This is old news by now, and yet it bears keeping in mind that one of the world's longest serving abbot, Benedictine Father Abbot Matthew Leavy, OSB, PhD, will retire as the 4th abbot of Saint Anselm's Abbey in Manchester New Hampshire after 26 years of service to his monastic community, Saint Anselm's College, and the Church in the Diocese of Manchester.The announcement was made on January 31.
Abbot Matthew will serve until June 4 when the community will gather to pray to the Holy Spirit and to cast a vote for a new Father Abbot will be elected by the capitulars of the monastic community. The Abbot President Father Hugh Anderson will supervise and confirm the election.
The Abbey's Prior, Brother Isaac, hosts a blog which he periodically speaks of life in the abbey and he's now guiding his readers in the uniqueness of electing a new religious superior. Read Brother Isaac here.
The monks of Saint Anslem's Abbey have a reputation of faithfulness to the Holy Rule and service of the Church. The Lord prosper the work of their hands.
Saints Benedict, Scholastica and Anselm, pray for the monks of Saint Anselm's Abbey, and for us.
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