July 25, 2025
From June 29 - July 5, a workshop for candidates, novices, and those temporarily and solemnly professed from German-speaking Cistercian monasteries took place at Lichtenthal Abbey in Baden-Baden. The abbeys and monasteries of Heiligenkreuz, Lichtenthal, Magdenau, Mariastern-Gwiggen, Oberschönenfeld, Seligenthal, Stiepel, and Thyrnau were represented.
The main topic was "Nothing should be preferred to worship” (RB 43.3), the beauty of praise, and the work of God in the liturgy, all cornerstones of our Cistercian vocation. Mother Abbess Christiane Hansen from Seligenthal Abbey and Prof. P. Dr. Bernhard Vošicky from Heiligenkreuz Abbey gave presentations. In addition to shared prayer times and work sessions, the program included a meeting with the Lichtenthal Convent and a visit to the nearby Russian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ.
The main topic was "Nothing should be preferred to worship” (RB 43.3), the beauty of praise, and the work of God in the liturgy, all cornerstones of our Cistercian vocation. Mother Abbess Christiane Hansen from Seligenthal Abbey and Prof. P. Dr. Bernhard Vošicky from Heiligenkreuz Abbey gave presentations. In addition to shared prayer times and work sessions, the program included a meeting with the Lichtenthal Convent and a visit to the nearby Russian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ.