{"id":39130,"date":"2026-01-25T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/?p=39130"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:23:25","slug":"election-day-abbot-gerhard-hafner-osb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/en\/blog\/wahltag-abt-gerhard-hafner-osb\/","title":{"rendered":"Election day of Abbot Gerhard Hafner OSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"firepress-section firepress-text-bild sa-scope sa-ground sa-ground--white firepress-section--band firepress-section--background-white firepress-text-bild--right\" data-firepress-lightbox-group>\n\t<div class=\"sa-container firepress-text-bild__grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"firepress-text-bild__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sa-prose firepress-text-bild__body\"><h2 class=\"heading-m line line-above line--gold\">Wahltag des Abtes: ein Tag des Dankes f\u00fcr sein segensreiches Wirken<\/h2>\n\n<p>On <strong>25 January <\/strong>the election day of our Most Reverend Abbot was celebrated during the church service. Since the year 2017 <strong>Abbot Mag. Gerhard Hafner OSB<\/strong> Admont Benedictine Abbey and has characterised the spiritual and communal life of our house ever since.<\/p>\n\n<p>Aus diesem Anlass fand um 10:00 Uhr in der <a href=\"\/en\/parishes\/parish-of-admont\/collegiate-church\/\">Admont Abbey Church<\/a> eine feierliche Heilige Messe statt. Der M\u00e4nnergesangsverein Admont gestaltete sie mit, und zahlreiche Gl\u00e4ubige waren herzlich eingeladen. Viele Mitfeiernde folgten dieser Einladung und versammelten sich zum gemeinsamen Gebet an diesem besonderen Tag.<\/p>\n\n<p>The sermon was given by <strong>Propst Markus Grasl CanReg vom Stift Reichersberg.<\/strong> Mit seinen Worten hob er den Wahltag w\u00fcrdig hervor und ermutigte zur Dankbarkeit sowie zum vertrauensvollen Blick in die Zukunft.<\/p>\n\n<p>Die feierliche Gestaltung der Liturgie und die sp\u00fcrbare Verbundenheit der Mitfeiernden machten diesen Wahltag zu einem w\u00fcrdigen und ber\u00fchrenden Moment. Im gemeinsamen Gebet und im aufmerksamen Mitfeiern wurde der gelebte Glaube der Gemeinschaft sichtbar und erfahrbar.<\/p>\n\n<p>So wurde dieser Tag zu einem Zeichen der Dankbarkeit f\u00fcr das bisherige Wirken unseres Hochw\u00fcrdigsten Herrn Abtes. Zugleich war er eine St\u00e4rkung f\u00fcr den weiteren gemeinsamen Weg.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"firepress-text-bild__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"sa-media sa-media--video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"sa-media__frame sa-media__play\" href=\"https:\/\/vz-8f2f1d5e-073.b-cdn.net\/872becef-5bac-40e3-86fa-686c83b05a14\/play_480p.mp4\" data-firepress-lightbox style=\"aspect-ratio: 3 \/ 2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"sa-media__image\" alt=\"Abt Gerhard c Stefan Leitner 1 scaled\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-1920x2400.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/stiftadmont.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abt-Gerhard-c-Stefan-Leitner-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sa-media__badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"sa-icon sa-icon--play\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M8 5.5v13l10.5-6.5z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 25 January, the election day of our Most Reverend Abbot was celebrated during the church service. Abbot Gerhard Hafner OSB has headed the Benedictine Abbey of Admont since 2017 and has been shaping the spiritual and communal life of our house ever since.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-einrichtungen-aktuell"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wahltag des Abtes: Dank f\u00fcr Abt Gerhard Hafner - Stift Admont<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wahltag des Abtes im Stift Admont: Am 25. 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