New Children's Rosary at Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

We are excited to announce the formation of a new Children's Rosary at Stift Heiligenkreuz. Translated from German this means Holy Cross Abbey. It is the oldest continuously active Cistercian monastery in the world. The name of the abbey originates from a relic of the True Cross which was donated in 1188. This abbey is approximately 18 miles from Vienna. 

The first meeting of the Children's Rosary at Stift Heiligenkreuz was January 21 the feast of St Agnes. Pater Leo Maria de Andrés Brunete O.Cist. sent us a picture from their third meeting on March 25, 2026. 

We had the blessing to stay at Stift Heiligenkreuz in 2022. It has long been a hope that a Children's Rosary could begin there. 

Children's Rosary in Burgenland, Austria

The pictures included in this post are from the February 26, 2026 meeting of the Children's Rosary in Burgenland, Austria. This group is part of a school and every other month they meet in the school and on the alternating month they pray in the parish which is adjacent to the school. This is the Parish Church of Deutsch Tschantschendorf, Burgenland in Austria. The children pray in German. 

Greetings from Heiligenkreuz, Austria

We arrived on Monday evening at Heiligenkreuz which is a Cistercian Monastery about 15 minutes by car outside of Vienna. We arrived in time to join the monks for Compline and later the Rosary prayed before the Blessed Sacrament. This was my first time praying the Rosary in German. 

The days have been full of prayer and also meeting people at the Monastery and the attached seminary. We are working on multiple efforts to help spread the Children's Rosary in Germany speaking countries. Those we have met  at Heiligenkreuz and families from Vienna have been excited to hear of our initiative to help bring children to prayer. 

Please know you have been included in our prayers. The property is very beautiful. We share some of the beauty we have seen. We are staying within the Monastery and participating in the prayers said by the monks throughout the day. We will be continuing our journey to Scotland on Friday.