Josef Hehenberger

Josef Hehenberger OCist (* 1940 in Stroheim ) is an Austrian Cistercians , missionary and Altabt the Cistercian abbey Jequitibá .

Act

The Cistercian from Schlierbach Abbey went to Brazil as a missionary in 1966 . After assignments in Jequitiba monastery , he became pastor in Jacobina ( Bahia ) in 1979 , and founded the youth protection center Fazendinha JJJ to get the children off the streets and to increase their self-esteem. You should become so responsible citizens. Because of his social commitment, he was put on the death list of large landowners in 1989. From 2004 to 2014 he was abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Jequitiba. During an extraordinary visit by Abbot General Lepori on March 21, 2014, Hehenberger announced his resignation as Abbot.

Award

In 2007 he was awarded the Archbishop Oscar Romero Prize of the Catholic Men's Movement in Klagenfurt.

literature

Klaus Ebenhöh: I answer the call of my heart. Missionary Father Josef Hehenberger. Edition Kirchenzeitung, Linz 2001, ISBN 3-902237-00-7 .

Web links

Josef Wallner: Why Christians Sting ( Memento from December 30, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ). In: KirchenZeitung Diözese Linz , November 28, 2007. Accessed January 23, 2011.
Franz Helm: Too conservative for a prophet? . In: Stadt Gottes , December 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
Entry to Josef Hehenberger on medals online

Individual evidence

↑ Padre José Hehenberger received the 2007 Roma Prize in Klagenfurt ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Diocese of Linz. Retrieved January 23, 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Hehenberger, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hehenberger, José (Portuguese name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Cistercian and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH	1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stroheim

[1] Padre José Hehenberger received the 2007 Roma Prize in Klagenfurt ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Website of the Diocese of Linz. Retrieved January 23, 2011.