Monasteri e la sua storia

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Büll (ed.), FranziskusJürgensmeier (ed.), FriedhelmSchwerdtfeger (ed.), Regina E.

Die benediktinischen Mönchs- und Nonnenklöster in Hessen

Die benediktinischen Mönchs- und Nonnenklöster in Hessen

Ein Gesamtpanorama benediktinischer Geschichte im heutigen Hessen von der iroschottischen und angelsächsischen Mission des Frankenreichs über die Klostergründungswellen des Hochmittelalters, die Einschnitte durch Reformation und Säkularisation bis zum Ausblick auf die heute noch bestehenden drei benediktinischen Frauenklöster in Hessen.

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Doerr, Lambert

Abbot Bishop Gallus Steiger O.S.B. (1879-1966)

Abbot Bishop Gallus Steiger O.S.B. (1879-1966)

When Abbot Bishop Gallus Steiger died in 1966 this marked the end of an entire missionary epoch. The late Abbot Bishop had made an extraordinarily great contribution during the time of primary evangelisation, in particular in southern Tanzania. In this way he had effectively prepared the way for the establishment of local churches in the area first evangelised by him and his fellow Benedictine missionaries. His long life had on all accounts been a rich life and a good life in the service of God and of the Church.

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Hertlein, Siegfried

Ndanda Abbey, Part IV

The Abbey’s Life with the African Diocese 1973 – 2001

Ndanda Abbey, Part IV
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In 1963, the Territorial Abbey of Ndanda handed over their former mission territory to the newly erected Mtwara diocese. The agreement between the missionary Benedictines and leadership of the diocese stated that “the missionary priests of the Congregation of St. Ottilien are prepared to co-operate with the African clergy in the ordinary and extraordinary pastoration under the authority of the Bishop. The Missionary brothers will also continue their services for the Diocese.” This forth volume of Ndanda’s widespread history describes the transition period which started under the Abbot Bishop Victor Haelg and continued under Abbot Siegfried Hertlein.

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Hertlein, Siegfried

Ndanda Abbey, Part III

From Mission to Local Church 1950 – 1972

Ndanda Abbey, Part III

The need for change after the Second World War culminated in the Second Vatican Council. Old pagan traditions were now to be understood as African Traditional Religion, liturgy was given a new shape, catechetical teaching had to be rethought. The local Church should be given into the hands of the local hierarchy as soon as possible, thus bringing the traditional ways of mission to an end. Within the Congregation of St. Ottilien, a genuine rethinking of life within the monastic communities took place. The juridical status of the lay bothers had to be redefined as did the task of missionaries all over the world. It was certainly a heavy burden Abbot-Bishop Victor Haelg had to shoulder until the new diocese of Mtwara was born under the leadership of the first African bishop, Maurus Libaba.

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