Our 2024 Conference dates and theme are announced! Please save the dates and get your tickets! This posting will be updated as plans solidify for this exciting annual event.
CONFERENCE DATES: Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, 2024.
Theme: Sursum Corda: Lifting Up Our Hearts in a Time of Crisis
Friday, October 11 — The Divine Maternity
8:45 Breakfast
9:30 Registration opens
10:00 Brother André Marie’s Opening Remarks
10:30 Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M. — A Thousand Times Happy: An Exhortation to Love Mary and Fear Nothing
12:00 Angelus / Lunch
1:30 Brother Lawrence Mary, M.I.C.M.,Tert — Brother Francis — Crusader for Our Lady Seat of Wisdom
3:00 Br. André Marie, MICM — The Absolute Primacy of Jesus Christ and Its Implications for Our Crusade
4:30 Charles Coulombe — Waybread of the Angels: Navigating the Dark Forest of Our Times
6:00 Dinner
Saturday, October 12 — Our Lady of the Pillar
8:45 Breakfast
9:45 Mike Church— Date Night at the Movies — Mary and the Ghost
11:15 Sister Maria Philomena, MICM — Legacies of Sanctity — Lives That Changed the Course of History
12:30 The Order’s group picture and reading of the Tertiary Necrology
12:30 Angelus / Lunch
2:00 John Sharpe — Redeeming the Time: Living the Liturgy Through the Music of St. Gregory
4:00 Mr. C. Joseph Doyle — The Triumph of Tradition
After Doyle’s talk: Brothers and Sisters singing Polyphony
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Panel Discussion (all speakers / moderated)
Where: Saint Benedict Center, 95 Fay Martin Road, Richmond, New Hampshire, 03470.
Saint Benedict Center attire required. (Ladies: skirts or dresses please, no pants)
There are a limited number of Saint Benedict Center community members who are willing to host conference attendees on a first-come, first-served basis; please call Russell at (603) 239-6485 for details. There are several hotels in the Keene vicinity, but reservations should be made early because of tourism during the foliage season. Some include: Best Western Hotel & Suites (603) 357-3038; Holiday Inn Express Keene (603) 352-7616; and Super 8 Keene (603) 352-9780. Also check out Airbnb options.
There are also bed-and-breakfasts in the area; call for details. For those interested, there is a campground three miles from the Center: Shir-Roy Campground (603) 239-4768. For more information or to register by phone, please call at (603) 239-6485 ext 1.
