The new Chair in Sacramental Theology was established to honor Cardinal Augustin Mayer, O.S.B., a former rector and member of the faculty at Sant' Anselmo. The Donahue Family Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pledged $100,000 to the Cardinal Mayer Chair as a start to the campaign. A major gift of $500,000 to found a chair of theology was received from Mrs. Erika John of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

At the request of a former Abbot Primate, the chair has been named in honor of Abbot Salvatore Marsili, O.S.B., the founder of the Pontifi cal Institute of Liturgy. The monks at Buckfast Abbey have contributed $150,000 to begin funding a Chair of Eucharistic Theology in honor of Abbot Anscar Vonier, O.S.B. Abbot Anscar was the second abbot of Buckfast and a renowned theologian.

Funding for the Chair of Oriental Theology has been opened by the Athenagoras Society of Kansas City, Missouri, with a gift of $25,000. The Saint Benedict Education Foundation has set a fundraising goal of two million dollars for each chair and scholarship.

The Saint Scholastica Scholarship will provide financial assistance for Benedictine women to pursue advanced studies at Sant' Anselmo. At the February meeting of Benedictines in the United States, a plea was made to the monasteries of Benedictine sisters to support the scholarship.