name

Vitus Recke

        baptismal name

Valentin

                        born

Nov. 24, 1887 in Bickenriede (Eichsfeld)

       higher education

Rome (lic. theol.)

         ordained priest

April 11, 1914 (Lateran, Rome)

begin of monastic life

March 21, 1903 in Mariastern (Bosnia)

June 18, 1905 monastic profession in Mariastern

         responsibilities

1919 superior of the exiled community of Mariastern in Himmerod

April 20, 1929 prior in Himmerod

Jan. 5, 1937 elected abbot of Himmerod

Febr. 2, 1937 abbatial benediction

                         died

Jan. 18,1959 in Trier (Brüderkrankenhaus)

                      buried

Jan. 22, 1959 in Himmerod

June 26, 1971 buried in the abbey church in Himmerod