One of the most famous clergymen of Austria has succumbed to cancer on Easter Sunday. Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck, ex-abbot of the Cistercian Abbey Heiligenkreuz, died at the age of 82. Under the financing of Henckel-Donnersmarck, the religious brothers had celebrated the worldwide success with the CD series “Chant” in the 2000S.
It is “a sign that he was chosen in the abbot on his baptism and on the evening of Easter Sunday – according to his motto, the Lord has really risen,” said the pen according to Kathpress.
Flight from Silesia
Hengel-Donnersmarck, born on January 16, 1943 in Breslau (Polish: Wrocław), had to flee from Silesia after the Second World War, later studied at the World Service University in Vienna and became manager at the Freight Forwarding Company Scherker & Co. In 1977 in 1977 he joined the Lower Aabbey Cross in 1977, where he received the order name Gregor. In 1982 he was ordained a priest.
After stations in Rein near Graz, in Rome and as national director of Missio Austria (papal missionary Austria), Henckel-Donnersmarck was elected 67th abbot of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the Vienna Wald.
With “Singing” for the success of the world
A visit from Pope Benedict XVI came in his term, among other things. In Saintskreuz, the survey of Saintskreuz University of Applied Sciences in 1802 to a papstliches from the University of Applied Sciences and the promotion of the Gregorian Chorale with the world success of the CD series “Channel” published by the Saintskreuz monks.
The altar died in the circle of brothers after receiving the sacraments and the death equipment. Details about the funerals must still be announced.
Source: Krone
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