5 March 2024

Yesterday, our Prior Mauritius Wilde OSB was honored to accompany his confrere, Fr. Anselm Grün OSB, to a private audience with Pope Francis. The Holy Father thanked Fr. Anselm for his work as an author, and said to him, in Italian, “Lei è un monaco che non ha paura”, which means, in English, “You are a monk who is not afraid”.

Father Anselm, a monk of Abtei Münsterschwarzach in Germany, studied at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant’Anselmo from 1967-1971. His moderators were Father Magnus Löhrer OSB and Father Basil Studer OSB.

The total number of copies of Fr. Anselm’s books is 20 million. They have been translated into more than 30 languages. For 11 years, from 1999 until 2010, Fr. Mauritius was his publisher at the publishing house of Münsterschwarzach, Vier-Türme-Verlag.

Altre Notizie

  • During the summer of 2023, a group from the Architecture Program of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, U.S.A., resided at Sant'Anselmo. Read about their experience here.

  • Collegio Sant'Anselmo celebrates the Syro-Malankara Mass. Photos and story here.

  • On Sunday, 24 September, 26 new residents arrived at Collegio Sant’Anselmo from 14 countries. Our international character is at the heart of Sant’Anselmo and we believe that living, learning and praying with people from different cultures is one of our great strengths and joys. Story, statistics and photos here.