St. Francis (Mainz-Lerchenberg)

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St. Francis (Mainz-Lerchenberg)

The parish church of St. Franziskus is a parish church in Mainz-Lerchenberg . It was built between 1982 and 1984 based on a design by the architects Hans Schilling and Peter Kulka . It was the last new church to be built in the city ​​deans of Mainz and was consecrated 17 years after the district was founded in October 1984 by Bishop Karl Lehmann .

particularities

The windows of the church were designed by Georg Meistermann and show, in addition to a cycle of the Stations of the Cross, motifs such as the birth of Christ , the resurrection , the heavenly Jerusalem , the burning bush or allegories of the basic Christian virtues of faith , hope and love .

The cross behind the altar is a reproduction of the Werden bronze crucifix from around 1060 .

Home owners

The following pastors have worked in St. Francis since the parish was founded:

  • Franz Kemmerer (1968–1974)
  • Franz-Josef Hassemer (1974–1980)
  • Josef Beheim (1980–1996)
  • Wolfgang Thrin (1996-2005)
  • Ulrich Jung (since 2005)

Personnel

  • Before his ordination in 1977/78, Gerhard Ludwig Müller , today prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, worked as a deacon in St. Francis.
  • The Erfurt Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr held the position of chaplain from 1982 to 1984.

Church music

  • The old organ in St. Francis was a brand the company Hofbauer (Göttingen) and was in the course of the church building in 1984 during the International Year of Disabled Persons by residents of the Self-help built Mainz-Lerchenberg with.
  • Since 2009 there is a St. Franziskus organ building association. One is currently being built by Orgelbau Hubert Fasen (Oberbettingen) with 23 registers, which is to be consecrated on the 2nd Sunday in Advent 2016. Eight registers from the previous instrument are integrated into the instrument.

The organist position and the leadership of the church choir of the parish held

literature

  • Josef Beheim: You are my hope. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross by Georg Meistermann , Leutesdorf 1987, ISBN 3-7794-1011-7
  • Nikolay, Jürgen: Mainz church leader, discoveries in Catholic churches in and around Mainz , Leinpfad 2004, ISBN 3937782184
  • Tölke, Dr. Dirk: Schnell, Art Guide No. 2736, Catholic Parish Church St. Franziskus, Mainz-Lerchenberg , Schnell & Steiner 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-6828-6

proof

  1. ↑ new organ

Web links

Commons : Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Mainz-Lerchenberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 39.2 "  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 12.7"  E