Cyprian Merry

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Father Cyprian Merry

Cyprian Fröhlich , born as Franz Xaver Fröhlich , (born March 20, 1853 in Eggolsheim , † February 6, 1931 in Munich ) was a German Capuchin .

Life

Franz Xaver Fröhlich was born on March 20, 1853 in Eggolsheim near Forchheim as the son of the teacher Melchior Fröhlich and his wife Theresia, nee. Sleeping houses, born. Three years later the family moved to Herzogenaurach , where the parents came from. In 1857 the mother died and the father married two more times. The years in his parents' house were mainly characterized by the physical violence of his father, about which Fr. Cyprian spoke openly.

At the age of twelve, Xaver first moved in with his grandmother and then with an aunt. He attended the Latin school in Erlangen for two years and graduated from high school in Bamberg in 1872 . Fröhlich first studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich . In the 1873/74 semester he studied philosophy, physics and the history of the natural sciences at the Lyceum in Bamberg. In 1874/75 he was enrolled in mathematics at the University of Erlangen, but also attended the lecture on "General History after 1789" with Karl von Hegel . With his student fraternity Aenania he signed off in 1874 to go to the military. There is no evidence of a military career. In the summer of 1875 he began his theology studies at the Georgianum of the University of Munich . Fröhlich, who as a Herzogenauracher belonged to the Archdiocese of Bamberg , moved to the Diocese of Augsburg in 1876 at his own request. The reasons for this are not known.

At 24 Cheerful received on 26 July 1877 by Augsburg Bishop Pankratius of spelled the priesthood and entered September 19, 1877 in the Capuchin Order (OFM) a. After his novitiate in Burghausen and Laufen an der Salzach , Father Cyprian was sent to the Rhenish-Westphalian Province in 1888 to take over the management of the third order families in Ehrenbreitstein near Koblenz . With the help of the two board members of the Third Order in Ehrenbreitstein, Barbara Hartmann and Friedrich Kleckner, Fröhlich founded the Seraphic Liebeswerk in 1889 to save children who were endangered in faith or morals. The suggestion for this came from the spiritual councilor Matthäus Müller , the then director of the “boys' rescue facility” in Marienhausen and editor of the Franziskusblatt . In 1893 his Capuchin Provincial called him back to Altötting - the separation of the Seraphic Liebeswerk into a North German and a South German department was also carried out. Within a few months, the “St. Franziskushaus ”in Altötting, the first children's home run by the social welfare organization in southern Germany. The South German Department only received legal capacity as a recognized association two years later, on January 18, 1895.

Together with Franz and Maximilian Brandts , Franz Wärme , August Pieper and Prelate Lorenz Werthmann , Fröhlich was one of the founding fathers of the German Caritas Association . He suggested the establishment of the Marian Girls 'Protection Association (now IN VIA Catholic Girls' Social Work ), which Christiane von Preysing u. a. together with Luise Fogt in 1895. He is regarded as a kind of forerunner of the Catholic train station mission . Here Fröhlich worked alongside others with the women's rights activist Ellen Ammann .

After his dismissal as President of the Seraphic Works of Love in 1921, from 1924 on he was mainly traveling to Moravia , Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine to spread his ideas there. From 1927 he lived in the Capuchin Monastery of St. Anton in Munich. There he died six weeks before his 78th birthday on February 6, 1931 and was buried there.

Works

Fröhlich also published his works under the pseudonym "Brother Marianus". In the Seraphischen Kinderfreund (with supplement Marienkind) and in the Kinderlegion , the two magazines of love work he founded, he used a variety of aliases such as "Uncle Felix", "Friend Monika", "Aunt Anna" or "Brother Franziskus". According to him, Father Cyprian also founded the Altöttinger Liebfrauenbote in 1895 . He also attributes the appearance of the two local newspapers Öttinger Anzeiger and Die Innzeitung to himself. The magazine Caritas , today the new caritas magazine of the German Caritas Association , suggested Father Cyprian. The volume of his publications, mostly published as religious small letters, is manageable.

  • The Germans of Karpatho-Russia in the Czechoslovak Republic . Capuchin monastery St. Anton Munich around 1929
  • The parent's blessing . Alphonsus bookstore Münster 1919
  • A bouquet of flowers for young people: bound by Father Cyprian Fröhlich . A. Botzler Regensburg 1903
  • 25 years in the service of the divine child friend. A story of the seraphic work of love and a contemporary story . Seraphic love work Altötting 1914
  • History of the St. Franziskushaus in Altötting for the 25th anniversary . Niedermayer & Seidl Neuötting 1918
  • History and tasks of the Seraphic Liebeswerk in Karpatho-Russia . Niedermayer & Lutz Altötting around 1928
  • The miraculous image of UL Frau von Altötting on the run and on the triumphal procession: told after reports from those involved. Three sermons of Mary by the Most Revered Bishop of Passau Sigismund Felix von Ow are enclosed . Geiselberger Altötting 1919
  • The holy way of the cross as the sweet secret of our wisdom, strength and bliss: pious and penitent Christians for daily contemplation, as well as for preparation for St. Confession, especially in popular missions and retreats . Seraphic love work Altötting 1920
  • The “Inner Mission” of the Protestants in Bavaria and Munich: Represented by Fr. Cyprian [OFMCap] OC With the permission of the superiors . Rudolf Abt Passau 1895
  • Instruction booklet for the prison children of the Seraphic Love Work . Seraphic love work Altötting 1918
  • The Mary child. 7 sermons for children . Anton Steiner Altötting 1898
  • The Mary child. How to pray, follow and live . Laumann Dülmen 1889
  • Mission booklet for virgins . Munster 1894
  • The religious and social significance of the Marian Girls' Protection Association: Speak the Hochw. P. Cyprian Fröhlich, OC held the Catholic Casino in Munich on April 29, 1897 in the large hall . Abbot Munich 1897
  • Guardian angel letter for the sick: 5 letters of consolation from St. Guardian angel to his sick child. At the same time a handbook for nurses . A. Laumann Dülmen i. Westphalia 1925

