August Janisch
August Janisch OCist (born July 6, 1942 in Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab , Styria , Austria ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman .
Live and act
August Janisch studied theology in Graz and became a member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.St.V. Babenberg Graz and was ordained a priest in 1966 . From 1980 to 2000 he was pastor in the East Styrian parish Hartberg in Styria. He was also active as the diocesan director of the Papal Missionary Organization, Missio Styria . In 1990, Bishop Johann Weber of Graz was appointed consistorial councilor .
Presumably because of his commitment to refugees , he became the first victim of a letter bomb on December 3, 1993 by the bomb bomber Franz Fuchs . In 1995 he received the recognition award of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights .
In 2000 he completed a sabbatical year in Rein , the oldest existing Cistercian monastery in the world, and then the joined congregation of the Cistercians in. There he made his profession in 2005 . He is a board member of “Klösterreich”, an interest group of the monasteries, monasteries and orders of Austria.
From 2018, Father Janisch will lead to the rediscovered and revitalized medieval 110 m long water tunnel through the Ulrichsberg . It dates from the 12th century and was used to supply the monastery with water by means of a horizontal channel from a small stream in the neighboring valley. In the former open channels there are now plastic pipes with a diameter of around 20 cm.
Janisch now devotes himself to researching the history of the Rein Abbey and in particular the library in the Abbey.
Awards
- 2017: Josef-Krainer-Heimatpreis for his services to the "cultural goods preservation".
Web links
- Literature by and about August Janisch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry to August Janisch on Order online
- "Why ... do we find mercy so difficult while you forgave the assassin Franz Fuchs, Father August Janisch?" (PDF; 154 kB), Kleine Zeitung , April 5, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert F. Hausmann: St. Ruprecht an der Raab: Contributions to the history of an East Styrian market community. , Self-published by the municipality of St. Ruprecht ad Raab 1995, without ISBN, p. 149.
- ^ Bruno Kreisky Prize , 8th award on September 29, 1995.
- ^ New "Klösterreich" President from Altenburg Abbey , press release, accessed on August 15, 2017.
- ↑ Stift Rein Spezial 2019 special tours, accessed on August 5, 2019.
- ↑ Styria: Leisure tips for the weekend (October 26-28, 2018) kleinezeitung.at, October 24, 2018, accessed August 5, 2019. - Image of the tunnel entrance.
- ↑ orf.at: rain of prizes for Styrian art and culture . Article dated November 28, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janisch, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Janisch, August OCist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chaplain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab , Styria , Austria |