Maximilian Fürnsinn

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Provost Maximilian Fürnsinn (2006)

Maximilian J. Fürnsinn CanReg (born May 5, 1940 in Herzogenburg , Lower Austria ) is a Roman Catholic religious . From 1979 to 2019 he was the 68th provost of Herzogenburg Abbey .

Life

Maximilian Fürnsinn, the son of a butcher family , also learned his parents' profession for the time being, although his desire to become a priest already existed in elementary school. He worked for three years in his father's company as the third best in the journeyman's examination in Lower Austria. He graduated from high school in Horn and then entered Herzogenburg Abbey. He studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the religious college in Klosterneuburg and in Vienna and was ordained a priest in 1972 .

At the Herzogenburg Abbey he initially worked as a chaplain, novice master and building authority director. In 1979 he was elected 68th provost and 17th Lateranian abbot in Herzogenburg. The Benediction donated to him by the Bishop of St. Pölten Franz Žak . His motto is Christ, qui habitat in nobis ("Christ who dwells in us"). In 1989, 1999 and 2009 he was re-elected for ten years.

From 1981 to 2008 he was chairman of the Lower Austrian Abbots' Conference and chairman of the Order Conference of the Diocese of St. Pölten . From 1998 to 2013 he was also chairman of the Austrian Superior Conference of Men's Orders .

Fürnsinn was invested in Graz on June 22, 1991 as a Grand Officer in the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . Since 1990 he has been the prior for the Commandery St. Pölten. From 1996 to 2008 Maximilian Fürnsinn was Grand Prior of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, from October 2008 Grand Prior emeritus and from 2009 Honorary Grand Prior. He is also an honorary member of the KAV Danubia Wien-Korneuburg, the K.Ö.HV Nordgau Wien and the KAV Norica Wien in the ÖCV as well as the KAV Capitolina zu Rom in the CV and the K.Ö.St.V. Vindobona II in the MKV .

On April 9, 2019, Petrus Stockinger was elected as successor to Fürnsinn as the 69th provost of Herzogenburg Abbey.

honors and awards

Fonts

  • Live with all your heart with Veronica-Maria Schwed . Thoughts on Maria , Molden 2007, ISBN 3-8548-5203-7
  • with Ulrich Mauterer: Augustiner-Chorherrenstift Herzogenburg , Residenz-Verlag 2008, ISBN 3-7017-3004-0
  • with Christiane Scholler: Living, simply living: A search for traces , Styria Premium 2012, ISBN 3-2221-3362-X

literature

  • Augustinian Canons of Herzogenburg (Ulrich Mauterer): Does God live in us ?! Search and trials. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of Provost Maximilian Fürnsinn's office. Augustinian Canon Monastery Herzogenburg 2004, 443 pages.

Web links

Commons : Maximilian Fürnsinn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Clemens Moritz CanReg Provost of Herzogenburg
Monastery 1979–2019 		Petrus Stockinger
Alois Stöger OPraem Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Grand Prior of the Austrian Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
1996-2008 		Alois Kothgasser

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Provost Maximilian Fürnsinn says goodbye after 15 years as chairman of the Superior Conference , Religious Organizations Austria, November 7, 2013, accessed on June 2, 2017
  2. ↑ MKV OnlineGV - Login. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Orf.at: Petrus Stockinger new provost in Herzogenburg . Article dated April 9, 2019, accessed April 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  5. ↑ Minister of Culture Claudia Schmied presents Medal for Monument Protection to Provost Maximilian Fürnsinn , OTS, June 9, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Foolishness, Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fürnsinn, Josef (maiden name); Fürnsinn CanReg, Maximilian (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chaplain, provost of the Herzogenburg monastery
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenburg , Lower Austria