Max Kassiepe

Max Kassiepe (born April 8, 1867 in Essen , † November 1, 1948 in Borken ) was a Catholic preacher and people's missionary.

Life

Max Kassiepe was born the son of a foreman in Essen. After attending elementary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and attended advanced training courses in the Catholic journeymen's association (Kolping Society). As a master, he founded his own carpentry workshop. In his spare time he took private lessons, especially in the Latin language. In 1891 he entered the Oblate Order , did his Abitur and began studying theology. In 1897 he was ordained a priest. Kassiepe was involved in the so-called popular mission . In 1902 he became prior of his order in Arnhem, Holland. In 1905 he founded the St. Nicholas Monastery near Neuss, which he headed from 1905 to 1910 and 1919/1920. From 1910 to 1913 he was Provincial of the German Province of the Oblate Order. In 1912 he founded the Mission Conference (today the Working Group for Missionary Services of the Orders) and remained its chairman until his death. He took part in the First World War as a chaplain. In 1920 he worked as general assistant to the general chapter of the Oblates in Rome. In 1926 he was again appointed Provincial of the German Order Province.

Kassiepe preached in over 400 people's missions in the German Empire, Austria and America, and he also gave many retreats and occasional sermons. He was also a frequent speaker at Catholic , Eucharistic and Marian Congresses. After his experiences as a chaplain in World War I, he warned the German Catholics not to allow themselves to be co-opted for aggressive nationalism. As a pastor he campaigned for the implementation of the communion decrees Pius X. and thus for the early communion of the children and the frequent reception of communion. The liturgical movement was critical of Kassiepe.

Works

• The People's Mission, Paderborn 1909
• People's mission after the war, Paderborn 1918
• Wrong paths and detours in the pious life of the present, Kevelaer 1939,

literature

• Paul Joest: The mighty voice. The life of the great people's missionary Max Kassiepe OMI. Hünfeld 1954;
• Thomas Klosterkamp : Catholic People's Mission in Germany. (= Erfurt theological studies vol. 83). Leipzig 2002. ISBN 3-7462-1576-5
• Johannes Madey :  Kassiepe, Max Adolf. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 1206-1207.

Web links

• Literature by and about Max Kassiepe in the catalog of the German National Library
• Max Kassiepe in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors