


ORDEM BENEFICENTE DE ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL CATÓLICA
BENEDITINOS MISSIONÁRIOS DA CARIDADE
AMERICAN SUBIACO CASSINESE CONGREGATION O.S.B.
EAST BENEDICTINE CONGREGATION OF THE PRIMITIVE OBSERVANCE
CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Benedictine World Center of Meditation Bonnevaux WCCM

History
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1947: The Academy grew out of the National Benedictine Educational Association and was initiated by the American-Cassinese Congregation of monks, 30 December 1947.
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1948: First meeting of the board of the Academy at St. Meinrad, Indiana. First sectional meetings, which were in a variety of academic disciplines.
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1950: The Academy began publication of the American Benedictine Review.
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1972: The governing structure of the Academy was simplified. The sectional structure of the Academy was replaced by a single grouping.
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1975: The American Benedictine Review was separately incorporated.
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1978: The focus of meetings shifted from academic fields to “Benedictine Heritage and Culture.”
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1982: Membership was declared open to anyone who had a serious interest in Benedictinism.
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1984: The Academy’s archive was established at the St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota, which became the legal address of the Academy as a not-for-profit corporation.
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1995: The ABA website was launched on 2 December 1995.
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1998: The Academy observed its fiftieth anniversary at its biennial convention at St. Vincent’s Archabbey, 9-12 August 1998.
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2000: First pre-convention web workshop at St. Meinrad’s Archabbey.
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2004: First CD publication of ABA convention 2002 Proceedings: “Mentors and Mentoring: Refounding the Tradition.”
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2012: The Academy elects its first president from an ecumenical community, Martin Shannon of the Community of Jesus.
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2016: Mercy Sister Julia Upton is the first Oblate president elected.
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PAST PRESIDENTS
Presidents are elected from the membership every two years at the annual convention. Presidents since 2000 have been:
1998-2000 – Eugene Hensell, OSB
2000-2002 – Valerian Odermann, OSB
2002-2004 – Rosemary Rader, OSB
2004-2006 – Richard Oliver, OSB
2006-2008 – Theresa Schumacher, OSB
2008-2010 – Jacquelyn Ernster, OSB
2010-2012 – Laura Swan, OSB
2012-2014 – Martin Shannon, Community of Jesus
2014-2016 – Susan Quaintance, OSB
2016-2018 – Julie Upton, RSM (Oblate OSB)
2018-2020 – Antoinette Purcell, OSB
2020-2022 – Rev. Greg Peters, OblSB
2022-2024 – Gregory Evans, OblSB