Altabt Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck died-Diepresse.com
As the Heiligenkreuz Abbey reports on its website, it died on the evening of Easter Sunday as a result of cancer.
Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck, altar of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, died at the age of 82. The pen reports on its website. He had suffered from cancer for a long time.
The priest had an unusual biography, since he was a late -profession who initially made a career in the private sector as a manager at the Großfrucher Schenker before he chose the monastery life in 1977. He joined the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, was consecrated to the priest in 1982 and went through several stations, including as a prior in the Styrian Abbey and National Director of the Pontifical Missions’ in Austria.
Pope visit and CD
In 1999 he was finally elected to the Abbot of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Among other things, his successes included that the Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences was raised to a University of Applied Sciences. Pope Benedict XVI. became a name and attended the 2007 monastery. The pen also reached great popularity in 2008 when the monks published a CD with Gregorian choral, which celebrated success worldwide. (EKO)
Info: www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org
