The fall back man. How do i negotiate a heel const man bike rode hard shoulder i ride close to the hard shoulder until im over the top and the pressures off when i conquered the hill and the more i look around and admire the landscape the less efficient it is and less. Important the man on the bike is a monk and hes heading for plancks devon abbey in bavaria. Im abbott bader ive been head of the benedictine abbey of plancks deafness since 2010 so previously i was administered prior here. To. The. Area. That. Aura at slab ora pray and work thats the benedictine model plank staton abbey has an annual turnover of around 5000000. 00 euros. Added beda is like its c. E. O. Hes also the librarian responsible for some 120000 books they include his doctoral thesis on electing an abbot from a historical perspective. He never imagined he would one day become abbot himself when he wrote these lines. Its the richly endowed with eyes like the abbot has a 360 degree view in the spectrum of foresight there are both the people who are interested to him and everything in the monastery. So foresight also includes what is hidden from the eye and can only be grasped through intuition into it. Well thats the theory the reality looks a bit different these days so up time its being out it is no fun its kind for here to this if you constantly have to deal with some conflict or stupid issue came into the thinking as this. Is a. Then i think to myself is well there are things you can do well as happened but there are also a lot of issues where i think oh no those are things that. Im meeting with the guest house staff. With these corona rules we just have to play trial and error. Somethings always changing as were using the ventilation strategy that means the doors and windows in the dining room are open but then people get up and close them because theres a draft. They could also leave their dishes in the farmhouse room and go up the new stairs thats another possibility. Because we can establish an alternative route but whether people use it or not is out of our hands. So there has to be one staircase leading down and another leading up to its home of the lawn for the well at least we have a plan for what we should do if it gets really bad and gunshy a bit so you can are this team not hard from the 12 monks there are some 120 lay people employed at the abbey otherwise it couldnt function of course cut my names copy and im the manager of the guest house a Conference Center. Organizes more than 15000 overnight stays annually qualified Hotel Manager previously worked in normal hotels shes been at plank step and for 10 years now very tough people have the work is the same whether its in a monastery a guest house or a hotel its no worse and no better and no more or less strenuous. When things get busy and hop also helps out serving food. The abbey operates like a family business. In gifting halls there are no distractions in a guest house no telephones new radio cell phones of course but no television no radio and so the guests make a conscious choice. To imagine this a must as a fresh from our garden but up its a cant. Usually the monks eat in their refectory in the cloistered area where outsiders are not allowed. If they want to eat with this it hers they have to come to the guest house dining room and the meeting places to come in. All the food is organically produced and from the region most of it was cultivated by the monks themselves home grown vegetables and meat from healthily fed animals its a source of pride in plant staton. Here for example until i became an apprentice at 16 i didnt care what kind of meat was suddenly front of me or of was how the animal had lived or where the meat came from the gulf and get out how much pesticide the grain and everything was covered with right to do should control but its why i decided to work here richard the farmer often comes by and then he asks do you need potatoes or do you need fruit for obama you dont have to ship everything halfway around the world so that food is cheap thats my opinion any way myself. In addition to running a guest house and Conference Center the monks also grow crops and keep animals. The abbey owns 350. 00 hectares of land some of it is pasture some arable the rest forest plunks thetan is known for its organic produce. That it is the at. The end of the of. The abbey is down in the valley a road through the forest leads uphill to the farmland. They need to create green as cost get us if i give the cows green grass which they like then im also happy its a pleasure to keep animals thats at least as it is for me but theyre also gods creatures that was that and when theyre grateful for something good to eat i feel one with god i feel fulfilled and happy friedan bleakly. Hello im brother richard im the economist and i manage the brunt of it all. When you. Really are focusing in on what. These are not dairy cows in plunk staton cattle to the monks that all the animals are treated humanely and have everything they need even if theyre destined for slaughter. Benedictine monks have an obligation to pray together 5 times a day but brother richard has his own Little Chapel for when he cant get away from the farm. The talk of the day is structured so that prayer sustains the work but in practice the work becomes prayer the goal is not work but prayer always and finding fulfillment in god. Thats really iseman here as monks