News from the member countries
New Board at the KNR in the Netherlands
At the General Assembly of the 8th June, the KNR has elected a new Board. After eight years at the leadership of KNR, Brother Cees van Dam csa said farewell and gave the gavel over to Abbot Bernardus Peeters of the Trappist Abbey of Koningshoeven. Besides a new...
Ireland: CORI and IMU have joined together to create a new force in Church Life and Ministry
Two of the largest existing religious membership organisations, the Irish Missionary Union (IMU) and the Conference of Religious of Ireland (CORI), have amalgamated to become the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI). This move is in response to...
Austria: elections with the two Conferences
The Major Superiors of the Religious Orders of Women of Austria (VFÖ) unanimously re-elected Sr.Dr. Beatrix Mayrhofer, Provincial of the School Sisters of Notre-Dame, as their President. Sr. Franziska Bruckner has been re-elected Vice-President. At their General...