Catholic Conclave

Proposals for the positive development of the community delivered By decree of 5 June 2025, the Dicastery of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life ordered an Apostolic Visitation of Heiligenkreuz Abbey and appointed Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder OSB and Sister Christine Rod MC as visitors. Following in-depth discussions with 90 monks and numerous external individuals, the visitation concludes today. The Abbot President of the Austrian Cistercian Congregation, Abbot Pius Maurer OCist, today presented the Dicastery's letter to the monks of Heiligenkreuz during a chapter meeting of the abbey. Visitor Sister Christine Rod MC addressed initial questions from the monks and explained the findings of the visitation. Abbot Primate Jeremias and Sister Christine Rod will discuss the results of the visitation in more detail with the community at a later date. In the coming months and years, the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey will engage intensively with the instruction...