Regina Mundi Cistercian Abbey

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The Cistercian Abbey of Regina Mundi is since 1945 Hungarian monastery of Cistercian nuns first in Nagyesztergár, 1950 in Érd in Budapest .

history

Father Emil Naszályi (* December 15, 1910 - † November 7, 2002), Cistercian monk of the Zirc monastery , was appointed by Abbot Vendel Endrédy on August 20, 1944 as sole responsible for the establishment of a Cistercian community. The postulants, who were accepted on September 8, 1944, were constituted as a convent by József Mindszenty , Bishop of Veszprém and later cardinal, on September 29, 1945 in Nagyesztergár (not far from Zirc ). The dressing up took place on December 16, 1945. The 19-year-old Gemma (Gabriella) Punk (born March 31, 1927) was elected prioress in 1946.

When the community was dissolved by the communist state in 1950, it went underground and lived in Érd and Budapest in a scattered form. In 1965 she achieved legal admission to the Cistercian order and direct subordination to the superiors general. On December 15, 1971, Prioress Gemma was ordained abbess in Pannonhalma Monastery . As a result, the community was tolerated by the state. In 1989 the monastery was officially elevated to an abbey. A church and monastery buildings were built in Érd (inauguration on September 11, 1993). In 2016, Abbess Gemma Punk (honorary citizen of the city of Érd since 2008) celebrated her 70th anniversary as a superior at the age of 89.

literature

  • Brother Kovacs: Regina Mundi. Monastère hongrois de soeurs cisterciennes . In: Liens cisterciens 16, 2009, pp. 40-48.
  • P. Emil Naszályi OCist. On the 10th anniversary of death. From the Cistercian Sisters of the Regina Mundi Abbey . In: Cistercienser Chronik 120, 2013, pp. 317-324.
  • Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 1097.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elenchus Monasteriorum Ordinis Cisterciensis (Directory of the Monasteries of the Cistercian Order), edition of May 28, 2018, p. 65.

Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '50.8 "  N , 18 ° 55' 32.6"  E