Andreas Müller (Franciscan)

Andreas Müller OFM (born May 25, 1931 in Boll as Johannes Müller ; † February 3, 2020 in Fulda ) was a Franciscan and founder of the " Missionszentrale der Franziskaner " (MZF).

Life

Johannes Müller was born on May 25, 1931 in the hamlet of Ilgental, district of Boll (now part of the municipality of Sauldorf in the district of Sigmaringen ) and went to school in Boll, Sigmaringen and Riedlingen and was a member of the Bund New Germany . In 1953, after attending the Kreisgymnasium Riedlingen, he entered the Thuringian Province of the Franciscan Order, was given the name of the order Andreas and studied philosophy and theology in Sigmaringen and Fulda. He made his solemn profession there on April 21, 1957 . After being ordained a priest on April 5, 1959 by Auxiliary Bishop Adolf Bolte , he initially worked for the Franciscan Order as a pilgrimage chaplain , people's missionary and mission procurator.

In 1969 he and his fellow brothers founded the "Franciscan Mission Center" in Bad Godesberg . The commission of the Second Vatican Council was an important impetus for him to look after the poorest of the poor worldwide. He had great sympathy for the theology of liberation , which was also practiced by Franciscans in Latin America.

The mission center has cared for the poorest of the poor in over 60 countries since it was founded. Through the organization's mediation, several hundred million euros flowed into the poorest countries by 2008. He was u. a. Chairman of the "Working Group of Procurators of the Missionary Orders and Communities of the Federal Republic of Germany" and member of the board of the International Institute for Mission Research .

On May 6, 2002, Andreas Müller was bid farewell as head of the mission center with a party in the town hall of Bad Godesberg. After that he was the managing director of the international correspondence course for Franciscan Spirituality ( Comprehensive Course on the Franciscan Mission Charism - CCFMC) until 2010 . He has played a key role in the development and distribution of the correspondence course since 1982. Since 2010 he has been honorary president for life of the CCFMC and continued to volunteer at the CCFMC.

Publications

Contribution of the Missionszentrale der Franziskaner (MZF) to the reception of liberation theology in Germany. In: Raúl Fornet-Betancourt (ed.): Liberation theology. Critical review and perspectives for the future. 3rd volume. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-7867-1956-X , pp. 145-162.
with Paul Zulehner , Arno Tausch (Ed.): Global Capitalism, Liberation Theology and the Social Sciences. An Analysis of the Contradictions of Modernity at the Turn of the Millennium. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge 2000, ISBN 1-56072-679-2 .

literature

Anton Rotzetter (Ed.): In the Name of God - Prophetic Speech. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Andreas Müller . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-429-03417-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ [1] Obituary - Retrieved February 5, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bernd Schwarz: 50 years worldwide in the service of people. Father Andreas Müller celebrates a golden jubilee as a priest in Sauldorf - thanks to the founder of the Franciscan Mission Center . In: Südkurier , June 2, 2009.
^ Karl-Heinz Klawitter: father of the mission center . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , June 2, 2009.
↑ Osmar Erwin Gogolok: Theology of Liberation. A didactic reception and “Releitura” from a Franciscan point of view . In: Norbert Arntz, Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Georg Wolter (eds.): Workshop “Kingdom of God”. Liberation theological impulses in practice . Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (IKO), Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-88939-638-0 , pp. 279–287.
^ Karl-Heinz Klawitter: Golden Jubilee of Priests. “A gift from God to be a priest” . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , June 2, 2009.
↑ Anton Rotzetter (Ed.): In the Name of God - Prophetic Speech. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Andreas Müller . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-429-03417-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Müller, Andreas OFM; Müller, Johann Wilhelm (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German religious and founder of the Franciscan Mission Center
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boll (Sauldorf)
DATE OF DEATH	3rd February 2020
Place of death	Fulda

[1] [1] Obituary - Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[bs-2] Bernd Schwarz: 50 years worldwide in the service of people. Father Andreas Müller celebrates a golden jubilee as a priest in Sauldorf - thanks to the founder of the Franciscan Mission Center . In: Südkurier , June 2, 2009.

[khk-3] Karl-Heinz Klawitter: father of the mission center . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , June 2, 2009.

[4] Osmar Erwin Gogolok: Theology of Liberation. A didactic reception and “Releitura” from a Franciscan point of view . In: Norbert Arntz, Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Georg Wolter (eds.): Workshop “Kingdom of God”. Liberation theological impulses in practice . Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (IKO), Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-88939-638-0 , pp. 279–287.

[5] Karl-Heinz Klawitter: Golden Jubilee of Priests. “A gift from God to be a priest” . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , June 2, 2009.

[6] Anton Rotzetter (Ed.): In the Name of God - Prophetic Speech. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Andreas Müller . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-429-03417-7 .