Lambert Beauduin

Lambert Beauduin, OSB (August 5, 1873 – January 11, 1960) was a Belgian Benedictine monk who founded the monastery now known as Chevetogne Abbey in 1925.

[3] After ordination, he joined the Société des Aumôniers du Travail (Society of Labor Chaplains) where he ministered to working-class people and worked for the improvement of social conditions for industrial workers.

[5] While he opposed the use of vernacular language in liturgy, he recommended bilingual books for Mass and Vespers for the laity to replace private devotional prayers.

An early proponent of ecumenism, he was an important participant and contributor to the Malines Conversations, hosted by Cardinal Mercier, which were a series of discussions between members of the Anglican Church and some Continental Francophone Catholics.

He then started to work on the foundation of the present monastery at Amay sur Meuse (later Chevetogne) devoted to Christian unity.