Honors

literature

  • Manfred Eder : The caller from Bavaria. Cyprian Fröhlich - a pioneer of the German Caritas Association , in: Helping does not make you poorer. From church relief for the poor to modern Caritas in Bavaria . Geiselberger Altötting 1997, pp. 311-319
  • P. Emmeram Glasschröder: P. Cyprian Fröhlich, the founder and long-time President of the Seraph. Love work, dead . In: Seraphic Child Friend. Monthly magazine for friends of children . Issue 4/1931, pp. 50-55
  • P. Emmeram Glasschröder: Blessing hands . J. Pfeiffer Munich 1940
  • P. Heinrich Grumann: P. Cyprian Fröhlich died 75 years ago . In: Seraphischer Kinderfreund , issue 1/2006, p. 14
  • P. Heinrich Grumann: Celebration for P. Cyprian Fröhlich on the 75th anniversary of his death . In: Seraphischer Kinderfreund , issue 2/2006, p. 14 f.
  • Andreas Henkelmann: Caritas history between the Catholic milieu and the welfare state. The Seraphic Work of Love (1889-1971) . Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008.
  • P. Mamert Herbinger: Father Cyprian Fröhlich. "Father of the orphans" . Kanisius, Freiburg 1988
  • Franz Xaver Hoedl OFMCap:  Happy, Cyprian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 648 ( digitized version ).
  • Walther Killy (term): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Saur, Munich 1990
  • Bruno W. Nikles: Father Cyprian Fröhlich (1983-1931) - a pioneer of the German Caritas Association , in: Caritas. '93. Yearbook of the German Caritas Association. Freiburg im Breisgau 1992, pp. 321-331
  • P. Alexander Senftle: The Seraphic Love Work . Study on the social activities of the Capuchin Order , approval work, Münster 1954.
  • Johanna Sondermaier: “I'll be there for anything good!” Father Cyprian Fröhlich (1853-1931) - life and work of a great Capuchin , approval work, Passau 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Xaver Hoedl OFMCap:  Fröhlich, Cyprian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 648 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ P. Emmeram Glasschröder: 50 years in the service of the divine child friend. Festschrift for the anniversary of the Seraphic Liebeswerk eV Seraphisches Liebeswerk Altötting 1939; 11
  3. ↑ As given by Fröhlich himself in all official documents as first name
  4. ↑ P. Mamert Herbinger: Father Cyprian Fröhlich: "Father of the orphans" . Kanisius Freiburg 1988; 6th
  5. ↑ P. Emmeram Glasschröder: "P. Cyprian Fröhlich, the founder and long-time President of the Seraph. Liebeswerk, dead". Seraphic Child Friend: Monthly for Child Friends (4.1931); 50.
  6. ↑ written communication from Dr. Clemens Wachter, University Archives of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg v. August 28, 2013, SLW archive.
  7. ↑ written communication from Dr. Martina Haggenmüller, Bavarian Main State Archives - War Archives - v. December 3, 2013, SLW archive.
  8. ^ Archives of the Georgianum, signature table title II 238/17.
  9. ^ Archives of the Province of the Bavarian Capuchins, signature
  10. ↑ http://www.seraphisches-liebeswerk.de/slw/geschichte/details.php?id_gesucht=1
  11. ↑ Obituary in the Coblenzer Volkszeitung No. 1 (January 2, 1896); Babette seems to have been the nickname
  12. ↑ P. Cyprian Fröhlich: Twenty-five years in the service of the divine child friend. A history of the seraphic work of love and a contemporary history . Seraphic Liebeswerk Altötting 1914; 16
  13. ↑ Fest-Zeitung for the 25th anniversary of Ser. Love's work in Altötting combined with the Rome pilgrimage . Seraphic Liebeswerk Altötting 1914; 3
  14. ^ Karl Gabriel , Hermann-Josef Grosse Kracht: Franz Heat (1851-1921), Social Policy and Social Reform. "Let's start practically". Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2006, ISBN 3-506-72920-9 , Karl Gabriel, p. 86.
  15. ↑ Gabriela Springer: The angels of the Munich station mission - still on the train of time or already on the siding? GRIN Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-638-88070-1 , pp. 12-13.
  16. ↑ Seraphic Child Friend (6.1898); 43-45.
  17. ↑ Seraphic Child Friend (6.1907); 90.
  18. ↑ Seraphic Child Friend (05.1907); 71.
  19. ↑ Seraphic Child Friend (03.1906); 34-35.
  20. ^ Prelate Mehler. History of pilgrimage pastoral care in Altötting. The activity of the Capuchins in and from Altötting since 1803 . Commission publishing house Friedrich Pustet Regensburg 1929, p. 12.
  21. ↑ YDigitalisat the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Bavar signature. 4322b; Online version
personal data
SURNAME Happy, Cyprian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fröhlich, Franz Xaver (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Capuchin
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Eggolsheim
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1931
Place of death Munich