Hildegard Brem

Maria Hildegard Brem OCist (* 2. March 1951 in Vienna as Renate Brem ) is an Austrian Cistercian and abbess of the Abbey Maria Star Gwiggen .

Life

Renate Brem attended elementary school in the Sacré Coeur in Vienna-Rennweg (1957–1961) and the higher boarding school of the Federal Government of Vienna in Vienna (1961–1969). From 1969 to 1974 she studied mathematics, philosophy, psychology, pedagogy and theology at the University of Vienna for teaching at secondary schools and final exams. In 1975 she was awarded a Magistra of Natural Sciences and in June 1977 with a dissertation in mathematics, positions of n circles with 2 different sizes in the unit circle became Dr. Phil. PhD . She taught at grammar schools in Vienna and Hollabrunn (1975–1977). In September 1977 she entered the Mariastern-Gwiggen Abbey in Hohenweiler . She concluded her novitiate (1978–1979) with temporary profession on May 13, 1979. She took the religious name Hildegard. From 1979 to 1982 she was a temporary professed sister. On May 31, 1982 she made her solemn profession. In December 1982 she was appointed novice master . In 1995 she became sub-priority. In 2002 she became prioress. She was elected abbess of the monastery on March 3, 2005. On April 23, 2005 the Benediction took place with its motto : Ausculta - Hear . She is a lecturer in Cistercian studies and a member of the Institute for Spiritual Theology and Religious Studies at the Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences . In 2017 she was awarded the Decoration of Honor of the State of Vorarlberg .

Fonts (selection)

• Aelred von Rievaulx , mirror of love (= texts of the Cistercian fathers. Volume 2). Eschenbach 1989, OCLC 887779217 .
• Aelred von Rievaulx, mirror of love (= Christian masters. Volume 37). Johannes-Verlag, Trier 1989, ISBN 3-89411-006-6 .
• In the joy of love. Gianna Beretta Molla (= Friends of the Lord. Volume 11). Salterrae, Maria Roggendorf 1998, ISBN 3-901297-10-3 .
  • In the joy of love. Gianna Beretta Molla (= Friends of the Lord. Volume 11). 2nd edition, Salterrae, Maria Roggendorf 2005, ISBN 3-901297-10-3 .
• with Alberich Martin Altermatt : unanimously in love. The earliest source texts from Cîteaux (= sources and studies on Cistercian literature. Volume 1). Bernardus-Verlag, Langwaden 1998, ISBN 3-910082-58-0 .
• with Alberich Martin Altermatt: innovation and renewal. Important source texts from the history of the Cistercian order from the 12th to the 17th century (= sources and studies on Cistercian literature . Volume 6). Bernardus-Verlag, Langwaden 2003, ISBN 3-934551-74-2 .
• Aelred von Rievaulx, seeds for meditation (= sources and studies on Cistercian literature. Volume 8). Bernardus-Verlag, Langwaden 2004, ISBN 3-937634-15-0 .
• Balduin von Ford , Sermones Brepols, Turnhout 2012, ISBN 978-2-503-54655-1 .
• Gertrud von Helfta , message of God's goodness I (books 1 and 2) . Be & Be, Heiligenkreuz 2014, ISBN 978-3-902694-57-7 .
• with Gerhard Winkler : pure gospel. The works of mercy . Bucher, Hohenems / Vienna / Vaduz 2014, ISBN 978-3-99018-275-8 .
• Gertrud von Helfta, Message of God's Goodness II (Book 3) . Be & Be, Heiligenkreuz 2015, ISBN 978-3-902694-62-1 .
• Gertrud von Helfta, Message of God's Goodness III (Book 4) . Be & Be, Heiligenkreuz 2016, ISBN 978-3-903118-06-5 .
• The Carta Caritatis . In: Cistercienser Chronik 126th vol. (2019), pp. 194–214.
• Second love? Spiritual life turns . Bernardus-Verlag, Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8107-0231-9 .

Web links

• Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences
• orden-online.de
• montagsforum.at