Amandus Hasselbach
Amandus Hasselbach OFM Cap (born June 20, 1935 in Wiesbaden as Kurt Heinrich Hasselbach , † September 28, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German Capuchin priest , deaf chaplain, actor and presenter. He was considered a pioneer in working with the deaf .
Life
Hasselbach joined the order of the Capuchins and received the order name Amandus . After completing his apprenticeship in the philosophy studies of the Capuchins in Krefeld and theology in Münster , he became involved in mission journalism. The Münster bishop Joseph Höffner ordained him on March 30, 1963 . He initially worked in hospital pastoral care at the Raphaels Clinic in Münster. In 1964 he worked for the mission procuration of the Capuchins in Münster and founded the missionary magazine continents . He was the Order's mission secretary and was involved in public relations.
In 1977 Amandus Hasselbach moved to the Liebfrauenkloster in Frankfurt am Main and was Guardian of the Capuchin Convent from 1977 to 1991 .
For over 30 years he has been involved as a deaf chaplain and in theater projects with hearing impaired people. With the Catholic Deaf Initiative PAX he was able to get the German sign language recognized as an independent language in the Hessian state parliament for the first time in 1998 . He gained national recognition for his commitment to the Equal Opportunities Act in 2002. After the PAX was dissolved, he founded the LUKAS 14 association in 2007 , which focuses on the integration of people with disabilities.
In 2000 he was the initiator of the Frankfurt Gospel Game on the Römerberg, which was carried out in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. He achieved great fame in his collaboration with Wolfgang Kaus , the artistic director of the Frankfurt Volkstheater, and the popular actress Liesel Christ . Since 2006 he has hosted the program Pater Amandus on HR television together with Barbara Siehl .
Honors
- Plaque of honor of the City of Frankfurt am Main , awarded by the Lord Mayor Petra Roth (1996)
Fonts
- Daniela Happ, Amandus Hasselbach, Christina Kupczak, Helen Leuninger: Horizon “Relex”: Lexicon for religious signs . Frankfurt am Main: Institute for German Language and Literature, 1998.
Web links
- Talking with your hands and praying - Deaf work , Kapuziner TV, October 13, 2007
- Frankfurt mourns Father Amandus. ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Frankfurter Neue Presse , October 1, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Amandus Hasselbach ( Memento from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Rhein-Main-Wiki
- ^ Luke 14. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hasselbach, Amandus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hasselbach, Amandus OFM Cap; Hasselbach, Father Amandus; Hasselbach, Kurt Heinrich (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Capuchin Father |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 2012 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |