Wimmer Wednesday. The dream of Boniface Wimmer becomes a plan. “Shortly before Easter 1845 – he was surprised by the visit of a man, who could, like none other, strengthen his interest in the mission life. Not only that, but with lively imagination and a strange, attractive persuasiveness, he explained Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. The impetus for Boniface Wimmer’s missionary work. “Dr. Salzbacher, Chancellor at the Cathedral of Vienna and board member of the Leopoldine Foundation, whose purpose is the support of foreign missions, undertook a tour through North America in the year 1842. After his return, he published the observations he Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. Young Boniface Wimmer learns something valuable. “At Metten, Father Boniface had received the living tradition of the Benedictine Order as a precious inheritance from the venerable seniors, Father Roman Raith and Father Ildephons Nebauer. In the process of re-organizing anew the Abbeys of St. Stephan in Augsburg and Read more
Wimmer Wednesday. Young Boniface Wimmer goes to Augsburg. “Secretary of State Wallerstein, who had all the power in his hands in Bavaria at that time, wanted to found a monastery based on his ideas, to which all other Benedictine monasteries of Bavaria were to be subject. For this purpose, he Read more