Klaus Schäfer (theologian, 1958)

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Klaus Schäfer SAC (* 1958 in Betzigau ) is a German Catholic theologian , priest and author . As a Pallottine Father he wears the religious symbol SAC behind the name. His main focus is on sickness and dying care as well as grief work. He published numerous books on the subjects of breastfeeding , brain death and organ donation as well as travel reports on bicycle pilgrimages .

Live and act

After finishing school in Betzigau and Durach, Schäfer trained as an electrical mechanic and then served for twelve years as a soldier in the German Armed Forces . In 1988 he entered the order of the Pallottines and, after training and studying, was ordained a priest in 1998 . As a Pallottine , he uses the abbreviation SAC (Latin for Societas Apostolatus Catholici , German “Community of the Catholic Apostolate”) as an addition to his name in the form of a postal nominal .

In 1999 Father Schäfer was pastor in Kippenhausen in Baden-Württemberg . He then worked from September 1999 to 2014 as the clinic pastor of the Vincentius Hospital in Karlsruhe. From 2014 to 2017, Father Klaus Schäfer SAC was rector of the religious order in Bruchsal . As a hospital chaplain, he was the founder of the Karlsruhe consolation services. Since 2017 he has been a clinic pastor at the University Hospital Regensburg . He is a sought-after speaker and disputant on the topics of brain death and organ donation.

Klaus Schäfer operates various websites with different topics:

  • Schäfer-SAC.de - With this he campaigns for the preservation of peace. The maintenance of the war cemeteries is also important to him. Pictures of 200 military cemeteries can be found on this website.
  • SantiagoWiki.eu - It provides information about the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela (Paris, Vézelay, Le Puy, Arles, as well as various routes in Spain). There are numerous image documents there.
  • Organspende-Wiki.de - With this, he has been committed to factually correct and comprehensive education about brain death and organ donation since January 2014 .

Works (selection)

  • Consoling - but how? A guide to accompanying the grieving and sick. Regensburg 2009 ISBN 978-3-7917-2204-7 .
  • Funeral ceremonies for the death of children: liturgical aids and models for blessing, farewell and burial. Regensburg 2010 ISBN 978-3-7917-2299-3 .
  • To die - but how? Guide to Coping Well with Death. Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3791723815 .
  • Brain death, medical facts - diffuse fears - help for relatives. Topos plus 2014, ISBN 978-3836708791 .
  • From coma to brain death: care and support in the intensive care unit. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-17-033090-0 .
  • Brain death - organ donation and the church says about it. Book on Demand 2020, ISBN 978-3751930420 .

The freebooks include:

About 30 essays, examples are:

Articles published in professional journals
  • 2012 mourning a child
  • 2013 quarrel at the grave
  • 2014 A dignified farewell to organ donors
  • 2016 From apparent death to brain death
  • 2017 Sudden and unexpected
  • 2017 The time of death
  • 2018 the year of anniversaries
  • 2018 Communication is what matters
  • 2018 Organ transplant from a religious perspective
  • 2018 Correct understanding of brain death
  • 2018 organ donors are lifesavers
  • 2019 comforting - but how?
  • 2019 Pros and cons of the objection regulation (NJ 1/19)
  • 2019 pros and cons to the conflict settlement (NJ 19/02)
  • 2019 Organ donation: Debate about objection regulation (Ethik-today April 11, 2019)
  • 2019 military cemeteries as reminders for peace
Articles published by the Pallottines:
  • 2016 My commitment to organ donation
  • Say goodbye in 2017
  • 2017 Is organ donation a Christian obligation?
  • 2017 Consoling - but how?
  • 2017 Lament - the forgotten form of prayer
  • 2017 Small but important: the organ donor card
  • 2018 Currently the best, ...

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All links were accessed on June 4, 2020.
  1. ^ Klaus Schäfer Wiki with a corresponding list of publications
  2. ↑ By Klaus Schäfer developed consolation worship
  3. ↑ Discussion in Karlsruhe on organ donation requiring objection?
  4. ↑ Klaus Schäfer: Pictures of war cemeteries
  5. ↑ Photo gallery of pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela
  6. ↑ Klaus Schäfer: Education about brain death and organ donation .
  7. ↑ funeral culture 03/2012
  8. ↑ funeral culture 12/2013
  9. ↑ funeral culture 03/2014
  10. ↑ funeral culture 07-08 / 2016
  11. ↑ funeral culture 03/2017
  12. ↑ intensive 2017, 25 (05): 235–239.
  13. ↑ intensive 2018, 26 (04): 193–195.
  14. ↑ intensive 2018, 26 (06): 292–293.
  15. ↑ Donated liver - new life. 25 years of Liver Transplanted Germany eV: 65.
  16. ↑ Correct understanding of brain death pdf accessed on November 20, 2018
  17. ↑ http://ethik-heute.org/10884-2 accessed on December 6, 2018.
  18. ↑ funeral culture 01/2019
  19. ↑ Neue Justiz 1/2019, IIII. https://www.neue-justiz.nomos.de/fileadmin/neue-justiz/doc/2019/NJ_19_01_Ansichtssache.pdf accessed on December 22, 2018
  20. ↑ Neue Justiz 2/2019, 55–50. https://www.neue-justiz.nomos.de/fileadmin/neue-justiz/doc/2019/Aufsatz_NJ_19_02_Schaefer.pdf accessed on February 8, 2019
  21. ↑ https://ethik-heute.org/organspende-debatte-um-widerspruchsordnung accessed on April 17, 2018.
  22. ↑ Funeral culture 04/2019
  23. ^ Article by Father Schäfer at Pallottiner.org
  24. ↑ https://www.eingemischt.org/haben-haben, accessed on December 6, 2018
  25. ↑ https://www.eingemischt.org/ist-organspende-eine-christenpflicht accessed on December 6, 2018
  26. ↑ https://www.eingemischt.org/richtig-troesten accessed on December 6, 2018
  27. ↑ https://www.eingemischt.org/gott-hadern-klagen accessed on December 6, 2018
  28. ↑ https://www.eingemischt.org/organspendeausweis-klaus-schaefer accessed on December 6, 2018
  29. ↑ http://www.organspende-geschichten.de/?p=267#more-267 accessed on December 6, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, clinic chaplain and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Betzigau