Earlier version, Friday 18 September
Simeon Wester becomes administrator of Zisterzienserstift Heiligenkreuz
Religious Orders
Pater Simeon Wester becomes Administrator of Zisterzienserstift Heiligenkreuz
First source report
Pater Simeon Wester has been elected administrator of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria. The 61-year-old monk was chosen by the 84 voting monks of the Cistercian monastery on Thursday, according to the Austrian news agency Kathpress.
Wester will lead the abbey for the next three years. He succeeds Abbot Maximilian Heim, who resigned from his position on Monday. The monastery will not elect a new abbot until the end of this three-year period.
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- Reporting@DieTagespostKloster Heiligenkreuz unter neuer Führung
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- ReportingAdministrator statt Abt / Zisterzienserstift Heiligenkreuz wählt neue Leitung
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- Sep 17, 5:45 AM Die Tagespost Deutsch Kloster Heiligenkreuz unter neuer Führung
- Sep 17, 8:49 AM DOMRADIO.DE Deutsch Administrator statt Abt / Zisterzienserstift Heiligenkreuz wählt neue Leitung
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