publication. People's Choice Website Award http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#award http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#award Holy Trinity Monastery, UK, won the 2009 People's Choice Award and a MacBook for its inspiring contribution to Christian new media. Marmion's Founding Monk Turns 100 http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#benkert http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#benkert Abbot Emeritus Gerald Benkert OSB, the founding abbot of Marmion Abbey in Aurora, Illinois, celebrated his 100th birthday on October 24. Oblates' World Congress http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#congress http://www.osb.org/new/current.html#congress The theme of the Oblates' World Congress, 2-10 October 2009, is "The Religious Challenges of Today -- The Benedictine Answer."