Alphons Maria Rathgeber
Alphons Maria Rathgeber (born June 8, 1888 in Unterroth ; † July 16, 1964 in Kaufbeuren ) was a German Catholic pastor and author of popular writings on faith and the church.
Life
Rathgeber, son of a teacher, studied theology in Munich and was ordained a priest in 1912 . After pastoral care activities in Immenstadt im Allgäu , Starnberg , Augsburg and from 1917 in Wasserburg (Lake Constance) he was pastor in Haselbach in 1925 , in Lauchdorf in 1939 and in Adelsried from 1946 to 1949 .
From 1926 to 1939 he was editor of the Bamberger Sonntagsblatt , from 1946 to 1957 of the Augsburg diocese newspaper St. Ulrichsblatt .
Publications
- At the Church's Fountains of Grace , 1916
- Think about it! , 1916
- Child's Sunday Book , 1919
- Confession worthy! , 1919
- Communicate with dignity! , 1919
- Heaven shines for me , 1921
- Sunday afternoon , 1922
- In the shadow of the village church , 1923
- Ecce homo , 1924
- You little girl, listen , 1924
- The Holy Rosary , 1925
- The happiness of girls and the love of women , 1925
- Solemnity and everyday life in the Church , 1927
- From Our Lady , 1927
- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Declaration of the Mass and Missal , 1935
- Legend of saints. Images of life of noble people and holy friends of God , Nuremberg 1936
- And now? , 1947
- Beautiful Italy, Eternal Rome , 1948
- Peter the Apostle of the Rock , 1949
- My Sunday Book , 1950
- At the grave , 1950
- Do you know? Answers to burning religious questions , 2nd edition 1951, 15th exp. Edition 1968
- My Book of Mother of God , 1951
- Girl's joy, mother's happiness , 1951
- Church and Life , 1955
- Devil and Hell , 1955
- The blessed Kreszentis von Kaufbeuren , 1955
- Our Holy Father , 1958
- Pastor angelicus , 1958
- Lourdes , 1958
- The Man of Pain , 1958
- People Who Please God , 1959
- Maria, we call to you , 1960
- The way over the bridge , 1961
- Natural and Supernatural , 1965
literature
- Article Rathgeber, Alphons Maria . In: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): Dictionary of German Biography , Volume 8, Munich 2005, p. 161
- Ludwig Gschwind: Pastor and writer: the bestselling author Alphons Maria Rathgeber (1888–1964) . In: Klerusverband (ed.): Klerusblatt 90, 2010, p. 116
Web links
- Literature by and about Alphons Maria Rathgeber in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rathgeber, Alphons Maria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic pastor and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1888 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterroth |
DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1964 |
Place of death | Kaufbeuren |