School Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care in the school environment

School - Everyday Life - Church

Our school chaplain, Frater Josua, is there for everyone - pupils, teachers, educators, staff and parents. No matter what is on his mind - worries, problems, even dealing with religious questions, he has an open ear for everyone with a lot of empathy, support and advice and is there when you need him. 

Offer

The counselling sessions take place in a protected setting. They are possible as individual and group counselling sessions.

 

Causes may be:

  • Worries or problems
  • Counselling in life crises (e.g. bereavement)
  • Questions about faith
  • Difficulties with faith

 

Other School Pastoral Tasks:

  • Organisation of the annual cycle
  • Monastery days as part of the project days
  • Confirmation preparation
  • Monthly school services
  • Way of the Cross for young people
  • Room of silence
  • Place of encounter
  • Altar servers group
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„The basis of our school ministry is the Christian faith. It recognises the unique dignity of every person as a creature of God. ”
Frater Josua Breton

Frater Josua, our pastor

Frater Josua Breton OCist. has been a Cistercian monk at Mehrerau Monastery since 2011. He began working as an educator at our schools in 2014. As spiritual well-being is very important to him, he completed his training as a school and boarding school chaplain at the Youth Pastoral Institute in Benediktbeuren in the 2017/18 school year. The amateur footballer has been a school and boarding school chaplain since the 2018/19 school year.

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Consultation hour

Thursday, 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Please register in advance by e-mail at schulseelsorge@mehrerau.at (at least two days in advance - thank you!).

Kontakt

Frater Subprior Josua Breton
Frater Subprior Josua Breton
Subprior, Novizenmeister, Seelsorger und Erzieher am Collegium Bernardi, Redakteur Klosterblatt
+43 5574 71461 fr.josua@mehrerau.at