Karl Wallner

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Father Karl Wallner

Karl Josef Wallner OCist (actually Josef Wallner , born February 24, 1963 in Vienna ) is an Austrian religious priest (Cistercian). He was rector of the Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI. Heiligenkreuz in Lower Austria. Wallner represents at the local university as a professor , the subjects dogmatic and sacramental theology and worked as a youth counselor and head of the Public Relations in Heiligenkreuz . Since September 1, 2016, he has been missio's National Director for Austria.

Live and act

Origin and career

Josef Wallner was born as the son of Josef and Margarethe Wallner and grew up in Wampersdorf in Lower Austria . His parents were merchants. In 1982 Wallner joined the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz near Baden and took the religious name Karl . Between 1981 and 1985 he studied in Heiligenkreuz, 1986 in Vienna, where he worked as Mag. Theol. sponded . In 1988 he was ordained a priest. With the work on the Trinity skonzeption of Hans Urs von Balthasar in contrast to Hegel was Wallner 1992 at the University of Vienna sub auspiciis praesidentis to Dr. theol. PhD.

Monastery life, pastoral care and public relations

Father Karl Wallner with a person to be baptized, 2007

Between 1993 and 1998 he was the dean's youth pastor of the Archdiocese of Vienna . From 1999 to 2016 he was the youth pastor of Heiligenkreuz Abbey and responsible for the monthly youth vigil, an evening prayer event for young people. In the same period he was responsible for the public relations work of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey and built up the monastic websites and address management. From 1999 to 2011 he was also the monastery ceremonial . He was also a member of the family commission of the Austrian Bishops' Conference from 1999 to 2016 . In 2007 he was mainly responsible for organizing the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. in Heiligenkreuz. In 2012 he was commissioned by Cardinal Schönborn as a corporate donor in the Archdiocese of Vienna. Wallner has been an elected member of the Priestly Council of the Archdiocese of Vienna since 2001 and has been regularly re-elected since then.

University director

In 1999 he took over the management of the Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences, initially as dean . When it was promoted to the University of Papal Law in 2007, the Holy See made him the founding rector of the “Philosophical-Theological University Benedict XVI. Heiligenkreuz ”appointed. He is a professor of dogmatics and theology of the sacraments.

From 2012 to 2015, as rector, he was responsible for expanding the university into a modern university campus. After being re-elected by the University Conference, he was appointed by the Holy See for a fourth term as rector on June 6, 2015. In 2017 he resigned from the office of Rector after he had been appointed Austrian Missio National Director the previous year in order to be freer for his new role. After the acceptance of the resignation by the Holy See with effect from November 15, 2017, the abbot appointed him interim head of the university, which he remained until the new rector took office on February 4, 2019. His successor as rector of the Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI. became Wolfgang Gottfried Buchmüller .

Becoming known in public

Father Karl Wallner is known for his extensive lecturing activities, including catechesis and humorous presentations. He has published over 20 popular books on subjects of theology and spirituality as an author. His book Who Believes Will Be Blessed (2009) made it onto the Spiegel bestseller list.

He was in 2008 by the press work in the context of a broader public Gregorian CD Chant - Music for Paradise the associated performance (more than 1 million copies sold) and especially with a brother with Thomas Gottschalk on the television program that betting known . However, he later described this appearance as unsatisfactory, having "felt very uncomfortable in this glittering and punch line". In 2009 he accepted the Echo Classic Award in the bestseller category for his confreres . In the same year he received the Lower Austrian Tourism Prize in the field of public relations. In 2011 he founded the “Mönchs label ” Obsculta-Music and achieved platinum status with the 1st CD Chant - Amor et Passio .

Proposal as Archbishop of Salzburg

When Alois Kothgasser's successor was elected as Archbishop of Salzburg in autumn 2013, Wallner was named in the Vatican's “ three-party proposal ”. In the cathedral chapter , however, the choice fell on Franz Lackner . According to media reports, there were reservations about Wallner due to his theologically conservative positions in the diocese.

Entrepreneur

In addition to the monastery's own sub-operations Be & Be Verlag , Obsculta-Music Label and Heiligenkreuzer Studio1133 , Wallner was managing director of Medien-GmbH Heiligenkreuz, which he founded in June 2014 , a 100 percent subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz, which operates under the label Klosterladen Heiligenkreuz bundles the various activities. In January 2017, Wallner founded Missio Service GmbH based in Vienna, a 100 percent subsidiary of the Päpstlichen Missionswerke in Austria, with which the Missio Shop is operated via a trade license in the food retail sector.

