Petrus Ceelen

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Petrus Ceelen (born February 11, 1943 in Lommel , Belgium ) is a spiritual writer and aphorist .

Ceelen studied Catholic theology in Belgium and at the University of Mainz . He also completed additional training in talk therapy . From 1975 to 1991 he worked as a prison chaplain in the Hohenasperg prison . From 1992 to 2005 he worked as a pastor for people infected with HIV and AIDS in the greater Stuttgart area. In 2003 he was made an honorary member of AIDS-Hilfe Stuttgart. Ceelen is married and has two children. He is known from numerous publications.

Publications (selection)

  • Spell the farewell. The temporal blessing , Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-460-30246-4
  • Keep a stiff upper lip. 99 Cemetery Stories , Lake Oswego 2014, ISBN 978-1-937570-47-7
  • Punishment, guilt, repentance, atonement, reconciliation . In: Diaconia Christi , Vol. 54 (2019), pp. 65–70.

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