Klaus Weyers

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Klaus Weyers (born November 21, 1933 in Krefeld ; † January 24, 2019 ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and author .

Life

As a child, Klaus Weyers came to Finsterwalde as part of the Kinderland deportation , where his parents followed as victims of the bombing war. He learned the trade of bricklayer and made up his Abitur at the Norbertinum in Magdeburg . He studied in Erfurt Catholic theology and received on 17 December 1961 in Neuzelle the sacrament of Holy Orders . After years of chaplaincy in Cottbus, Neuzelle and Lauta, he worked in the Diocese of Berlin from 1969 to 1977 , among other things as a spiritual teacher at the language course for candidates for priesthood in Schöneiche near Berlin . Then he was spiritual at the pastoral seminar in Neuzelle and employee of the pastoral office in the diocese of Görlitz . He spent his retirement in the Archdiocese of Berlin since 2001 , most recently in Gransee .

Since the mid-1970s he has been a regular columnist for the church press in the GDR , especially for the St. Hedwigsblatt of the Berlin diocese. From 1990 he wrote for the follow-up papers Katholische Kirchenzeitung for the Archdiocese of Berlin , Katholische Sonntagszeitung and until his death for the Lord's Day . Many of his columns were collected in book form. He also published a number of books about the Neuzeller monastery church and explaining church rites, objects and traditions.

Publications (selection)

  • Of pearls, salt and a fake tie. Thoughts on pictures of the Bible , More-Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 978-3-87554-131-1
  • The collegiate and pilgrimage church of Neuzelle , St. Benno Verlag , Leipzig 1985
  • The quiet Pentecostal spirit , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 978-3-7462-0031-6
  • My Brandenburg Notebook (Ed. Michael Henn), Bonifatiuswerk, Paderborn 1989
  • More than bread and wine. Liturgy as the melody of life , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1992, 2nd edition 1999, ISBN 978-3-7462-1045-2
  • The rooster crows every morning. Self-knowledge of a bright priest , St. Benno-Verlag, 2nd edition, Leipzig 1997, ISBN 978-3-7462-1215-9
  • Spiritual advice is not expensive. Surprising insights not only into the Bible , St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 978-3-7462-1451-1
  • Holy Mass. An entertaining guide , St. Benno-Verlag, 2nd edition, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 978-3-7462-1753-6
  • Churches, monasteries, cathedrals. An entertaining tour through the church , St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-7462-2129-8
  • The Lord's Prayer , St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-7462-2654-5
  • Fromm - German. German - Fromm. An entertaining church lexicon (dictionary), St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-7462-2905-8
  • Discover the church. An entertaining tour through the church , St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-7462-3756-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Spiritual councilor Klaus Weyers has died. Diocese of Görlitz , January 25, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b It wasn't boring at all. Klaus Weyers, author of St. Benno Verlag, is celebrating 40 years of priesthood. Lord's Day , December 14, 2001, Retrieved January 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Weyers, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic priest and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2019