{"id":12862,"date":"2025-06-10T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osb.org\/?p=12862"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:25:17","slug":"father-matthaus-sandrock-osb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osb.org\/de\/2025\/06\/10\/father-matthaus-sandrock-osb\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Matth\u00e4us Sandrock OSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lord of life and death has called Fr. Matth\u00e4us (Volker) Sandrock OSB <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to His eternal glory on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at M\u00fcnsterschwarzach Abbey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fr. Matth\u00e4us was born in 1942, in Hannoversch-M\u00fcnden. He entered M\u00fcnsterschwarzach in 1961. By professing his vows in 1962, he joined the monastic community and was ordained a priest in 1967. From 1969 to 1987, he led the abbey\u2019s guesthouse. From 1987 to 1999, he served as superior at the St. Benedict Study House and College in W\u00fcrzburg. He was pastor from 1999 to 2017 in the parishes of Stadtschwarzach, Schwarzenau, and Reupelsdorf. Afterward, he served as chaplain at Maria Frieden Abbey in Kirchschletten until 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Requiem Mass for Fr. Matth\u00e4us will be celebrated on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 2:00 PM in the Abbey Church. 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