Our 2026 Conference dates and theme are announced!
Please save the dates and get your tickets!
CONFERENCE DATES: Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 2026
Theme: “Oases of Sanity in the 21st Century”
Friday, October 9 — Saint Abraham
8:45 Breakfast
9:30 Registration opens
10:00 Brother André Marie’s Opening Remarks
10:30 John Sharpe “‘Three’ Must Be a ‘Thing’: The Catholic Third Position of the 1930s as both Oasis of Sanity and Basis for Action”
12:00 Angelus / Lunch
1:30 Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M. “Fortes in Fide: St. Benedict Center as an Oasis of Sanity in the Heart of Traditional Catholicism”
3:00 Jeb Smith “Lessons from the Middle Ages for a Saner Society”
4:30 Charles Coulombe “Building Fortresses in Enemy Territory”
6:00 Dinner
Saturday, October 10 — Saint Francis Borgia
8:45 Breakfast
9:45 Br. André Marie, MICM “The Catholic Sacramental Economy: Oasis of Salvation”
11:15 Sister Maria Philomena, MICM “Making the Family an Oasis of Sanity”
12:30 The Order’s group picture and reading of the Tertiary Necrology
12:30 Angelus / Lunch
2:00 Mike Church “On-Air”
4:00 Mr. C. Joseph Doyle “The Traditional Mass: An Oasis of Catholicity in a Desert of Modernism”
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)
As a special thank you for attending, all registrants are eligible for an exclusive 50% discount on the full set of conference audio or video recordings on flash drive. You may pre-order your set in person using the sign-up sheet available at our conference, or place your order online using the code we will send you after registering.
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 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 ( all 26 minutes away). Arlington Inn in Winchester at (603) 239-4728 (15 minutes away). 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 (7 minutes away). For more information or to register by phone, please call at (603) 239-6485 ext 1.
