St. Michael (Sennelager)
St. Michael is a Catholic parish church in Sennelager , a district in Paderborn in East Westphalia . Church and parish together with St. Marien in Sande form the pastoral association Sande-Sennelager in the Paderborn deanery of the archbishopric of the same name .
history
Originally, the parishioners in Sennelager belonged to the Catholic parish in Neuhaus Castle . From January 19, 1920, the Catholics in Sennelager celebrated Sunday masses in the Hohenzollernhaus , which Salvatorians acquired. With a deed dated June 27, 1924, the branch community in Sennelager was established. The Salvatorian Father Agathon Boisai became parish vicar. The community numbered 738 Catholics. The congregation set up a monastery chapel, which was also used for church services. On January 17, 1940, the National Socialists confiscated the monastery and expelled the Fathers. The still young community of Sennelager initially had to be looked after by Neuhaus Castle. After the new parish vicar Albert Peters was introduced, the Sunday masses were celebrated in the Hense room . The vicar kept the Holy of Holies in his private apartment.
On September 28, 1940 the laying of the foundation stone of a barrack church could be celebrated. By Christmas of the year, the church members were able to complete the church with their own contributions and the first service was celebrated. After the end of the Second World War , the Salvatorians came back to Sennelager and took over pastoral care.
At the beginning of the 1950s, plans were made to build a new church. On June 14, 1956, Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger from Paderborn was able to break the first sod. It was another two years before the foundation stone was laid on August 17, 1958. Then things made rapid progress so that the topping-out ceremony could be celebrated on November 7th of that year . Archbishop Jaeger consecrated the new church on May 9, 1959 . Shortly afterwards, the construction of the parish home and kindergarten began. The latter was available on February 15, 1962.
On September 27, 1967, the first parish council was elected. In 1981 the Salvatorians withdrew from Sennelager and the secular priest Ludwig Niehörster was entrusted with pastoral care. In 1982, therefore, the construction of the rectory began.
With a deed dated January 1, 1983, the community was raised to an independent parish. The former vicar Niehörster was introduced as the first pastor on April 1, 1983.
Furnishing
altar
The high altar of the church was donated by the men of the community; of the women is the tabernacle . The youngsters contributed a cross and altar candlesticks. Individual parishioners made donations for the windows, the ceramic figures in the choir, for the main portal and the stations of the cross .
organ
The organ comes from the organ builder Kleuker from Brackwede and was inaugurated on December 13, 1959. On September 5th, 1982 it was inaugurated again after a renovation. The organ and the bells of St. Michael are a sponsorship gift from the Bundeswehr .
Bells
The bells of the church were cast in Gescher on September 24, 1959 . One bell failed and had to be refilled. Military Dean Steger consecrated the bells on November 29, 1959
- Trinity Bell (450 kg)
- St. Joseph Bell (700 kg)
- St. Hubertus bell (1,050 kg)
- St. Mary's Bell (1,500 kg)
- St. Michael Bell (2,800 kg)
Pastor
- 1924 Father Agathon Boisai (Vicar)
- 1924–1933 Father Ansbert Schilp
- 1933–1940 Father Theodul Loew
- 1940–1945 Albert Peters
- 1945–1948 Father Roland Schöneborn
- 1948–1953 Father Alexius Purrio
- 1953–1956 Father Leander Müller
- 1956–1957 Father Otmar Kosels
- 1957-1969 Father Ewald Wegener
- 1969−1978 Father Wilfried Wieneke
- 1978−1981 Father Andreas Mühl
- 1981–1987 Ludwig Niehörster
- 1987 − today Meinolf Wieneke
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 31.4 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 44.6" E