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Beuronese Congregation

January 01, 1970

The Beuronese Congregation, or Beuron Congregation, is a union of mostly German or German-speaking monasteries of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation. The congregation stands under the patronage of Martin of Tours, who is the patron saint of the Archabbey of Beuron.

Beuronese Congregation
Archabbey of Beuron
AbbreviationOSB
Formationc. AD 1863; 161 years ago (1863)
FounderFrs. Placidus and Maurus Wolter
TypeCatholic religious order
HeadquartersBelgium
Websiteosbatlas.com

History edit

The origin of the Beuron Congregation begins with the Archabbey of St. Martin, Beuron, founded in 1863, the first declarations of which in 1866 already had in view an expansion to a congregation. After a further foundation, that of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium, the first constitutions of the Beuronese Congregation were ratified in Rome in 1873.[1]

 
Gerleve Abbey

Further foundations outside Germany followed during the period of "cultural struggle" (Kulturkampf), when the community was driven out of Beuron. Most relocated to an old Servite monastery in Volders in the Austrian Tyrol.[2] In 1876, some of the monks were given refuge in Erdington Abbey, Birmingham, England until after the First World War. After their return it was possible to found more monasteries inside Germany: Maria Laach Abbey (1893); Gerleve Abbey (1904); Neresheim Abbey (1920); Weingarten Abbey (1922); Neuburg Abbey (1926); and others. The last foundations were Tholey Abbey, resettled in 1949, and Nütschau Priory, a new foundation established by Gerleve Abbey in 1951.[3][4]

The congregation also continued to be active outside Germany, in among other places Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Brazil and Japan; in 1906 the Abbey of the Dormition (or Assumption) (now Hagia Maria Sion Abbey) in Jerusalem was founded.

 
Eibingen Abbey

The congregation's first nunnery was St. Gabriel's Priory, later elevated to St. Gabriel's Abbey, established at Smíchov in Prague in 1889, which relocated in 1919–20 to Schloss Bertholdstein in Pertlstein in Styria. This was followed in 1893 by Maredret Abbey in Belgium, then in 1904 by St. Hildegard's Abbey, Eibingen and in 1924 St. Erentraud's Abbey, Kellenried. More recent foundations are Engelthal Abbey (1965) and Marienrode Priory (1988). Other nunneries were taken into the congregation as already existing communities.

The Congregation generously help fund the College of Sant'Anselmo, founded in 1887, and the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, established in 1888, both located at Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino in Rome. At the request of Pope Leo XIII in 1895, they also assisted in the revival of the Brazilian Congregation.[5]

During World War II, a number of refugee monks of the Beuronese Congregation, established a temporary priory in Keyport, New Jersey with the help of St. Mary's Abbey in Morristown.[6] It was closed in 1948.

Organization edit

 
Neresheim Abbey

Initially, the congregation was under the management of the Abbot of Beuron, who acted as its Archabbot. The General Chapter, which took place at lengthy intervals and was attended by the congregation's officiating abbots, served the purpose of promoting general agreement among the communities and the regulation of outstanding questions. It was a strongly centralised system: all houses of the congregation were obliged to follow the customs, daily routine, service times and forms prescribed by Beuron.

In 1936 the Archabbot system was replaced by that of the Presiding Abbot; the General Chapter, which as a rule assembles every six years, elects one of the officiating abbots of the congregation as Presiding Abbot until the time of the next chapter meeting. This makes the congregation more federalistic, and individual monasteries and nunneries are better able to develop an individual profile.

In 1984, in accordance with the Codex Iuris Canonici of 1983, the revised statutes of the congregation and the declarations for monasteries and nunneries were approved. The statutes identify as tasks of the congregation the furtherance of the observation of the rule in the member houses, mutual help and joint solutions to tasks and problems, as well as exchanges between monasteries and nunneries. The General Chapter, consisting of the heads of each religious house, as well as elected representatives, is to meet every six years. Since 2003 the representatives of women's communities have had full voting rights.

The foundations outside Germany and Austria later separated from the Beuronese Congregation, often for political reasons. In 1920, Maredsous Abbey became a founding member of the Congregation of the Annunciation. Maredret Abbey is also affiliated with the Congregation of the Annunciation. After the monks returned from Erdington Abbey, they founded in 1922 St. Martin's Abbey, in Weingarten.[5] The Birmingham parish was turned over to the Redemptorists; the former abbey is now Highclare School. After repeated wartime internments of the monks, in 1951, Dormition Abbey was separated from the Beuron Congregation and placed under the direct supervision of the Abbot-Primate of the Benedictines in Rome. In 2007 the nuns of St. Gabriel's Priory left the Beuronese Congregation and joined the Federation of Sisters of St. Lioba.[7]

Archabbots edit

 
Weingarten Kloster
  • Maurus Wolter (1873–1890)
  • Placidus Wolter (1890–1908)
  • Idelfons Schober (1908–1914)
  • Raphael Walzer (1918–1922)

Presidents edit

  • Raphael Molitor (1922–
  • Albert Schmidt (2008–2021)
  • Franziskus Berzdorf (2021–present)

Monasteries edit

 
Abtei Neuburg
  1. St. Martin's Archabbey, Beuron
  2. Abbey of Our Dear Lady, Seckau, Styria
  3. Maria Laach Abbey
  4. St. Martin's Abbey, Weingarten
  5. St. Joseph's Abbey, Gerleve
  6. Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim
  7. Abbey of the "House of Grace of Maria at Grüssau", Wimpfen
  8. St. Bartholomew's Abbey, Neuburg
  9. St. Maurice's Abbey, Tholey
  10. St. Ansgar's Priory, Nütschau

Nunneries edit

 
Abbey of St. Erentraud, Kellenried
  1. St. Hildegard's Abbey, Eibingen
  2. Abbey of the Holy Cross, Herstelle
  3. St. Erentraud's Abbey, Kellenried
  4. St. Mary's Abbey, Engelthal
  5. Abbey of the Holy Cross, Säben, South Tyrol, Italy
  6. Abbey of Our Dear Lady, Varensell
  7. St. Mary's Abbey, Fulda
  8. Marienrode Priory
  9. Priory of Our Lady, Åsebakken, Denmark
  •  
    Tholey Abbey
  •  
    Marienrode priory
  •  
    Seckau Abbey
  •  
    Säben Abbey

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Congregazione Beuronese", OSB Atlas
  2. ^ Alston, George Cyprian. "The Benedictine Order." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 19 October 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Maurus (Rudolf) Wolter", Portal Rheinische Geschichte
  4. ^ Ohlmeyer, Albert (1931). "The External Development of the Beuronese Congregation during the Last Two Decades". The Downside Review. 49 (2): 346–350. doi:10.1177/001258063104900210. S2CID 189192640.
  5. ^ a b Belsole, Kurt (4 December 2013). "Beuron, Germany". In Johnston, William M. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Monasticism. p. 149. ISBN 9781136787164.
  6. ^ "Schools and Abbeys at War", St. Mary's Abbey, Morristown, NJ
  7. ^ Orden-online.de: St. Gabriel, Benediktinerinnen