were supposed to set an example. We give laypeople a space where they can relax mentally emotionally and physically be de niro talking then they go back to their everyday lives so what uses we monks provide this for them it was meant. This monk also works hard so that guests feel well cared for his job involves getting up at half past 11 at night 6 days a week. Im brother boney fox yes and i run the bakery where. Brother boney has been master baker here for 30 years and his sauerkraut bread has won prizes hundreds of loaves and bread rolls are baked here every night. I sleep when i have time in the mornings when i finished work usually until noon around 2 or 3 hours and then again in the evening. Benedictine monastery are selfsupporting they dont receive any money from the diocese producing organic food isnt just idealism it also has to be profitable. This kind of a long think. Its not a romantic life where you make a little bread and then slaughter a few pigs the next day because its a fun. Little pushes this is thats not what its about creative mind of course so many of my customers say its lovely that we do everything ourselves from the earth to the bread this is it and well sort it out on the hunt people appreciate that. Our businesses give us an income ard from them most people its our livelihood. This is. St benedicts rule says guests must always be welcomed as if they were christ himself. Many visitors also call at the abbey shop. Everything here is homegrown or homemade. Its a good place to buy a souvenir. In addition the monks supply for 30 organic food stores they also sell their produce at weekly markets in the region like here in allen and some 90 kilometers from the abbey today abba data has stopped by. Hello how are things everythings great. The meatloaf the m. M. Bread is sold out we could sell Something Else hope is the planted bread is terrific sensational yes its sensational. Avick bedo was born here in alan and this brief visit is also an opportunity to see his parents. He always wanted to do some kind of social work then he decided to become a monk for me that came as a real blow to me it wasnt easy for me. As well i wanted im far from it and decide but hes done well so far i did start off im proud of him now really proud of him because when you this is my work by hand. I sow the abbotts robes for him for all the monks. The. The area right. Here the st benedicts ruled that his monks should come together for prayer 5 times a day but its seldom that all 12 brothers can assemble in plank stack navvy their busy lives make it impossible for me to sit. Yeah. Oh oh oh yeah. Yeah. Youre. The crypt underneath the abbey church is a special place one of the monks shows us around. My im father christophe heinzman. I teach religion at 4 state schools. Want to be here in the monastery i am responsible for the orthodox ecumenism with a focus on the liturgy here in this Beautiful Church and to keep him. From his distinct image here i need to me this is have an instant in him and i call him as a window on heaven conan the saints gaze down at us through the icon i see above all the most holy mother of god the virgin mary but all other saints as well its a visualize ation of the saints who are already made perfect and. He prays here every day for the deceased monks. That he will also be buried in this wall someday is a beautiful prospect for him to to what he says. Is not the right word for what we experience is the withering away from this world a process of being born into the fullness of life where christ the lord will meet us because thats something beautiful we. Should sign more than we dont have anyone a rising to my right. Up in the guest house god is handing over to brother patrick for the weekend. Still theres a misprint in the newspaper it says mass is it 1015 from ft and if someone calls its 9 oclock theres no mass at 1015. My name is father im brother patrick and im the porter at planks that is closest blanket and it was certainly thank you it was you to. Clang stead nattie brother patrick hello the porters job is to act as a communication channel between the monastery and the outside world. Oh so. His family wish him happy birthday although monks dont celebrate their birthdays religious feasts are more important. Also your. Own people think life must be perfect in a monastery as that we stroll in silence through the cloisters all day of the fall while those times are over if they ever existed among so many people think a monastery is an ideal world. Of but we are just ordinary human beings but different and so ill put it this way. With any group of men theres always going to be friction. Although there is a lack of newcomers plunks death is investing in the future a crane towers over the abbey church and the green tarpaulin conceals a new guest house. Currently our house of straw is our greatest innovation. Is from our own forest and the straw is a renewable raw material derived from our own organic agriculture thats how we came up with the idea for the new building. With straw you know itll probably be the largest building using wooden straw in the whole of southern germany still holds to the house with. No. Like at home on my parents farm the straw tasted just like this childhood memories its been for im brother andreas here in the monastery im the seller responsible for the finances. Im the abbes Business Manager and sort of to solution to that even. The estimated building costs are 6000000. 