Johann Baptist Reus
Johann Baptist Reus SJ (Portuguese João Batista Reus ) (born July 10, 1868 in Pottenstein (Upper Franconia) ; † July 21, 1947 in São Leopoldo , Brazil ) was a German Jesuit , missionary and mystic of outstanding importance in the Sacred Heart Piety and theology .
Life
Johann Baptist Reus entered the Bamberger seminary, was ordained a deacon on 16 April 1892 and received the priestly ordination on 30 July 1893. On 16 October 1894 he entered Blyenbeck in the Netherlands in the novitiate one of the Jesuits. From 1896 to 1899 he studied philosophy and theology at the Ignatius College in Valkenburg . After completing the novitiate, he was sent to serve. Together with four other Jesuits, he came to Brazil on September 15, 1900, where he mostly served in Porto Alegre for the first few years . In 1913 he became pastor in Sao Leopoldo and the following year he became the spiritual director of the seminary there. From 1917 to 1944 he taught religion, geography, French and liturgy in the small and large seminary . From 1912 he had mystical experiences, such as visions and stigmata , about which he made notes in the diary and in his autobiography . He also wrote several books for his educational work at the seminary.
Father Reus died after a long illness on July 21, 1947. He is buried in the Sacred Heart of Jesus shrine in Sao Leopoldo. Johann Baptist Reus is extremely well known in Brazil. His tomb is the destination of many pilgrims . The beatification process began in 1958.
literature
- Sr. Angela Locher OSU: God kindles a heart . Feldkirch, Lins-Verlag 1963
- P. Ferdinand Baumann: An Apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Servant of God P. Johann Baptist Reus SJ Friborg (Kanisius) 1959
- Ferdinand Holböck : Look to the pierced . Stein am Rhein (Christiana) 1990, pages 332–341, ISBN 3-7171-0924-3
- Alfons Maria Weigl : P. Reus SJ, a new great helper . Altötting 1995
- Ekkart Sauser : REUS, Johann Baptist. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 1253.
- Literature in Portuguese
- P. Leo Kohler: Vida do P. João Baptista Reus . Edições Paulinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1956
- Br. Afonso Wobeto: Fr. João Baptista Reus . Livraria P. Reus, Brazil. 1998
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reus, Johann Baptist |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reus, João Batista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jesuit and mystic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pottenstein (Upper Franconia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1947 |
| Place of death | São Leopoldo , Brazil |