Trappist women
Trappist women are colloquially called the female members of the Trappist order, actually Cistercians of the strict observance (order abbreviation: OCSO). The Cistercian Sisters of the Stricter Observance are a monastic order , whose members live in papal enclosure . This contemplative way of life has its origin in the endeavor to turn life entirely to God. The Benedictine Rule change following the daily routine hours of prayer, lectio divina , and work. Organizationally, the Trappists are linked to one another under the joint direction of an Abbot General .
There are two Trappist monasteries in Germany. The older is the Maria Frieden Abbey near Dahlem (Northern Eifel) . The abbey was founded in 1952 by the monks from Mariawald Abbey and settled in 1953 by sisters from Konigsoord Abbey in the Netherlands . In 1971, the nuns of the Maria Frieden Abbey also settled the Egg Klause in Heiligenberg (Lake Constance district) . In 1984 the Gethsemani monastery was founded near Dannenfels on Donnersberg in the northern Palatinate by two Trappist women from the Maria Frieden Abbey .