Communität Casteller Ring
Communität Casteller Ring (CCR) is a Religious order for women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.[1]
The order was founded by Christel Schmid (1892-1970);[2] during World War II, she and seven young Christian women formed a group of Christian Girl Guides and this group was formalised in 1946. CCR emerged shortly after the war from the Bavarian Girl Guide Movement Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen. [3] Mater Schmid led the order until 1969, when Maria Scholasika Pfister CCR took on the role.[2]
In 2025, the prioress is Sr. Ursula Teresa Buske.[4]
The Religious community lives in the spirit of the Rule of St Benedict. The mother house is in Schwanberg.[3] From 1996 until Easter 2011, sisters of the Casteller Ring staffed St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt, where Martin Luther lived as a monk.[5] The order has close links to the Münsterschwarzach Abbey.[2]
In 2025, the order runs Schwanberg Spiritual Center which includes a convent, three guest houses and a café; guests are offered spiritual guidance and courses in liturgical singing, psalms, Bible study, meditation, grief counselling and music therapy.[2]
In 2025, there are 38 sisters living with poverty, chastity, obedience and the Benedictine Rule.[3]
CCR also has oblates and circle of friends.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ora et labora et lege". Kloster-Schwanberg. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Riedl-Valder, Christine. "Communität Casteller Ring in Schloss Schwanberg". HDBG. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c Harmsen, Rieke C. (March 15, 2015). "Castlellar Ring Community". Sonntaggsblatt. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "Monastic offices". Kloster-Schwanberg. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
- ^ Jungbauer, Walter (2010) Schwestern vom Casteller Ring verlassen Erfurt Retrieved 27 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Geistliches Zentrum Schwanberg (in German)
- Communität Casteller Ring im Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt (in German)
- St Augustine's Evangelical Monastery in Erfurt (in English)
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