Lothar Zenetti

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Lothar Zenetti in St. Wendel Church in Frankfurt, 1978

Lothar Zenetti (born February 6, 1926 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 24, 2019 there ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , priest and writer .

life and work

The ancestors of Lothar Zenetti immigrated from the Italian Friuli to southern Germany in the early 18th century . In 1866 the grandfather moved to Frankfurt am Main, the father Ludwig Zenetti (1887–1975) was senior director at the Goethe-Gymnasium there . The latter worked as a co-founder of the "Catholic People's Work" and as the long-standing president of the "Catholic Action" in the Diocese of Limburg . We owe a book on the history of the Zenetti family to him.

Lothar Zenetti attended the Bonifatius School from 1931 and the Goethe Gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1936 . During the war in 1943 at the age of 17, he was drafted as an air force helper, then to the Reich Labor Service . In 1944 he came to Vienna as a recruit and then to Denmark for officer training .

He was wounded while working at the front in Silesia from January 1945. At the end of the war he fell into American and from then into French captivity . During this time he was a seminarian in the so-called barbed wire seminary of Chartres which 1,945 to 1,947 of Abbé Franz Stock as rain was headed. Stations of the Cross, painted by Zenetti , are still well preserved in the seminar building that now houses the European meeting place . On July 1, 1946, he was released home.

Back in Frankfurt he did his Abitur in a homecoming course and enrolled at St. Georgen University for Catholic Philosophy and Theology . In 1952 he completed his studies and was ordained a priest on September 28, 1952 by Diocesan Bishop Wilhelm Kempf in Limburg an der Lahn . He celebrated his first session with the home community Frauenfrieden on October 5, 1952 .

The stations as chaplain were Oberbruch , Kölbingen in the Westerwald, Königstein in the Taunus and Wiesbaden, St. Bonifatius . In 1962, the appointment was made to the town youth pastor in Frankfurt. From 1969 to 1995 he worked as parish priest in St. Wendel , Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen . In 1971 he was an advisor to the Synod of the German Dioceses and from 1972 a member. From 1976 to 1981, Zenetti was dean in Frankfurt-Süd. At the Hessischer Rundfunk he worked from 1981 to 1991 as broadcasting representative for the radio of the Catholic Church. He had worked regularly for the radio since 1949, at the same time he also worked as a journalist for the church newspaper Der Sonntag . He also belonged to the circle of the speaker of the ARD telecast The word Sunday .

According to Lothar Zenetti, he published 27 books, in addition to poetry and short stories, books on art , music and religious education as well as texts for radio and dialect contributions. Many of his works have been translated into English , Spanish , Portuguese , Italian and French . Miracles don't just happen on Sundays and sometimes we are already living in Braille .

About 150 of his poems were set to music and many were made known in songbooks and recordings , such as What No One Dares by Konstantin Wecker .

As an author, Zenetti was involved in the ecumenical beat fair in 1972 Love is not just a word with Wilhelm Willms , Eckart Bücken and Peter Janssens . His songs can be found in all Catholic hymn books in German-speaking countries ; but also the Evangelical Hymnbook and the Hymnbook of the Evangelical Methodist Church have taken over some texts from him. In addition to his own poems , Zenetti also translated texts by the Dutch poet and theologian Huub Oosterhuis . His translation of Ik sta voor u as I stand before you with empty hands, Lord is not only to be found in praise of God .

Together with trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff , he traveled to the USA and from there brought the idea of ​​livelier, more informal church services with him, which should be made up of jazz or beat music . In this context he wrote “an important book about jazz and church” ( Wolfram Knauer ).

Lothar Zenetti last lived in Frankfurt-Bockenheim , his grave is in the New Bockenheim Cemetery .

Honors

  • In 1984 Zenetti received the Church Humor Award
  • The Stoltze Lantern Award for satirical literary work for the purposes it was in 1996 Friedrich Stoltze handed

Quotes

“People who live by hope see further.
People who live by love see deeper.
People who live by faith
see everything in a different light. "

- Lothar Zenetti

"When you pray,
then go into your room,
your Dunkelkämmerlein ,
and develop the image
that God has made you."

- Lothar Zenetti

"You shoud risk what nobody else does.
What no one says that says out.
What no one thinks that dares to think.
What nobody starts, carries out.

If nobody says yes, you should say so.
If nobody says no, say no.
If any doubt, dares to believe.
If everyone participates, stand alone.

Where everyone praises, they have concerns.
Where everyone scoffs, don't scoff.
Where all stingy, dares to give.
Where everything is dark, there is light. "

- Lothar Zenetti

Works

Books

  • Nails with heads. Handouts for the Faith Conversation , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1960
  • God's happy crowd. Workbook for Church Child Labor , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1961
  • Children's world and God's word. One hundred speeches by children , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1962
  • Mornings, Wednesdays and evenings. Workbook for girls' groups and leisure time , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1963
  • Whip and psalm. Spirituals and gospel songs. History and Faith of the Negroes of North America , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1963
  • Initiatives. Young Christians in a big city. Reportages , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1964
  • Hot (W) irons in the church. Jazz, beat, songs, hits in church? , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1966
  • Time announcement. Workbook for the worship service of a new generation , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1969, ISBN 978-3790499438
  • Texts of confidence. For the individual and the community , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1972, ISBN 978-3-7904-0058-8
  • Light has seven colors , Munich: Pfeiffer 1975, ISBN 978-3-7904-0153-0
  • God's guest book. Community between desire and reality , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1975, ISBN 978-3-7904-0166-0
  • The most beautiful party. A Frankfurt Christmas book , Knecht, Frankfurt am Main, 1977, ISBN 978-3-7820-0386-5
  • The wonderful increase in time. Variations on the Gospel , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1979, ISBN 978-3-7904-0308-4
  • 's Frankfurt Christkindche. Two nativity plays in Frankfurt dialect , Kramer, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, ISBN 978-3-7829-0505-3
  • Sometimes we're already alive. Ways that faith goes. Radio speeches , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1981, ISBN 978-3-7904-0335-0
  • The hour of tightrope walkers. Stories and Poems , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1982, ISBN 978-3-7904-0358-9
  • Miracles don't just happen on Sundays. Experiences with everyday life, radio speeches, Paulinus Verlag, Tirer, 1984, ISBN 978-3-7902-5851-6
  • My time in good hands. With old pictures, customs and prayers through the year , Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim, 1985, ISBN 978-3-475-52467-7
  • The baby Jesus. Adoration, representation, art and piety , Wewel, Munich, 1987, ISBN 978-3-87904-157-2
  • We can still be saved. New Texts of Confidence , Pfeiffer, Munich, 1989, ISBN 978-3-7904-0556-9
  • On his trail. Texts of believing confidence , Topos Taschenbuch vol. 327, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz, 2000, ISBN 978-3-7867-2965-5
  • Near him. Texts of trust , Topos paperback volume 1018, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8367-1018-3

Song lyrics

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Priest and poet Lothar Zenetti died. In: kathisch.de . February 25, 2019, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ludwig Zenetti: History of the Zenetti Family , 3 volumes. Zink, Lauingen 1954-1970.
  3. ↑ Mourning for Frankfurt poet pastor Lothar Zenetti. In: Obituary of the Diocese of Limburg . February 27, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ See speakers since 1954 .
  5. ↑ Love is not just a word. Ecumenical beat mass with the choir of the Neanderkirche Düsseldorf and the choir of the Thomaskirche Düsseldorf under the direction of Oskar Gottlieb Blarr . Label: Schwann AMS Studio 451
  6. ↑ Annelen Ottermann: Lothar Zenetti - a fleeting search for traces in the Protestant hymn book , FORUM KIRCHENMUSIK 2019, no. 5, p. 29f. [1]
  7. ^ Pastor with profound humor , Frankfurter Rundschau , September 27, 2012
  8. ↑ Jazznews (Jazzinstitut Darmstadt) , October 1, 2012
  9. ^ Parish Saint Marien Frankfurt am Main
  10. ↑ Citations database ( Memento from January 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 16, 2016
  11. ^ What Pastors Pray for Christmas , rp-online.de of December 24, 2012, accessed on February 20, 2015
  12. ↑ from: Lothar Zenetti: On His Track. Texts of believing confidence (Topos 327). Matthias Grünewald Verlag , Schwabenverlag AG. Ostfildern, 4th edition 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Zenetti, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2019
Place of death Frankfurt am Main