Past Conventions:

• 2022: “Give a word…” – Virtual
• 2020: “Seeing the World in a Single Ray of Light” – Virtual
• 2018: “The Artisans of the Monastery” – St. Benedict’s Monastery, Saint Joseph, Minnesota
• 2016: “Keep Death Daily Before Your Eyes” – Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana
• 2014: “Benedictine Monasticism: The Past Receiving the Future” – Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri
• 2012: “Seek Peace and Pursue It: Monasticism in the Midst of Global Upheaval” – St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth, Minnesota
• 2010: “Benedictines and Evangelization” – St. Benedict’s Abbey/Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas
• 2008: “Monastic Spirituality: Expanding Merton’s Vision” – Sacred Heart Monastery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota
• 2006: “Family: Matrix, Model, Muddle” – Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois
• 2004: “Monastic Culture: Revitalizing Mind and Spirit” – St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota
• 2002: “Monastics and Mentoring: Refounding the Tradition” – University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota
• 2000: “The Good News of Monastic Life” – Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Pre-Convention Papers
• 1998: “Hospitality: Prism for the 21st Century” – St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania