(kreuz.net, Monschau) The founding of a cloister of Pius X Benedictines at Reichenstein Manor in the city of Monschau in the Diocese of Aachen could "threaten the religious peace of our region," says Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff according to the Friday edition of the 'Aachen Zeitung".
Accordingly, the christian democratic Mayor of the 13,000 soul city Monschau, Margareta Ritter, says that the proposed planning considerations are as good as concluded.
The city has "decided according to legal considerations, not according to ideological". The Fraternity of St. Pius X can at the start of 2010 therefore begin the building of the Cloister according to its considerations.
At the beginning of the year, the city will leave the development association of the Cloister. Heretofore, the Benedictine Monks will care for the protection of a historical monument.
The SSPX bought the Cloister in 2007 and consecrated it in 2009.
The District Superior of the Society in Germany, Fr. Franz Schmidberger, informed the 'Aachen Times' that the date of opening is uncertain.
The exact plans are still to be worked out.
The Cloister requires significant renovations. They will also erect a Stations of the Cross.
That will require a "few years". The Society will invest a sum in "the seven digit area".
Just with financial considerations alone, the work will last some years.
The first "around six Monks" will be settled in the course of 2011.
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