Fraternal visits, monastic exchanges and ecumenical presence

The visits of monks and nuns are always for us precious moments of exchange with the brothers and sisters who share our own way of life. In mid-February three Ethiopian Orthodox nuns, sr Hareghewin, sr Mereth, and sr Gheorghis, arrived in Bose, to be helped in thinking out their monastic life; discreet and hard-working, they are true sisters who share our life in everything. In these months we have welcomed fr Luigi Gioia, ex-abbot of the Olivetan abbey of Seregno; br Oliveto, Olivetan monk of Maylis, a student in Rome; fr Kariton, Benedictine monk of the abbey of St Paul outside the Walls in Rome; br Pino, monk of the Benedictine community of Dumenza; br Michael Davide and br Serafino, Benedictine monks, who spent the Easter vigil with us; br Leopold, Benedictine monk of the ?okovac monastery in Croatia and br Marie-André, monk of the Benedictine abbey of Keur Moussa in Senegal, both in Rome for studies; fr François Cassingena-Trévedy, Benedictine monk of Ligugé, who gave a novitiate course on “The father of the Church and the liturgy”; sr Marie-Paule, sr Nicole, and sr Marie-Elisabeth of the Benedictine monastery of Ermeton; sr Pierrette, prioress of the Protestant monastic community of Grandchamp. Renewed thanks go to m. Anne-Emmanuelle of the Trappist monastery of Blauvac, who, accompanied by sr Raphaël, returned to Bose to meet the sisters, giving them some reflections on co-responsibility in formation and in individual human and spiritual growth.