Stift Heiligenkreuz/Elisabeth Fürst/Solène Tadié
Every year on the Solemnity of the Assumption, a dozen monks take their perpetual or simple vows at the Heiligenkreuz (‘Holy Cross’) Abbey.
The oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world has remained unaffected by the vocation crisis in the West, relying on an alliance between its ancestral religious traditions and an openness to today’s world and challenges.