Communität Casteller Ring (CCR) is a
Religious order for women in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (german: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern) is a Lutheran member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the German state of Bavaria.
The seat of the church is in Munich. The '' Landesbischo ...
.
CCR emerged shortly after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
from the
Bavaria
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n
Girl Guide
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Movement
Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen. The Religious community lives in the spirit of the
Rule of St Benedict. The mother house is in
Schwanberg. From 1996 until Easter 2011, sisters of the Casteller Ring staffed
St. Augustine's Monastery in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
, where
Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
lived as a monk.
[Jungbauer, Walter (2010]
Schwestern vom Casteller Ring verlassen Erfurt
Retrieved 27 May 2017.
CCR also has
oblates and circle of friends.
References
External links
Geistliches Zentrum Schwanberg
Communität Casteller Ring im Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt
St Augustine's Evangelical Monastery in Erfurt
Lutheran orders and societies
Orders following the Rule of Saint Benedict
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