Rupert Berger (liturgist)

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Rupert Berger (born June 26, 1926 in Traunstein ; † June 7, 2020 there ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and professor of liturgical studies and pastoral theology.

Life

The former prince-bishop's stables in Freising, in which the PTH Freising was housed
City parish church Maria Himmelfahrt, Bad Tölz

Rupert Berger, whose father Rupert Berger (1896-1958) was a founding member of the Bavarian People's Party and later Lord Mayor of Traunstein, was appointed on June 29, 1951 together with Erwin Hausladen, Joseph and Georg Ratzinger and numerous other seminarians in the Freising Cathedral by Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber for ordained priests .

Berger studied theology and philosophy in Freising and Munich. After serving as a chaplain in Berchtesgaden (1951–1954) and Munich (1954–1956), Berger was prefect in the late-career seminar in Fürstenried for one year , received his doctorate in liturgical science in 1964, and from 1957 worked as a lecturer and professor at the Philosophical-Theological University of Freising until it was dissolved in 1968. He then worked as pastor in Bad Tölz at the Assumption of Mary until 1997 . Berger spent his retirement in his hometown of Traunstein, where he also worked as a subsidiary until 2011 . He was good friends with Pope Benedict XVI until he was old.

Participation in committees

Awards

Works (in selection)

Berger dealt intensively with the liturgical reform after the Second Vatican Council . He is the author of important liturgical studies, including:

Publications in book form

  • The phrase "offerre pro" in the Roman liturgy (= liturgy-scientific sources and research, volume 41), Münster 1965 (also university publication Munich, theological faculty, dissertation of December 23, 1964).
  • Small liturgical dictionary (= Herder-Bücherei, Volume 339/340/341), Herder-Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1969.
  • Do this in memory of me. Introduction to the celebration of the fair , Don-Bosco-Verlag, Munich 1971, ISBN 978-3-7698-0117-0 .
  • You are raised with Christ. 30 word services for mass celebrations for the deceased :
  • (Author), with Hans Hollerweger , Celebrating the Easter Vigil , Pueblo Books, New York 1983, ISBN 978-0-8146-6056-0 .
  • The celebration of Holy Mass . An introduction, Freiburg 2009.
  • (with Adolf Adam ), Pastoralliturgisches Handlexikon , Herder-Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1980, ISBN 978-3-451-18972-2 .
  • The great Schott intercession book, 3rd part, Sundays and holidays: Reading years A - B - C Herder-Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1988, ISBN 978-3-451-21033-4 .
  • (Collaboration), Markus Eham (author), Bernward Beyerle (author), Gerald Fischer (author), Michael Heigenhuber (author) and Stephan Zippe (author), Church Music Department in the Ordinariate of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (Ed.): Münchener Kantorale . Work and chorus book for the musical design of the mass celebration with the "God's praise" (main part and own parts Munich-Freising, Austria, Bozen-Brixen) , Verlag Sankt Michaelsbund, Munich:

Articles in collective works

  • Missal and mass celebration , in: Reinhard Meßner (Ed.), Eduard Nagel (Ed.), Rudolf Pacik (Ed.), Preserving and Renewing. Studies of the liturgy of the Mass; Festschrift for Hans Bernhard Meyer SJ on his 70th birthday (= Innsbruck theological studies, volume 42), Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-7022-1968-4 , pp. 351–358.
  • Experienced liturgy during Joseph Ratzinger's student days. Memories from days together , in: Rudolf Voderholzer (Hrsg.), The Logos-appropriate worship. Theology of the liturgy with Joseph Ratzinger (= Ratzinger Studies, Volume 1), Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2213-9 , pp. 78–90.
  • Joseph Pascher (1893–1979) , in: Benedikt Kranemann (ed.), Klaus Raschzok (ed.), Divine service as a field of theological science in the 20th century. German-language liturgical studies in individual portraits, Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-402-11261-8 , Volume 2, pp. 901–908.
  • Church that celebrates the Eucharist , in: Martin Stuflesser (Ed.), In: The Liturgy Constitution of the Second Vatican Council. A relecture after 50 years, Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2618-2 , pp. 31–46.

Magazine articles

  • Eucharist - Meal and Sacrifice , in Living Witness, Volume 25, 1970, Book 1 (Liturgy and Life).

Lexicon article

  • Pascha, Pascha-Mysterium , in: Rupert Berger, Adolf Adam, Pastoralliturgisches Handlexikon , Herder-Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1980, ISBN 978-3-451-18972-2 , p. 400f.

literature

  • Monika Schug, Rupert Berger as pastoral liturgical author. Bibliography 1949–2016 by the Munich diocesan priest , in: Liturgisches Jahrbuch, Volume 67, 2017, pp. 176–204.
  • Winfried Haunerland, Rupert Berger † , obituary in church service (magazine) , volume 54, 2020, number 13, p. 148 (available online)
  • Obituary in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on June 9, 2020
  • Obituary in Mercury July 2, 2020

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the best sense of the word, an old school priest , Traunsteiner Tagblatt dated June 9, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020
  2. ↑ Thomas Forstner, Priest in Times of Change, Göttingen, p. 231 and note 586 following
  3. ↑ Eduard Nagel , leading article , in: Gottesdienst, 2006, issue 2
  4. ↑ Winfried Haunerland, Rupert Berger †
  5. ^ Obituary in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on June 9, 2020
  6. ↑ Obituary in Mercury July 2, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Rupert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German liturgical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Traunstein
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2020
Place of death Traunstein