The Order of Port Royal has one mission in the
United States, The Community of St.
Antony of the Desert. Dom Mark North
OPR, Dom Fidelis Holman OPR, Dom Nelson
Koscheski OPR and Dom Gregory Geis OPR are
the priests serving this mission. Dom Mark is
liason to ECUSA and serves as our spiritual
director in this country. He is a retired ECUSA
priest living in Buffalo, New York. Dom Nelson
serves as a missionary priest in the ECUSA
Diocese of Fort Worth [he is canonically
resident in the Diocese of Rwanda] and currently
serves as priest-in-charge at St. John's,
Brownwood, Texas. Dom Fidelis is a retired
ECUSA priest canonically resident in the
Diocese of Minnesota but serving part-time at
Church of the Good Shepherd in Tomball,
Texas. Dom Gregory, of Houston, serves as the
Order's Ecumenical Officer and Senior US
representative. He is a former Anglican priest
incardinated directly into the German Order and
is now under episcopal supervision of the
German Abbot. Our US priests are all under
supervision of bishops in communion with the
See of Canterbury. All priests serve the US
mission under the auspices of the German
Abbey of St. Severin's. The Community
functions as an ecumenical outreach of the
Order and exists to provide support for the
practice of contemplative Christianity and the
exercise of Cistercian spirituality. The US
mission is under the supervision of OPR Abbot
General Klaus Schlapps in Leinau Germany.
The Order of Port Royal does not have a
foundation in the United States though it is
currently developing a program for professed
clergy in this country. Those interested in
religious vocations should contact the Abbot
General in Germany. The Order's Abbot General,
+Dom Klaus Schlapps, serves at the Abbey of St.
Severin's in Leinau, Germany.
St. Severin's is a community of cloistered
monks and is the Order's principal
foundation. The monks of St. Severin's
operate the Kunstschule Allgau, a regional
fine arts college. You may read about their
work here. We have also created--and run--a
unique charitable project called Art Aid.
In Germany, the Order of Port Royal is a
ministry of the Catholic Diocese of the Old
Catholics in Germany whose bishop is
Bischof Joachim Vobbe. You may read about
our reception into the Catholic Diocese of the
Old Catholics in Germany here.
Our provincial Abbey in Germany has a small
Priory in Vintl, Italy. We also maintain
monastic chapels in Dresden, Kaufbeuren and
Buchsloe,Germany as well as supporting mission
work in Peru, Romania, Cameroon, and the
Ukraine.
We follow the Benedictine Rule and exercise
Cistercian spirituality with a special
apostolate for prayer and healing.
Though our provincial Abbey in Germany is
a religious community within the Catholic
Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany,
we fully support ecumenical relations among
Christians and hold this to be one of the marks
of true Catholicity. With other
members of the Union of Utrecht we support
and participate in the work of the World
Council of Churches. In English speaking
countries, under the Bonn Agreement, we have
a special relationship with Anglican churches in
communion with the See of Canterbury.
Ever faithful to the Rule of St. Benedict we
strive for loving relations with all Christians. If
our Lord could stretch out his arms on the
cross to all who might come, we believe that we
are called to gather all his children
around the altar. Correspondingly, our altars are
open to all--Catholic, Orthodox and
Protestant--who desire to feed on the true Bread
of Heaven.
"Is not the cup for which we give thanks a
participation in the blood of Christ? And is
not the bread that we break a participation in
the body of Christ? Because there is one
loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all
partake of the one loaf."
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
May the peace of God be always in your
heart...
+Abt Klaus Schlapps OPR
Dom Mark North OPR
Dom Gregory Geis OPR
Dom Fidelis Holman OPR
Don Nelson Koscheski OPR
"The glory of God is the human person fully
alive."
St. Irenaeus
United States, The Community of St.
Antony of the Desert. Dom Mark North
OPR, Dom Fidelis Holman OPR, Dom Nelson
Koscheski OPR and Dom Gregory Geis OPR are
the priests serving this mission. Dom Mark is
liason to ECUSA and serves as our spiritual
director in this country. He is a retired ECUSA
priest living in Buffalo, New York. Dom Nelson
serves as a missionary priest in the ECUSA
Diocese of Fort Worth [he is canonically
resident in the Diocese of Rwanda] and currently
serves as priest-in-charge at St. John's,
Brownwood, Texas. Dom Fidelis is a retired
ECUSA priest canonically resident in the
Diocese of Minnesota but serving part-time at
Church of the Good Shepherd in Tomball,
Texas. Dom Gregory, of Houston, serves as the
Order's Ecumenical Officer and Senior US
representative. He is a former Anglican priest
incardinated directly into the German Order and
is now under episcopal supervision of the
German Abbot. Our US priests are all under
supervision of bishops in communion with the
See of Canterbury. All priests serve the US
mission under the auspices of the German
Abbey of St. Severin's. The Community
functions as an ecumenical outreach of the
Order and exists to provide support for the
practice of contemplative Christianity and the
exercise of Cistercian spirituality. The US
mission is under the supervision of OPR Abbot
General Klaus Schlapps in Leinau Germany.
The Order of Port Royal does not have a
foundation in the United States though it is
currently developing a program for professed
clergy in this country. Those interested in
religious vocations should contact the Abbot
General in Germany. The Order's Abbot General,
+Dom Klaus Schlapps, serves at the Abbey of St.
Severin's in Leinau, Germany.
St. Severin's is a community of cloistered
monks and is the Order's principal
foundation. The monks of St. Severin's
operate the Kunstschule Allgau, a regional
fine arts college. You may read about their
work here. We have also created--and run--a
unique charitable project called Art Aid.
In Germany, the Order of Port Royal is a
ministry of the Catholic Diocese of the Old
Catholics in Germany whose bishop is
Bischof Joachim Vobbe. You may read about
our reception into the Catholic Diocese of the
Old Catholics in Germany here.
Our provincial Abbey in Germany has a small
Priory in Vintl, Italy. We also maintain
monastic chapels in Dresden, Kaufbeuren and
Buchsloe,Germany as well as supporting mission
work in Peru, Romania, Cameroon, and the
Ukraine.
We follow the Benedictine Rule and exercise
Cistercian spirituality with a special
apostolate for prayer and healing.
Though our provincial Abbey in Germany is
a religious community within the Catholic
Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany,
we fully support ecumenical relations among
Christians and hold this to be one of the marks
of true Catholicity. With other
members of the Union of Utrecht we support
and participate in the work of the World
Council of Churches. In English speaking
countries, under the Bonn Agreement, we have
a special relationship with Anglican churches in
communion with the See of Canterbury.
Ever faithful to the Rule of St. Benedict we
strive for loving relations with all Christians. If
our Lord could stretch out his arms on the
cross to all who might come, we believe that we
are called to gather all his children
around the altar. Correspondingly, our altars are
open to all--Catholic, Orthodox and
Protestant--who desire to feed on the true Bread
of Heaven.
"Is not the cup for which we give thanks a
participation in the blood of Christ? And is
not the bread that we break a participation in
the body of Christ? Because there is one
loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all
partake of the one loaf."
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
May the peace of God be always in your
heart...
+Abt Klaus Schlapps OPR
Dom Mark North OPR
Dom Gregory Geis OPR
Dom Fidelis Holman OPR
Don Nelson Koscheski OPR
"The glory of God is the human person fully
alive."
St. Irenaeus
Dom Gregory Geis OPR
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For I am sure that no man asketh mercy
and grace with true meaning but if mercy
and grace be first given him.
--Julian of Norwich
Be consoled, you would not seek me had
you not already found me.
--Blaise Pascal
and grace with true meaning but if mercy
and grace be first given him.
--Julian of Norwich
Be consoled, you would not seek me had
you not already found me.
--Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
| Dom Mark North OPR |
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Brotherhood of St. Michael: The OPR in Cameroon
Union of Utrecht
Cistercian Home Page
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| The Order of Port Royal in the United States |
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
+Dom Klaus Schlapps
OPR, Abbot General
OPR, Abbot General
Dom Fidelis Holman OPR
| Die Mönche des Klosters (v.l. Br. Georg, Br. Gregor, P. Klaus, P. Michael und Br. Johannes. Im Vordergrund eine Wohltäterin aus dem Freundeskreis der Abtei) |
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Email: dom@fidelis-mail.com
Dom Nelson Koscheski OPR
| Sr. Alberta aus Südtirol, Sr. Monica aus Kaufbeuren und Abt Klaus. |
| Abt Klaus mit P. Hubertus-Michael aus Dresden, Prof. Eßer aus Bonn und Alt-Abt Peter aus Korschenbroich. |
| Bischof Joachim in der Abtei St. Severin am 25.09.2004 |
| Unterzeichnung der Urkunden in der Abtei St. Severin am 24.09.2004. Der Ordensobere Abt Klaus OPR und Bischof Joachim Vobbe besiegeln die Aufnahme des "Orden von Port Royal" und der "Ökumenischen Zisterzienser-Abtei St. Severin" in das katholische Bistum der Alt-Katholiken in Deutschland zusätzlich mit Handschlag. |
Bischof Joachim aus Bonn mit P. Michael