00 euros although most of the Raw Materials are produced on the estate it about every beam is a tree concept all the temper comes from our own forest for the ticket brother richard had the trees felled and the timber cut in the sawmill last the great thing is that it is bound c o 2 which means that the c o 2 in this wood is taken out of the atmosphere for the next 100 years or even longer thats active climate protection. Act 2 for commercial its. A guest house that also stores c o 2. Brother andrew as his hobby is beekeeping which has a long tradition in monasteries. To him closer to him in the sense im a good beekeeper checks on his bees at least once a week from today im doing just a quick check to see if there are any irregularities around the entrance so seen since. To send it but this is a brood comb and you can see the brood areas like this i hold it up to the light to see the fresh brewed that has not yet been kept that way i know that a queen is on a boar that is. To be in the midst and get it in from the bees with the yellow feet are actually still finding pollen in the poignance them theyll get through the winter and shuffled into seizure. The prayer and work that earths us i think we benedictines dont take off that easily and i think thats a good spirituality. This is the 3rd method could also floyd it fills me with joy to know that for 25 years you are Monastic Community here in plancks that has been doing Everything Possible to protect the environment to live in harmony with gods creations. Income with. The bees are more than just a hobby as well as providing honey they pollinate the vegetable plants and the fruit trees the apple trees for instance where brother richard is working. To 456. The best apples are sold directly. And there are all the same. But most of the harvest is immediately processed the monks produce 60000 liters of apple juice annually all of it in organic quality for over 20 years now it was a tough decision organic farming is more expensive and more labor intensive. But Climate Change cant be ignored and the monks are committed to sustainable farming. Is the core meaning of our of our poverty is that nothing belongs to us. I dont own a book of heroes i dont own a tree so it is i dont turn the car and i dont own the bike either be violent to me or my uses so i take good care of them. And the more we also take care of the land which doesnt belong to brother reshad or brother or to abbottabad. This has been entrusted to the community and we take care of it. A hiking trail begins and ends at the monastery. Abbot beta and the local mayor came up with the idea the town maintains the path at the beta provides the spiritual input. Quotations from st benedict to stimulate the hikers thoughts. Been hooked on through hiking has a lot to do with letting go of places starting out moving on starting out moving on a whole lifes like that and leave. Us a little peace and quiet in the busy every day life of the monks. But theres a Business Concept here too. The past connects the abbey with the medieval town of bashing. So it brings tourists from one place to the other the town and monastery are closely linked economically and spiritually the hiking trail isnt the only link between avid data and mayor eyes and. Backing also supports the abbey financially for instance with renovation costs. To schools the abbey is the intellectual and Spiritual Center of the region not just the town but the whole region i like to say its not just a monastery its our planks that mammy and circles are blank but. At the thanksgiving Service Everything is a bit different this year. Instead of holy water theres disinfectant spray at the entrance. Usually the church is bursting at the seams but due to the coronavirus social distancing must be adhered to this year. Used by as a god is with us we trust in his presence knowing that eventually well understand. Their needs and he will enlighten us on how to continue and it will be a new path to since its already happened countless times we have to be open we should always make plans with this in mind ill make a plan but also leave room for god of missions. The threat of corona has played havoc with the guest house business. But up on the farm this years harvest has been good. One more reason to thank god on this day. All d obey all the way i. Told. A ball. Oh. Good. Hes quite as simple as that 6. To understand the world better we need to take a closer. Experience knowledge tomorrow just. Exploring the range and. Jellies most Long Distance hiking trail. Its going to be exhausting it may be my shoes it will look like this. Is it then style 170 kilometer trail unspoilt nature chicken. In 60 minutes w. What are people knocking for coming. There are many answers. There are many reasons. And there are many alternatives. To make up your own mind. D. W. Make for minds. We know this is a scary time for of course the coronavirus is changing the world changing. So please take care of yourself a good distance and wash your hands if you can stay at home we do w. Me for here for you were all working tirelessly to keep you informed on over problems were all in this together and together and well make it through. The state usage of the bill and stacy the stairs that lead stay safe increased use to say. It. Played. Last. 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