Franz Weiser

Franz Weiser (born March 21, 1901 in Vienna as Franz Xaver Weiser ; † October 22, 1986 in Weston (Massachusetts) ) was an Austrian theologian and writer .

Life

Franz Weiser grew up in Bruck an der Leitha . He attended the Hollabrunn grammar school and the Kalksburg college . After graduating , he studied philosophy , theology and education as a member of the Jesuit order at the Berchmanskolleg in Pullach , at the University of Innsbruck and at the Marist College in Poughkeepsie ( New York ). He received his doctorate for doctor of theology, and in 1930 he received in Innsbruck the priesthood . Then he was in Vienna in the youth ministry operates and President of the Marian Congregation students in Austria. He edited the association magazine Our Flag , in which his first literary works appeared.

Franz Weiser was sent to the United States by his order in 1938 with the task of studying the history of the Jesuit mission in North America . He worked as curate and pastor of the German-speaking Holy Trinity German Catholic Church in Boston ( Massachusetts ). After the end of the Second World War , he was active in church relief work for Germany and Austria . From 1950, Weiser taught ethics and cultural history at Emmanuel College in Boston, from 1961 to 1966 he was professor of ethics at Boston College , and from 1966 to his retirement in 1971 he was professor of liturgical history there.

In addition to his work as a priest and theologian, Franz Weiser wrote an extensive literary work consisting of novels , stories , travelogues and plays . Much of his narrative work is about characters from the history of the Catholic Indian mission . Weiser's books for young people, Alfred's Secret and Light of the Mountains , were particularly successful and have been translated into numerous languages. Weiser also published a number of popular theological works in English in the United States , most notably The Christmas book being a sales success.

Works

Works in German

• P. Johann Gruber SJ (1623 - 1686) , Vienna 1927
• Alfred's secret , Vienna 1928
• The hero of Nagasaki , Innsbruck 1928
• The son of the white chief , Vienna 1928
• Walter Klinger's world tour , Regensburg 1929
• The light of the mountains , Regensburg 1931
• The burglary in the municipal office , Vienna 1933
• The mysterious package , Vienna 1933
• In the Land of the Stars and Stripes , Regensburg 1933
• The battle for Vienna in the Turkish War 1683 , Vienna 1933
• The private exam , Vienna 1933
• The traditional costume festival at Gimpelfeld Castle , Vienna 1933
• Watomika , Regensburg 1933
• Ekom, the black rock , Regensburg 1935
• Holidays , Vienna 1935
• American diary , Regensburg 1936
• The Envoy of the Great Spirit , Vienna [u. a.] 1936
• An Apostle of the New World , Vienna 1937
• Adventure of Youth , Vienna [a. a.] 1938
• Hermann and Gretel , Berlin [a. a.] 1939
• Red skins and pale faces , Regensburg 1949
• To the father of the streams , Regensburg 1952
• In the valley of the bitter roots , Freiburg 1953
• The Weiserbuch , Regensburg 1953
• In the home of the Lord , Regensburg 1958
• Walter Klinger , Regensburg 1960
• Pale faces by the great river , Regensburg 1962
• Homecoming , Regensburg 1966
• In the storm of adventure , Regensburg 1966
• Orimha, the Iroquois , Vienna 1969
• The Mohawk girl , Regensburg 1970
• Orimha, the ranger , Vienna 1970
• Orimha at the Sioux , Vienna 1973
• In the mountains of Montana , Regensburg 1974

Works in English

• The Christmas book , New York 1952
• The Easter book , New York 1954
• The holyday book , New York 1956
• Handbook of Christian feasts and customs , New York 1958
• The year of the Lord in the Christian home , Collegeville, Minn. 1964
• The Holy Land , Collegeville, Minn. 1965

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Weiser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography of Weisers
• http://www.catholicauthors.com/weiser.html