Missio National Director

In 2016, Karl Wallner was appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies missio by Pope Francis , one of the largest donation organizations in Austria. His predecessor was Leo Maasburg . Missio is subordinate to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and collects for church projects in the poorest countries in the world. With the assumption of this function he gave up all monastic offices exercised up to then to other confreres.

Mission Manifesto

In March 2018, Wallner was a co-editor of the " Mission Manifesto ", with which evangelically influenced theologians from German-speaking countries presented ten theses for a more self-confident and missionary attitude of the Catholic Church.

Hobbies and miscellaneous

In private, Wallner prefers to listen to music from the English-speaking world, his favorite performer is Michael Jackson .

Since one of his hobbies is weight training , he has been the sports supervisor of the "monastic fitness center" since 2000, the establishment of which goes back to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , who wanted to be physically active during his stay in the monastery to write the script for his film The Lives of Others .

Henckel von Donnersmarck named the figure of Karl Wallner in the Oscar-winning film after his friend Wallner, who he made in the monastery.

Awards

Publications (selection)

Books (selection)

  • God as eschaton. Trinitarian drama as a prerequisite for divine universality with Hans Urs von Balthasar. (= Philosophical-Theological University Heiligenkreuz: Heiligenkreuzer Study Series of the Philosophical-Theological University Heiligenkreuz, Vol. 7.) Association of Heiligenkreuz University Friends , Heiligenkreuz 1992, ISBN 3-85105-006-1 .
  • Gerhard Ludwig Müller with the assistance of K. J. Wallner: What does Mary mean to us Christians. The Council's answer. Reflections on the Mary Chapter of the Church Constitution of the Second Vatican Council. Rosary Atonement Crusade for Peace in the World, Vienna 1994, without ISBN.
  • Meaning and happiness in faith. Thoughts on Christian Spirituality. Media-Maria-Verlag, Illertissen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811452-1-2 .
  • Whoever believes will be saved. A monk's thoughts on the happiness of living meaningfully. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-60652-8 .
  • The singing of the monks. The rediscovery of the healing Gregorian chant from Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Irisiana, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-424-15037-7 .
  • How is god The answer of the Christian faith. Media-Maria-Verlag, Illertissen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813003-4-5 .
  • with Monika Schulz-Fieguth : light of a quiet world. The secret of monastic life. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2010, ISBN 978-3-579-07023-0 .
  • Prayer is easy. Meditations on the rosary. Benno, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-7462-2915-7 .
  • The Eucharist. Basic course Christianity. Benno, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-7462-2861-7 .
  • The seven sacraments. Basic course Christianity. Benno, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-7462-2859-4 .
  • Seven times seven thoughts for seekers of meaning. Residence, St. Pölten-Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-7017-1577-0 .
  • Church is good for you. Fresh answers to life's questions. Benno, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-7462-3458-8 .
  • The Eucharist. Benno 2013, ISBN 978-3-7462-3684-1 .
  • A piece of heaven. Encouragement for Christians. Benno, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-7462-3650-6 .
  • Atonement. In search of the meaning of the cross. Media-Maria-Verlag, Illertissen 2015, ISBN 978-3-945401-13-2 .
  • Come Holy Spirit, work in us. Encouragement to young people. Benno, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-7462-4351-1 .
  • The seven sacraments in a nutshell. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-7462-4628-4 .
  • The Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences introduces itself. Illustrated book. Be & B, Heiligenkreuz 2016, ISBN 978-3-903118-00-3 .
  • God save us ... from stupid Christians. Basics for Holy Mass, Confirmation & Co. Ehe Familie Buch, Jeging 2017, ISBN 978-3-902336-06-4 .

