Stephan Wahl

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Stephan Wahl

Stephan Wahl (born May 28, 1960 in Bonn ) is a German Catholic priest . He was the spokesman for the ARD broadcast Das Wort zum Sonntag and director of the “Communication and Media” department in the Vicariate General in the Trier diocese .

Life

Wahl grew up in Remagen-Kripp . After graduating from Aloisiuskolleg Bonn-Bad Godesberg , he studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Trier , Munich and completed the ecumenical year Pro Memoria at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem .

After graduating in 1985, he was prefect at the boarding school of the Bonn Jesuit College for one year . In 1987 he was ordained a deacon and moved to the St. Paulin Basilica in Trier. In 1988 he was ordained a priest in the High Cathedral and was then chaplain for three years in the parish of Adenau in the Eifel. He began to make preaching contributions for radio and television, e.g. B. for the programs So Seen ( SAT 1 ), Pastor in Breakfast TV ( RTL ) or Art and Embassy (RTL).

From 1991 to 1995 Wahl worked as a school pastor at the Alfred Delp School in Hargesheim and as a pastor in the parish of St. Nikolaus in Bad Kreuznach . In 1996 he switched to the Catholic broadcasting work of the diocese in Saarbrücken . In addition to training at the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (ifp), he completed a traineeship as a radio and television journalist at Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR). Since then, SWR and SR have been the focus of his work as "itinerant preachers in the media jungle". In addition, he took on a pastoral care assignment in the parishes of the Auersmacher parish , later in the city pastoral care at the St. Johann Basilica in Saarbrücken. From 1999, Wahl was the spokesman for the ARD program Das Wort zum Sonntag and received the only television prize so far for a word on Sunday, the “Golden Gong”. After 12 years he ended this TV engagement at his own request.

Bishop Reinhard Marx appointed Wahl to the Trier diocese leadership in 2003 and appointed him head of the main department "Communication, Education, Media and Pastoral Services" in the Episcopal General Vicariate. On November 9, 2004 he was also appointed vicar of the High Cathedral in Trier. Easter 2006 appointed him Pope Benedict XVI. to the monsignor (papal honorary chaplain). After the restructuring of the Episcopal Vicariate General in November 2006, Wahl took over the new strategy area “Communication and Media” as one of the six directors, which brought together all media modules of the diocese in one networked area. Together with his employees, he developed the concept of "integrated communication".

In 2012, Bishop Stephan Ackermann complied with his wish to give up the post of communications director after nine years (“I took over the post for a while from the start” - “My job is done now”). After a sabbatical period of several months , u. a. in the community of Sant'Egidio in Rome, Wahl was commissioned in 2013 to work as a pastor in the parish community of Waldrach ; in addition, he is still in charge of preaching in the media.

Wahl represented the dioceses in Rhineland-Palatinate as a member of the Broadcasting Council of Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and was a member of the ARD program advisory board until 2015 . At the end of June 2018 he took over the management of the Paulus-Haus , a pilgrimage hostel in Jerusalem operated by the German Association of the Holy Land .

Publications

  • Elective acquaintances. Conversations by Stephan Wahl with people from show business, politics and society (edited by Norbert Sommer), Wichern, Berlin 2002
  • Tear open the sky ... Herder, Freiburg 2003
  • On hedges and fences. Words for Sunday . Herder, Freiburg 2004
  • Alyosha. Stories of God's favorite little angel . beerenverlag, Frankfurt 2002
  • Alyosha and pilgrims. God's favorite little angel and the holy rock pilgrimage . Frankfurt 2012
  • On behalf of heaven. New stories from Aljoscha, God's favorite little angel . Wuerzburg 2014
  • For all who are fellow human beings and angels. Intercessions for Sundays and feast days in the Year B . Real one. Wurzburg 2002
  • For everyone whose heart is wounded. Intercessions for Sundays and feast days in Year C . Echter, Würzburg 2003
  • For everyone who has heaven in them. Intercessions for Sundays and feast days in the Year A . Echter, Würzburg 2004
  • ... tear open the heavens. Meditations for Advent and Christmas . Wuerzburg 2013
  • The night becomes as bright as the day. Small breaks on the way to Easter , Würzburg 2014
  • Rude prayers , Würzburg 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Broadcast deadline for Trier TV priest election , accessed on June 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Choice, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn