The spiritual meets the secular
The European Cistercians in Kamp Monastery
Foto: Geistliches und Kulturelles Zentrum Kloster Kamp
Kamp Monastery, the first Cistercian monastery in Germany, was built in 1123. The cultural and spiritual centre on the Lower Rhine later gave rise to countless subsidiary monasteries in the whole of Europe. In late summer 2010 Kamp Monastery will be welcoming the return of its great-grandchildren.
True, monks have not been living in Kamp-Lintfort for a long time now, but between the 17th and 19th September 2010 monastic culture will be returning to the town on the western edge of the Ruhr Metropolis. Following an invitation from the "European Meeting Place Kamp Monastery" nuns and monks from a number of different Cistercian communities from all over Europe will be meeting up in the town. They will be giving people the opportunity to get an insight into their everyday lives and the rules and values that have to be followed behind monastery walls. People will have an opportunity to hear how much these values infl uence today’s politics when the nuns and monks meet up with German and European members of Parliament to discuss politics and religion and exchange ideas and opinions. Any guests who are interested in the centuries old religious culture of the Cistercians can then attend Vespers (evening prayers), and be given a current impression of the monks and nuns "between yesterday, today and tomorrow". The Cistercian meeting will come to an end in peace and harmony with a Gregorian concert by the ensemble officium.
Event:
September 17 - 19, 2010: Kloster Kamp / Kamp Lintfort
Project:
Petra Niemöller, Leiterin des Kulturbüros der Stadt Kamp-Lintfort (D)
Partner:
Europäische Begegnungsstätte Kloster Kamp e. V. / Mönche und Nonnen aus Zisterzienserklöstern in Belgien, Frankreich, Italien, Österreich, der Schweiz, den Niederlanden, Polen und Tschechien