Swiss Benedictine Congregation
The Swiss Benedictine Congregation (also: Swiss Benedictine Congregation ; lat. Congregatio Helvetica Ordinis Sancti Benedicti ) is a monastic association of monasteries , an association of independent Benedictine monasteries ; it was founded in 1602 at the instigation of the abbot of Einsiedeln Augustin Hofmann and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII . It is part of the Benedictine Confederation .
Members
- Disentis Abbey
- Einsiedeln Abbey
- Engelberg Abbey
- Fischingen Priory
- Mariastein Abbey
- Marienberg Abbey , Burgeis (municipality of Mals, South Tyrol)
- Muri-Gries Abbey , Gries-Quirein (district of Bozen, South Tyrol)
Abbot President of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation
- Heinrich Schmid, 1846–1874 (Einsiedeln)
- Basil Oberholzer, 1875–1895 (Einsiedeln)
- Columban Brugger, 1896–1905 (Einsiedeln)
- Thomas Bossart, 1905–1923 (Einsiedeln)
- Ignatius Staub , 1924–1947 (Einsiedeln)
- Benno Gut , 1947–1959 (Einsiedeln)
- Basilius Niederberger , 1960–1967 (Mariastein)
- Leonhard Bösch, 1967–1979 (Engelberg)
- Dominikus Löpfe , 1979–1991 (Muri-Gries)
- Pankraz Winiker , 1991–1997 (Disentis)
- Benno Malfèr , 1997–2015 (Muri-Gries)
- Christian Meyer , since 2015 (Engelberg)
literature
- Lukas Schenker: The Swiss Benedictine Congregation . In: Ulrich Faust, Franz Quarthal (edit.): The Reform Associations and Congregations of the Benedictines in the German-speaking area. EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 1999 ( Germania Benedictina . 1), pp. 433-476.
- Lukas Schenker: Benedictine Communities in Switzerland. 400 years of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation 1602–2002. Cavelti, Gossau 2002, ISBN 3-85603-035-2 .
- Bruno Rieder OSB: Formation - Ideas, Institutions, Experiences: Joint novitiate formation in Switzerland . In: Erbe und Einsatz, Volume 96 (2020), pp. 167–169.
Web links
- Entry to Swiss Benedictine Congregation on order online
- Information on the website of the Confoederatio Benedictina