External links edit

  • (in German) Website of the Beuron Congregation

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The Beuronese Congregation or Beuron Congregation is a union of mostly German or German speaking monasteries of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation The congregation stands under the patronage of Martin of Tours who is the patron saint of the Archabbey of Beuron Beuronese CongregationArchabbey of BeuronAbbreviationOSBFormationc AD 1863 161 years ago 1863 FounderFrs Placidus and Maurus WolterTypeCatholic religious orderHeadquartersBelgiumWebsiteosbatlas wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Archabbots 3 1 Presidents 4 Monasteries 5 Nunneries 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe origin of the Beuron Congregation begins with the Archabbey of St Martin Beuron founded in 1863 the first declarations of which in 1866 already had in view an expansion to a congregation After a further foundation that of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium the first constitutions of the Beuronese Congregation were ratified in Rome in 1873 1 nbsp Gerleve Abbey Further foundations outside Germany followed during the period of cultural struggle Kulturkampf when the community was driven out of Beuron Most relocated to an old Servite monastery in Volders in the Austrian Tyrol 2 In 1876 some of the monks were given refuge in Erdington Abbey Birmingham England until after the First World War After their return it was possible to found more monasteries inside Germany Maria Laach Abbey 1893 Gerleve Abbey 1904 Neresheim Abbey 1920 Weingarten Abbey 1922 Neuburg Abbey 1926 and others The last foundations were Tholey Abbey resettled in 1949 and Nutschau Priory a new foundation established by Gerleve Abbey in 1951 3 4 The congregation also continued to be active outside Germany in among other places Belgium Austria Portugal Brazil and Japan in 1906 the Abbey of the Dormition or Assumption now Hagia Maria Sion Abbey in Jerusalem was founded nbsp Eibingen Abbey The congregation s first nunnery was St Gabriel s Priory later elevated to St Gabriel s Abbey established at Smichov in Prague in 1889 which relocated in 1919 20 to Schloss Bertholdstein in Pertlstein in Styria This was followed in 1893 by Maredret Abbey in Belgium then in 1904 by St Hildegard s Abbey Eibingen and in 1924 St Erentraud s Abbey Kellenried More recent foundations are Engelthal Abbey 1965 and Marienrode Priory 1988 Other nunneries were taken into the congregation as already existing communities The Congregation generously help fund the College of Sant Anselmo founded in 1887 and the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm established in 1888 both located at Sant Anselmo all Aventino in Rome At the request of Pope Leo XIII in 1895 they also assisted in the revival of the Brazilian Congregation 5 During World War II a number of refugee monks of the Beuronese Congregation established a temporary priory in Keyport New Jersey with the help of St Mary s Abbey in Morristown 6 It was closed in 1948 Organization edit nbsp Neresheim Abbey Initially the congregation was under the management of the Abbot of Beuron who acted as its Archabbot The General Chapter which took place at lengthy intervals and was attended by the congregation s officiating abbots served the purpose of promoting general agreement among the communities and the regulation of outstanding questions It was a strongly centralised system all houses of the congregation were obliged to follow the customs daily routine service times and forms prescribed by Beuron In 1936 the Archabbot system was replaced by that of the Presiding Abbot the General Chapter which as a rule assembles every six years elects one of the officiating abbots of the congregation as Presiding Abbot until the time of the next chapter meeting This makes the congregation more federalistic and individual monasteries and nunneries are better able to develop an individual profile In 1984 in accordance with the Codex Iuris Canonici of 1983 the revised statutes of the congregation and the declarations for monasteries and nunneries were approved The statutes identify as tasks of the congregation the furtherance of the observation of the rule in the member houses mutual help and joint solutions to tasks and problems as well as exchanges between monasteries and nunneries The General Chapter consisting of the heads of each religious house as well as elected representatives is to meet every six years Since 2003 the representatives of women s communities have had full voting rights The foundations outside Germany and Austria later separated from the Beuronese Congregation often for political reasons In 1920 Maredsous Abbey became a founding member of the Congregation of the Annunciation Maredret Abbey is also affiliated with the Congregation of the Annunciation After the monks returned from Erdington Abbey they founded in 1922 St Martin s Abbey in Weingarten 5 The Birmingham parish was turned over to the Redemptorists the former abbey is now Highclare School After repeated wartime internments of the monks in 1951 Dormition Abbey was separated from the Beuron Congregation and placed under the direct supervision of the Abbot Primate of the Benedictines in Rome In 2007 the nuns of St Gabriel s Priory left the Beuronese Congregation and joined the Federation of Sisters of St Lioba 7 Archabbots edit nbsp Weingarten Kloster Maurus Wolter 1873 1890 Placidus Wolter 1890 1908 Idelfons Schober 1908 1914 Raphael Walzer 1918 1922 Presidents edit Raphael Molitor 1922 Albert Schmidt 2008 2021 Franziskus Berzdorf 2021 present Monasteries edit nbsp Abtei Neuburg St Martin s Archabbey Beuron Abbey of Our Dear Lady Seckau Styria Maria Laach Abbey St Martin s Abbey Weingarten St Joseph s Abbey Gerleve Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra Neresheim Abbey of the House of Grace of Maria at Grussau Wimpfen St Bartholomew s Abbey Neuburg St Maurice s Abbey Tholey St Ansgar s Priory NutschauNunneries edit nbsp Abbey of St Erentraud Kellenried St Hildegard s Abbey Eibingen Abbey of the Holy Cross Herstelle St Erentraud s Abbey Kellenried St Mary s Abbey Engelthal Abbey of the Holy Cross Saben South Tyrol Italy Abbey of Our Dear Lady Varensell St Mary s Abbey Fulda Marienrode Priory Priory of Our Lady Asebakken Denmark nbsp Tholey Abbey nbsp Marienrode priory nbsp Seckau Abbey nbsp Saben AbbeySee also editBenedictine ConfederationReferences edit Congregazione Beuronese OSB Atlas Alston George Cyprian The Benedictine Order The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 2 New York Robert Appleton Company 1907 19 October 2022 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Maurus Rudolf Wolter Portal Rheinische Geschichte Ohlmeyer Albert 1931 The External Development of the Beuronese Congregation during the Last Two Decades The Downside Review 49 2 346 350 doi 10 1177 001258063104900210 S2CID 189192640 a b Belsole Kurt 4 December 2013 Beuron Germany In Johnston William M ed Encyclopedia of Monasticism p 149 ISBN 9781136787164 Schools and Abbeys at War St Mary s Abbey Morristown NJ Orden online de St Gabriel BenediktinerinnenExternal links edit in German Website of the Beuron Congregation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beuronese Congregation amp oldid 1179192898, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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