Fraternity of Bose at San Masseo, Assisi (the crypt, 1059)

  We are happy to announce that in 2009 we acquired the Monastery of San Masseo in Assisi, which from autumn 2010, after the works of renovation, will host a new fraternity of our community: after more than ten years since the closing of our fraternity at San Benedetto in Assisi because of the hearthquake, we will be able to be present again in the beloved city of saint Francis.

Fraternity of Bose at Ostuni

In an ongoing effort to understand more fully the Jewish roots of Christianity and explore in greater depth the Scripture shared by Jews and Christians, the community has been present in Jerusalem with a fraternity since 1981. The two brothers living in the fraternity – two Catholics and a Protestant minister – seek to be witnesses, according to their Christian faith, in the struggle for peace and unity, in the city that has always been a symbol of the contradictions between the call of God and the response of his people.

The presence of the fraternity in Jerusalem is also an opportunity for dialogue with the other churches present in Israel.

In 1998 Bose opened a fraternity for several brothers of the community outside the city of Ostuni in the region of Apulia, an area in which the community has always had, from the beginning, strong ties of friendship.

In 1994, Bose opened a fraternity at the Abbey of St. Benedict at Subasio, outside of Assisi, as a sign of attention toward the local church of Assisi and as a way of understanding more completely the meaning of poverty. Three sisters of Bose lived in the fraternity until the earthquake of 1997, which damaged the Abbey.

The Community of Bose, in its relationships with all of the Christian churches, seeks to be a sign of unity in the search for a common spiritual foundation. For this purpose the community also opened, in 1973, a fraternity in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. This fraternity remained open until 1978 and offered a sign of the possibility of communion and collaboration between Catholics and Protestants.