Sisterhood of Christ Bearers

Sisterhood of Christ Bearers describes an evangelical community in ecumenical openness based in Bensheim (Hesse). The religious lifestyle includes celibacy for the sake of the kingdom of God, community of property and mature obedience.

history

Spiritual awakenings at the beginning of the 1960s gave rise to a binding community in Bensheim- Auerbach. In 1961, an independent sisterhood and brotherhood were formed. There are currently four sister houses in Germany with different common tasks. The order-like community without costume currently includes 43 sisters (as of 2014). Her leitmotif is "Carried by Christ - Carrying Christ".

Individual sisters work outside in their professions. Each community of sisters shapes their “monastic family life” according to their services and their environment.

spirituality

Each of the ten sister communities at home and abroad has the character of a family. The Christ the Bearer Sisters want to learn to accept and forgive one another, to practice openness and trust and to share difficulties and joy with one another.

All sisters adhere to the following principles in their actions:

• essentially unity
• in the unessential freedom
• above all love ( In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas )

Each sister community organizes the daily routine according to their tasks and living conditions. The cornerstones are:

• daily common morning prayer,
• Prayer for the unity of the body of Christ and prayer for one another and
• spiritual end of the day.

Orphan service

In cooperation with the Christ Bearers, three sisters founded the Christusträger Orphan Service Association in June 1968, which is a member of the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church in Baden.

literature

• Thomas Dürr, Christoph Zehendner (Eds.): Thank God for fifty years: Experiences of Christ Carrier Sisters and Brothers - 50 Years of the Christ Carrier Community , Vier-Türme-Verlag , Münsterschwarzach 2011, ISBN 978-3-89680-506-5 .
• Veronika Huber: In the king's garden. Christ-bearing sisters . In: Anna-Maria from the Wiesche, Frank Lilie (ed.): Kloster auf Evangelisch. Reports from life together . Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 2016, ISBN 978-3-89680-904-9 , pp. 111–116.

See also

• Brotherhood of Christ Bearers

Web links

• Literature from and about the sisterhood of Christ Bearers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sisterhood of Christ Bearers - Website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christusträger Sisterhood ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , epd.de, accessed on July 26, 2015.  
2. ^ Sisterhood of Christ Bearers : Our History ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.christustraeger-schwestern.de, accessed on July 26, 2015. 
3. ↑ District administrator donates to Christusträger Sisterhood , swp.de, notification from December 14, 2012.
4. ↑ CTW: Geschichte , waisendienst.de, accessed on July 26, 2015.