Franz Seraph Hattler

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Father Franz Seraph Hattler SJ

Franz Seraph Hattler SJ (born September 11, 1829 in Anras , Tyrol , † October 13, 1907 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian Catholic priest and writer and an apostle of the Sacred Heart in German-speaking countries.

Life

Franz Seraph Hattler was born as the son of the forester Pius Hattler from Kartitsch and his wife Apollonia. Weitenhofer, born in Anras . In 1834 the father was transferred from there to Unterassling . Since the church and school were about an hour away from their father's forester's house, the mother and three sons moved to their home in Welsberg . Franz Seraph received his first communion there. The family soon moved to Ainet , where the father was now in office, but died a little later. Franz Seraph Hattler attended the Franciscan secondary school in Lienz from 1842 , and in 1844 he switched to the grammar school in Bozen .

In 1852 he joined the Society of Jesus and received in 1860 by the Bressanone Prince Bishop Vinzenz Gasser the priesthood . From 1865 to 1882, Father Hattler lived in Kalksburg near Vienna and worked in the Jesuit College Kalksburg there as a professor of religion, philosophy and German literature. He was also prefect, confessor, preacher, head of the Marian Congregation and devoted himself to writing. From this period Serious words , child protection and the current political Weckstimmen where there u. a. about the denominational school. From 1865 he became an employee of the "Messenger of the Divine Heart of Jesus" and between 1882 and 1887 acted as its editor. As a folk writer, he wrote many books to promote the veneration of the Sacred Heart, but also scientific works on theological grounds. Some of his books have seen multiple editions and translations into other languages. He reissued a number of basic works on the veneration of the Sacred Heart. In 1884 he translated Joseph de Gallifet's work "De Cultu Sacrosanti Cordis Jesu" into German. From Jean Croiset he edited "The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus" in 1888 and "The Deceptions of the Heart in Every Rank and Rank" in 1889 ; by Claude de la Colombière he published the spiritual diary in 1882, supplemented in 1903 with his life picture. Also, the "Golden Virtue book" of Friedrich Spee was reissued in 1887 by him.

From 1882, Father Hattler settled back in his Tyrolean homeland. At the Zenzenhof near Innsbruck, he devoted himself to the editing of the "Messenger of the Divine Heart of Jesus" . On his 70th birthday in 1899, his place of birth, Anras, made him an honorary citizen and had a plaque put up on the house where he was born , with the inscription: “In this house, in 1829, Father Franz Hattler SJ, folk writer and ardent supporter of the Sacred Heart Devotion. ” In September 1907, Hattler fell ill with pneumonia, from which he did not recover, and died of it four weeks later.

Works (selection)

  • The love ministries of the divine Heart of Jesus. 1867.
  • The garden of the heart of Jesus. 1870.
  • History of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1875.
  • Catholic kindergarten. 1877.
  • Flowers from the Catholic kindergarten. 1879.
  • Still life in the heart of Jesus. 1879.
  • Sacred Heart Month. 1881.
  • The venerable Father Jakob Rem from the Society of Jesus and his Marian Conference. 1881.
  • Hiking book for the journey into eternity. 2 vols. 1883–84.
  • The house of the heart of Jesus. 1884.
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus book for children. 1887.
  • The May month. 1888.
  • Mission pictures from Tyrol. 1889.
  • The bloody forget-me-not. 1890.
  • Christian home bread. 2 vol. 1892.
  • Festschrift for the centenary of the federation of Tyrol with the divine heart of Jesus 1798–1896. 1896.
  • Big Sacred Heart Book. 1897.
  • Mission pictures from Tyrol. 1899.
  • A bouquet of rosemary. 1901.
  • Life picture of the venerable Claudius de la Colombière. 1903.
  • The way to the heart of Jesus, 1907

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This list of works was compiled from BBKL, Holböck: Aufblick zum Durchbohrten , LThK Ausg. 1932, Vol. IV, Sp. 840 and other sources.
personal data
SURNAME Hattler, Franz Seraph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hattler, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Anras
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1907
Place of death innsbruck