On May 10 the first copy of the Monasticon Carmelitanum Neerlandicum was presented in Boxmeer, Netherlands, to fr. Giovanni Grosso O.Carm. (Institutum Carmelitanum) and to the provincial of the Dutch province Fr. Ben Wolbers O.Carm.
It is the result of an historical project conducted by Dr. Antoine Jacobs within the research programm "Christian Cultural Heritage" of the Radboud University of Nijmegen. The Monasticon Carmelitanum Neerlandicum is the first volume in the series of Monastica Carmelitana of the Institutum Carmelitanum in Rome.
A monasticon is a monastic lexicon, a book of reference in which the sources (archives, literature, documentation) thematically are included. These sources refer to the history of a series of monasteries. In this case monasteries of the Carmelite Order in the Netherlands from 1249 to 1940. It is meant as an instrument and guide for future research.
