No. 26, July 2020
BENEDICTINE OBLATE NEWSLETTER
VIA VITAE
NEWS WCCM Oblates part of planning team for International Oblate Congress 2022 Photo below was taken at San Anselmo during a planning team meeting 6th - 12th November 2019. At that time they were working on Congress taking place Nov. 2021 but as you can see from Abbot General's letter this has now been put back a year til Nov. 2022. All in the photo - apart from the religious and priests - are Oblates. They are attached to different monastic communities around the world. They have come together to form an International Planning Team organizing the next Benedictine Oblate Congress in Rome: Elba Rodriguez (second from left in second row) has succeeded Eileen Dutt as WCCM representative on the team. Left to right and bottom up First Row: Abbot Primate Gregory J. Polan OSB, Nancy Barwell (France), Judith Valente (USA), Theresia Kwon (Korea), Giorgio Marte (Italy), Francis In Keun Lee (Korea), Jean Ritzke Rutherford (Germany). Second Row: Fr. Benoit Alloggia (USA), Larina Reyes-Smith (Canada/Philippines), Shirley France (USA), Janis Dopp (USA), Stephanie Smith (USA), Benedetta Reese (USA), Elba Rodriguez (Colombia/France), Sophia Ange (Senegal), Elisabeth Roux (France) Third Row: Sven Cockx (Belgium/Netherlands), Martin GrĂźger (Germany), Fr. Jeremy King (USA), Sylvain Vossoure (Belgium), Helen Helcova (Czech Republic), Jordi Gubern (Spain/Catalonia), Michel Gammon (Canada), Bertrand Godefroid (Belgium), Melanie Godefroid (Belgium), Fr. Samuel Helqvist (UK).
Abbot Primate Notker Wolf birthday Hi dear fellow oblates, as you might remember it was Abbot Primate Notker Wolf who invited oblates for the first and the following Benedictine Oblate World Congresses in Rome in order to empower them as valuable part of the Benedictine order. Just in case you might like to write to Abbot Notker Wolf for the occasion of his 80st birthday today here is his e-mail-address: notker@ottilien.de. With love, pax and joy of life Martin OblOSB
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