András Szennay

Archabbot András József Szennay

András József Szennay OSB (born June 2, 1921 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary , † August 22, 2012 in the Archabbey in Pannonhalma ) was Archabbot of the Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (Archabbey Martinsberg).

Life

András József Szennay entered Budapest in after visiting the Benedictine High School Benedictine - Archabbey a Martin Berg. On November 19, 1944 he was awarded by the bishop to Raab Vilmos Apor the priesthood . Then he was court chaplain to the (former) Crown Princess Stephanie of Belgium and her second husband, Prince Elemér Lónyai in Karlburg . He received his doctorate theologiae from the Péter Pázmány University . He worked for several years in parish pastoral care, then secretary to the Archabbot of Pannonhalma. After the socialist takeover in 1950, András Szennay initially worked as a librarian at the Theological Academy in Budapest. After the Second Vatican Council (1962/65) he became professor of fundamental theology at the Catholic Péter Pázmány University in Budapest, and later also dean.

He was elected Archabbot of the Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma on March 14, 1973 with prior multiple votes by the Benedictine community, the bishops and the socialist government. He was also head of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation . Archabbot András retired in 1991.

Act

Together with Ferenc Gál and Tamás Nyíri , he was one of the most important Hungarian theologians of the period after Vatican II. From 1972 to 1995 he was initially a staff member, later editor-in-chief and editor of the journal Teológia , which published and commented on the results of the council in Hungary - in particular for priests and lay people.

Szennay was committed to the further training of theology professors and initiated a theological correspondence course for lay people with Tamás Nyíri.

Fonts

• Teológia és élet. Szent István Társulat, az Apostoli Szentszék Könyvkiadója 1966.
• The ministry of theologians in the Church today. Herder 1977.
• The Christian - Marxist Dialogue Today. In: Karl Rahner, Herbert Vorgrimler (eds.): Internationale Dialog Zeitschrift 1970, Herder 1970.
• Népek nagy nevelője--: Szent Benedeknek Európa védőszentjének emlékezete. Szent István Társulat, 1981, ISBN 978-9-63360147-1 .
• Corona fratrum: Szennay András főapát úrnak 70th születésnapjára. 1991, ISBN 978-9-63001497-7 .
• Unum omnes in Christ. In: Gellért Békés, Ádám Somorjai (eds.): Miscellanea Gerardo J. Békés OSB octogenario dedicata. Volume 1. Pannonhalmi Főapátság, 1995, ISBN 978-9-63001843-2 .
• Nyitott kapuk egyháza. Bencésv 1995, ISBN 9789637819599 .
• Visszatekintés: válogatás az elmúlt negyedszázad interjúiból, előadásaiból, írásaiból. Pannonhalmi Főapátság, 2001, ISBN 9789639053519 .
• “Újat és régit”: Dr. Szennay András pannonhalmi főapát úrnak: 80th születésnapjára. Bencés Kiadóban, 2001, ISBN 9789639053502 .

Publications (selection)

• Öregek és öregség - a Bibliában (Hungarian)
• A generációs feszültségekről (Hungarian)
• A föld vándora - a Feltámadott (Hungarian)

Web links

Commons : András József Szennay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on András Szennay on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 22, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Elhunyt Szennay András. Magyar Kurír, August 22, 2012, accessed June 22, 2017 (Hungarian). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} János Wildmann: Religion in Hungary. (No longer available online.) In: Handbuch der Religionen der Welt. Verlag Traugott Bautz, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 22, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ^ Rembert Weakland : A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-80286382-9 , p. 173
4. ↑ Heritage and Order Volume 49, Archabbey Beuron, 1973, p. 232

predecessor	Office	successor
Norbert Legányi OSB	Archabbot of Pannonhalma 1973–1991	Imre Asztrik Várszegi OSB