{"id":17030,"date":"2026-03-03T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osb.org\/?p=17030"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:50:16","slug":"brother-lukas-ruegenberg-osb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/2026\/03\/03\/brother-lukas-ruegenberg-osb\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother Lukas Ruegenberg 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-padding-right-medium:0%;--awb-padding-left-medium:0%;--awb-padding-right-small:0%;--awb-padding-left-small:0%;--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>Brother Lukas Ruegenberg OSB passed away on 3 March 2026, in the 98th year of his life and the 72nd year of his monastic profession. Brother Lukas was born in Berlin in 1928. After the war, he followed his vocation and entered the Abbey of Maria Laach in 1951. His path as a monk was marked by the Benedictine life of prayer and service to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Many know him for his outstanding artistic work\u2014from church art to his book illustrations, through which he vividly conveyed biblical themes and personal testimonies from his time. Equally remarkable was his social commitment: for decades he devoted himself with great perseverance to people living on the margins of society.<\/p>\n<p>His community is grateful for his long, rich life and for a legacy that has touched countless people far beyond Maria Laach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 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-margin-top:15px;--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-1 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 ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#1f7aa7;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#1f7aa7;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#72cee0;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#72cee0;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gWKcK7MiDbZrfVrsmrlvPeZKaEWaV4HA\/view?usp=sharing\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Obituary pdf |DE|<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:1%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#1f7aa7;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#1f7aa7;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#72cee0;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#72cee0;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maria-laach.de\/aktuelles\/nachrichten\/br.-lukas-ruegenberg-osb-verstorben.html\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Abtei Maria Laach web site|DE|<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abtei Maria Laach<br \/>\nMaria Laach, Germany<br \/>\n3 March 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-17030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries_25","tag-obituaries_2025"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}