Editing (selection)

  • Spiritus Sancti Auditorium. Festschrift for the 200th anniversary of the Philosophical-Theological University of Heiligenkreuz. With picture attachment. Bernardus-Verlag, Langwaden 2004, ISBN 3-934551-98-X .
  • with Simeon Wester, Michael Krutzler (ed.): The mysticism of the Gregorian chant. Contributions of the study day 2005 at the Phil.-Theol. Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences. (= Conference publication , 2005.) Bernardus-Verlag, Heimbach / Eifel-Aachen 2007, ISBN 3-8107-9273-X .
  • Five to eleven. Contributions to theology. (= Series of publications by the Institute for Dogmatics and Fundamental Theology at the Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Benedikt XVI. Heiligenkreuz, Vol. 2.) Be & Be, Heiligenkreuz 2010, ISBN 978-3-902694-20-1 .
  • To you I lift my soul. Prayers from the heart from the monastery. Matthias Grünewald, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7867-2894-8 .
  • Our mission is love. Reports from the world church. Be & Be, Heiligenkreuz 2017, ISBN 978-3-903118-27-0 .
  • Bernhard Meuser , Johannes Hartl , Karl Wallner (eds.): Mission Manifest. The theses for the comeback of the church. Herder, Freiburg-Basel-Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-38147-8 .

literature

  • Father John Paul Chavanne (OCist): Full of passion for God. Without the power and vision of Father Karl Wallner, Heiligenkreuz would not be what it is: Faith oasis and evangelization center - an eyewitness report. In: Die Tagespost , April 25, 2018 ( article online ).

Web links

Commons : Karl Wallner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us: The National Director . In: missio.at. Missio - Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria, accessed on February 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Prof. P. Dr. Karl Wallner OCist. Short biography on the website of Phil.-Theol. Benedict XVI University Heiligenkreuz, undated, accessed on February 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Buchmüller new rector of the University of Heiligenkreuz. In: tt.com / APA , January 30, 2019, accessed on February 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b c Author profile of the editor. In: Father Karl Wallner: Come, Holy Spirit, work in us. Benno, Leipzig 2015, pp. 78–79.
  5. ↑ Dietmar Neuwirth: Kapellari successor on hold. In: Die Presse , February 19, 2014, February 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ Medien-GmbH Heiligenkreuz, FN 418082b in the commercial register at the LG Wiener Neustadt : new entry on June 27, 2014; Change of managing director , registered on September 28, 2017. In: firmenmonitor.at. Official part of the Wiener Zeitung , accessed on February 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ About us. And: Imprint. In: Klosterladen Heiligenkreuz. Medien-GmbH Heiligenkreuz (Ed.), Accessed on February 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ Missio Service GmbH, FN 465553m in the commercial register at the HG Vienna : new entry on February 7, 2017. In: firmenmonitor.at. Official part of the Wiener Zeitung , accessed on February 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ Missio Service GmbH : Commercial trade with the exception of the regulated trade trade and commercial agent since September 1, 2017 in the professional branch retail with food, GISA number: 29905003. Entry in WKO companies A – Z. Austrian Chamber of Commerce (publisher), accessed on February 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Imprint → Missio Shop. In: missio.at. Missio - Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Ed.), Accessed on February 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Christof Haverkamp: Will the charismatic mission save the church? Review of the book "Mission Manifest" In: Kirche + Leben Netz, January 21, 2018, accessed on February 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ "And to what God you pray?" Bestselling author Dr. Fr. Karl Wallner from Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a guest. In: Passauer Neue Presse , February 26, 2012 / April 9, 2013, accessed on February 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Film: Director Henckel von Donnersmarck honored in Heiligenkreuz. "Oscar" -winning "The Lives of Others" was created in the Lower Austrian monastery - next film project "still secret". In: Der Standard , October 28, 2007, accessed on February 24, 2020: “According to the director, who also has an Austrian passport, Father Karl Wallner acted as the 'closest friend among the monks' in Heiligenkreuz. In the end, he even arranged for a 'gym' to be set up in the monastery, where Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was physically active during his stay. 'Since then we have had a monastic fitness center', says Father Karl. "
  14. ↑ An Oscar "from" Heiligenkreuz. In: Chronik: Oscar 2007. Website of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, after October 28, 2007, accessed on February 24, 2020: “ Florian also showed his connection to the Abbey through some details, for example by being a minor figure, a good-natured dissident , named after the webmaster as 'Karl Wallner' ... - And he shows his solidarity with the pen by coming to us in Heiligenkreuz with his ' Oscar ' on October 28, 2007. "
personal data
SURNAME Wallner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallner, Josef (maiden name); Wallner, Karl Josef; Wallner, Karl J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chaplain, Cistercian monk and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna