Stift Heiligenkreuz: Abbot Maximilian Heim Resigns
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The Holy Cross Abbot Maximilian Heim (65) resigns after 16 years at the head of the monastic community and becomes his office "in younger hands ...
65-year-old has held the position since 2011. He wants to return to pastoral care and work as a theologian.
The 65-year-old Maximilian Heim has decided: he no longer wants to run the Cistercian monastery in the Vienna Forest. Most recently, there has been an investigation of the state authorities and the Vatican at the initiative of the Pope due to the accusation of maladministration in "his" abbey.
Abbot Maximilian Heim will step down from his post at the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz in Austria on September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, after fifteen years leading one of the country's largest and fastest-growing monastic communities. Instead of immediately electing their 69th abbot, the monks will, after consulting with the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, choose an adm…
On today's Solemnity of St. Benedict the Father of the Order, Abbot Maximilian Heim OCist has announced that he would like to place his office in younger hands after two periods of office at the Exaltation of the Cross, on 14 September 2026. After 16 years as abbot, he will return to pastoral care. HEILIGENKREEUZ. After 16 challenging years and after 30 years of service as abbot, prior and novice master and abbot of the Austrian Cistercian Congr…
The 65-year-old has held the position since 2011. He wants to return to pastoral care and work as a theologian
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