Matthäus Kurz
Matthäus Johannes Baptist Kurz OCist (born August 26, 1865 in Traisen , Lower Austria ; † January 20, 1952 in Lilienfeld , Lower Austria) was a conventual of the Lilienfeld Monastery . He worked as a pastor, priest trainer and publicist.
The son of a working-class family attended the Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstetten and graduated from high school in 1885 . In the same year he was dressed in Lilienfeld ; on August 23, 1886 he made the temporary, on August 25, 1889 the solemn profession and was ordained a priest on July 4, 1890 by Bishop Matthäus Binder . From 1890 to 1912 he was a cooperator , temporary priest and pastor in the hospital and prison near Lilienfeld. During this time he founded the Christian workers' association in Traisen (1905).
In 1912 he was appointed professor of pastoral theology at the Institutum Theologicum in Heiligenkreuz, where he worked until 1940. During these years he also served as prefect of the theology students in Heiligenkreuz, who at the time came exclusively from the Lower Austrian monasteries of Heiligenkreuz , Zwettl and Lilienfeld .
His publications in clerical magazines and newspapers ranged in the hundreds; he devoted himself mainly to topics of Catholic piety. Most of the time he wrote for the Reichspost , the Cistercienser Chronik and the correspondence sheet for the Catholic clergy , but about ten other newspapers printed several of his articles. His contributions dealt with the priestly culture of life, proclamation and the dispensing of the sacraments, here mainly related to Holy Mass and confession . He was also a staunch admirer of the Bavarian mystic Therese von Konnersreuth and wrote a lot about her.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthäus Kurz, Seelenhilfe in Konnersreuth (Waldsassen 1937).
literature
- Alkuin Schachenmayr : Formative professors in the development of theological teaching in the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz 1802-2002 (Langwaden 2004), pp. 183–199, ISBN 3-937634-08-8 .
- Eugen Müller : Profession book of the Cistercian monastery Lilienfeld (studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, supplementary volume 38). EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 1996, ISBN 3-88096-628-1 , pp. 382-383. With references.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | In short, Matthew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | In short, Matthäus Johannes Baptist (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian monk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Traisen , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1952 |
| Place of death | Lilienfeld , Lower Austria |