The young
Eustace entered the Order in 1893, taking temporary vows in 1895, and making
his Solemn Profession in 1898. After serving in various centres in the Bavarian
Province, in 1925 the Order elected him Provincial Superior, the post he was to
retain until his death.
Blessed Eustace
was acknowledged to possess a deep and intense spirituality which enabled him
to act and govern his religious Province with wisdom and prudence, despite the
difficulties of living under the Nazi regime that tried to discredit the Hospitaller
Order. Undeterred, Blessed Eustace committed himself to his mission and to renewing
the Religious Life, and to bringing the Brothers back to the observance of the Rule,
above all thanks to the power of love.
After a whole life
spent at the service of the sick, for the good of the Order and the Church, Brother
Eustace went to heaven on June 10, 1946 at the age of 79. After his death many favours
and graces were soon forthcoming thanks to his intercession. He was Beatified in
Regensburg Cathedral on October 4, 2009.