Abbot Hugh consecrated bishop of Aberdeen, Pluscarden elect new abbot.
St Cecile de Solesmes elect new abbess, 36. Half as old again as their first abbess was.
Fontgombault (a Solesmes monastery) elect new abbot; sorry about tedious trad site, only English-language mention I found. The sisters on the left of the photo are Polish Benedictine sisters, known as Loretanki from the shrine of Loreto (one “t”) at their mother house to the north-east of Warsaw. They do publishing and nursing, I think.
August 22, 2011 at 1:06 am
I was lucky enough to be at Bishop Hugh’s consecration. As one might expect the service was reverently done and the music was mainly chant with some polyphony and a few traditional hymns. The whole community of Pluscarden was present as were many brothers and sisters from other Abbeys and Orders. There were even a couple of Abbesses present. In his excellent short sermon the new bishop focused on Our Lord and His Mother. You can find the text on the same site as that announcing Abbot Anselm’s election.