Year: 2008

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares-Llovera, the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, gave the principal address at the official opening of the academic year at Sant’ Anselmo in October. Cardinal Cañizares-Llovera’s address touched upon the… Read More

Father Benoit Alloggia, O.S.B., of Noiseau, France, has been appointed the new president of the Saint Benedict Education Foundation. A monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, he attended high school in France, earned degrees in philosophy from Saint Thomas Pontifical University… Read More

Sant’ Anselmo hosted the Congress of Abbots September 18-27, 2008. The congress, held every four years, gathers the abbots of all Benedictine monasteries, the abbot presidents of all Benedictine congregations, and the priors of dependent houses. The are approximately 260… Read More

Father Ephrem Carr, O.S.B., a Benedictine monk of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana, and a long-time member of the faculty at Sant’ Anselmo, was elected President of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute on November 13, 2008. Following approval by Abbot Primate… Read More

By Kim Metzgar “But if I am a monk, that means also that I am just a man, connected with all other men and women in my time and in other times. I am searching, like we all do. I… Read More

John and Laurie Perchak of Danville, California, have established a scholarship endowment fund, the Perchak Family African Community Scholarship Fund, to support the education of African monks and nuns at Sant’ Anselmo. They have a particular interest in helping those… Read More

Author Peter Kreeft will speak at an event for the Saint Benedict Education Foundation, to be held at 7 p.m. Friday, October 24. 2008, at the Carey Performing Arts Center at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kreeft, Professor of… Read More