From 31 October to 4 November mother Agnese Magistretti visited us, accompanied by sr Cristina. For many years she was the superior of the sisters of the Piccola famiglia dell’Annunziata, the monastic community founded by don Giuseppe Dossetti
On Thursday, 27 October 2011, on the occasion of the day of reflection, dialogue, and prayer for peace and for justice in the world "Pilgrims of truth, pilgrims of peace", called to Assisi by pope Benedict XVI, br Enzo, who was invited to the event by the Pontifical Council for promoting Christian unity, and the brothers present in San Masseo received a vey special visit.
From 13 to 15 October mother Cristiana Piccardo paid us a visit, accompanied by sr Fabiola of Vitorchiano and sr Sonia of Humocaro. For twenty-four years, until 1988, she was abbess of the Trappist monastery of Vitorchiano, then abbess of the monastery of Our Lady of Coromoto in Humocaro at the foot of the Andes, a very poor region of Venezuela.
Il Patriarca Irinej e il il vescovo Andrej (Čilerdžić)
On Sunday, 18 September 2011, archimandrite Andrej (Čilerdžić) a dear and old friend of the community was ordained bishop of Remesiana by patriarch Irinej in he St Michael the Archangel cathedral in Belgrade. At the invitation of the new bishop, two of our brothers as representatives of our community were present at the ordination, together with various representatives of other Churches
The archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and pope Benedict XVI
The International Anglican has announced that the first meeting of the third phase of dialogue (dubbed ARCIC III) will be held at our monastery of Bose on 17–27 May 2011. This initiative reflects the wish expressed by pope Benedict XVI and by the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, on the occasion of their meeting in Rome in November 2009.
In November 2010, at the invitation of the president, cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, brother Enzo gave a talk on “Mystagogical communication” at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture. On this occasion he was received in audience by pope Benedict XVI.
This visit represented a sign of deep affection for our community, as well as a song of thanksgiving by him, who is consciously and serenely preparing for the meeting with the Lord
His Holyness the Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Br. Enzo Bianchi, Prior of the monastic community of Bose, expert at the next synod of the Catholic bishops, which will be held in Rome from 5 to 26 October 2008
His Beatitude Christodoulos with the Prior Br. Enzo
On April 24 Brother Enzo has been warmly welcomed by His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodulos at the Orthodox Archbishop's palace in Athens. This was their second meeting in the last months, the first being on December 13, 2006 in Rome at the occasion of the visit of Christodulos to Pope Benedict XVI, the first visit by an Archbishop of Athens to a Pope in the history.
