Paul Rondholz

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Paul Rondholz (born March 21, 1880 in Schwelm , † October 2, 1967 in Berlin ) was a German Catholic priest , Jesuit and author of spiritual writings.

Life

Paul Rondholz was born in Schwelm in 1880. After graduating from high school , from 1899 he studied Catholic theology and law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau . He was ordained a priest on March 28, 1903 in Cologne .

From 1903 to 1914 Rondholz was a chaplain in the parish of St. Mary Conception in Mönchengladbach . He headed the parish of the Holy Three Kings in Oberbachem, south of Bonn, from 1914 to 1920. There he was mistakenly suspected of having murdered his housekeeper. The perpetrator was later caught.

In 1920 Rondholz entered the Jesuit order. After two years as chaplain in the parish of St. Clemens in Berlin , he became responsible for the priests' conference in Silesia in 1927 and thus for the theological training of the clergy in this region. In 1941 he was banned from speaking throughout the Greater German Reich from the National Socialist authorities and was expelled from Silesia.

After the war he lived and worked in Berlin, most recently at the Canisius College , and wrote numerous spiritual works. He died there on October 2, 1967. His grave is in the St. Hedwig cemetery in Berlin-Reinickendorf .

Fonts (selection)

  • Paul Rondholz: Paths to God . Schmitt, Siegburg 1955.
  • Paul Rondholz: The eternal truths following the retreat of St. Ignatius . Butzon & Bercker , Kevelaer 1961.
  • Paul Rondholz: Be holy: 12 spiritual renewals for the 12 months of the year . Parzeller , Fulda 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History sheets of the Catholic parish . In: Parish of the Holy Three Kings (Hrsg.): Chronicle of the parish of the Holy Three Kings Oberbachem with Gimmersdorf, Ließem, Kürrighoven . Loose-leaf chronicle, 1984–1991. Wachtberg, S. 25 .
  2. ↑ Alfred Rothe: History of the East German Province of the Society of Jesus from its beginnings to the end of the Second World War. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Rondholz, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest, Jesuit and author of spiritual writings
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwelm
DATE OF DEATH October 2nd, 1967
Place of death Berlin