From July 16 to 19, 2017, at St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Novice Masters of the American Cassinese Congregation from monasteries in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico met to develop a new novitiate curriculum so that all its monasteries could collaborate on this important stage of initial formation. The Novice Masters developed eight new course outlines with bibliographies for the novitiate.
Present from St. Mary's Abbey were Abbot President Elias Lorenzo, OSB and Novice Master Father Hilary O'Leary, OSB. Thank you to St. Vincent's for hosting this conference and to all in attendance for participating. Please join us in praying for vocations!