Hermann Schalück

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermann Friedrich Schalück OFM (born May 8, 1939 in St. Vit ) is a German religious priest . From 1991 to 1997 he was the 117th General Minister of the Franciscans and from 1998 to 2008 President of the International Catholic Missionary Organization in Aachen.

Life

Schalück was born the seventh of nine children to parents Wilhelm and Ida Schalück. At the age of 20 he joined the Franciscan Order in 1959. From 1960 he studied theology and philosophy in Münster and Paderborn . In 1963 he made his perpetual vows , and in 1965 he was ordained a priest . Hermann Schalück was at the 1970 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with a thesis on the poverty thought in the theology of St. Bonaventure doctorate and taught from 1970 to 1974 Systematic Theology to the Order of Applied Sciences in Munich and Münster. From 1973 to 1983 he headed the Saxon Franciscan Province as Provincial from the Holy Cross of Werl . From 1983 to 1985 he was General Secretary of the Order in charge of Formation and Studies; from 1985 to 1991 his responsibility changed to the region of Western and Central Europe. From 1991 to 1997 Hermann was Minister General of the Franciscan Order .

In 1997 he was appointed President of the International Catholic Missionary Organization missio in Aachen by the Vatican . He held this office from 1998 to May 2008. His successor was Klaus Krämer .

From 2001 to 2004, Schalück was President of the German Catholic Mission Council (DKMR).

On January 14, 2010 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia by the then Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers .

Fonts

  • Poverty and salvation. An investigation into the idea of ​​poverty in the theology of Bonaventura. Schöningh, Paderborn 1971, ISBN 3-50-679414-0 .
  • The colors of mother earth. Franciscan encounters in one world. Butzon & Bercker, 1995, ISBN 3-76-662036-3 .
  • Stations of hope. Don Bosco Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-76-981351-0 , together with artist Batu.
  • Song of liberation. Butzon & Bercker, 2002, ISBN 3-76-660503-8 .
  • What serves life. Missionary Spirituality Today. Butzon & Bercker, 2005, ISBN 3-76-662105-X , together with Martin Fuchs, Katja Heidemanns.
  • Recognize the thread of God. The harvest of my life. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-429-04465-7 (life review, 88 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link of the Internet presence of the DBK ( Memento of December 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Article: P. Hermann Schalück OFM received the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia on January 14, 2010 on medals accessed online on January 14, 2010
predecessor Office successor
John Vaughn OFM 117th Minister General of the Franciscan Order
1991–1997 		Giacomo Bini OFM
personal data
SURNAME Schalück, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schalück, Hermann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German General Minister of the Franciscans (1991–1997), President of missio Aachen (1998–2008)
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Vit near Rheda-Wiedenbrück, East Westphalia