FatherArthur Carl Kreinheder, C.S.C. (October 1, 1905 – October 13, 1989) was an AmericanLutheranBenedictine monk and founder of a Lutheran religious order, The Congregation of the Servants of Christ.
Kreinheder was born inSaint Paul, Minnesota. His father, Oscar Carl Kreinheder (1877-1946), was a pastor of theLutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the president ofValparaiso University from 1930 to 1939.
After a successful career as a businessman, Arthur Carl Kreinheder went 1950 to study theology atLund University in Sweden, living inSt. Laurence Foundation.[1] Already before he had been in touch withTaizé Community in formation. Briefly, in 1955, he became a novice in the Taize Community.
Kreinheder was ordained to the priesthood in 1956 inLund by BishopAnders Nygren and BishopGustaf Aulen "for ecumenical work in the United States among Lutherans."
The Congregation of the Servants of Christ, a Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition, was established at St. Augustine's House in 1958 when some other men joined Father Arthur in observing the monastic life and offices of prayer. Through father Arthur there was right in the beginning a connection withÖstanbäck Monastery in Sweden after its foundation.
Father Arthur was involved inChristian ecumenism and he was the U.S. secretary of theLeague for Evangelical-Catholic Reunion.
At the age of 84 Father Arthur Carl Kreinheder died (on Friday, October 13, 1989) in a Pontiac, Michigan, hospital. He had never recovered fully form a stroke suffered in the preceding July. He is buried in the cemetery at St. Augustine's House.
Saint Augustine's Househttp://www.staugustineshouse.org/
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