Conversi Participation in the International Association of Lay Cistercian Communities

Items on this page document Conversi’s participation in the International Association of Lay Cistercian Communities (IALCC). More information can be found on the IALCC website; the link to that website can be found in the footer area below.

Reflections on the Lay Movement by monastics

Reflections on the Lay Cistercian Vocation/Movement by lay people

Reflections on IALCC by Lay Cistercians

IALCC Encounters

Note: The final documents from each encounter as well as plenary addresses and other material can be found on the IALCC website. The link to that website is in the footer area below. Also note that we are still gathering documents from the past. Links to documents that we have are in a red font; names of documents not yet found are in the normal black font. Links will be added as we retrieve documents from the archives.


June 7 – 12, 2020 – Benedictine University, Chicago – English Speaking Group hosting

  • Conversi Delegates: Katrien Holvoet and Martha Krieg
  • Monastic liaison: not yet appointed
  • Focus of the meeting: Lay Cistercians in the World.
  • Regional meetings: May 24-26, 2019, Kongingsoord Abbey, Netherlands, and June 7 – 9, 2019, Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky.

June 17 – 24, 2017 – Avila, Spain – Spanish Language Group hosting

  • Conversi Delegates: Martha Krieg and Katrien Holvoet;
  • Monastic Liaison: Fr. Jonah Wharff
  • Focus of the meeting: See How They Love One Another
  • Report of the Delegates: Report from the 2017  Avila meeting
  • Request for input from IALCC
  • Conversi Response:
  • Sept 9 – 11, 2016 – Regional/Language Group meeting: Holy Spirit Abbey, Conyers, GA and Sept 18-21, Koonigsord, Belgium
    • Conversi Delegates: Martha Krieg and Katrien Holvoet
    • Focus of the meeting: Synthesis of English-language community responses to IALCC request for input.

June 14-21, 2014 – Lourdes, France – French Language Group hosting

  • Conversi Delegates: Martha Krieg and Katrien Holvoet
  • Monastic liaison: Sr. Gail Fitzpatrick
  • Focus of the meeting: Lay Cistercian Spiritual Journey
  • Report of the Delegates:  Report from the 2014 Lourdes meeting
  • Request for input from IALCC
  • Conversi Response

May 21-28, 2011 – Dubuque, IA – English Language Group hosting

  • Conversi Delegates: Kate Zilla and Martha Krieg
  • Monastic liaison: Br. Cyprian Davis
  • Focus of the meeting: Growing in the Spirit
  • Report of the Delegates: Report from the 2011 Dubuque meeting
  • Request for input from IALCC
  • Conversi Response:

May 31-June 7, 2008 – Huerta, Spain – Spanish Language Group hosting

  • Conversi Delegates: Peter Zimmer and Meg Hogan
  • Monastic liaison: Sr. Louise Barnard
  • Focus of the meeting: Lay Cistercian Identity
  • Request for input from IALCC
  • Conversi Response:

International Encounters that occurred before Conversi was founded:

  • June 1-7, 2005 – Citeaux, France – French Language Group hosting
  • April 24-30, 2002 – Conyers, GA – English Language Group hosting
  • June 26, 2000 – Curicó, Chile – Spanish Language Group hosting