Tilmann Beller

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Tilmann Beller (born July 7, 1938 in Ehingen an der Donau, † December 20, 2012 in Munich ) was a German theologian and Schoenstatt Father . He was also the author of several books on social issues and modern theological topics. From 1991 to 2002 he was movement leader of the German Schoenstatt Movement and from 2003 to 2007 of the Austrian and Hungarian Schoenstatt Movement .

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Beller studied philosophy and theology at the universities of Tübingen and Innsbruck . On 29 June 1962 he was Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht for ordained priest and spent six years in the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart incardinated . There he worked as a vicar in the parishes of Friedrichshafen, Aalen, Spaichingen and Stuttgart. On March 9, 1968, he was incardinated in the newly established secular institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers. After that he was head of the Schoenstatt Male Youth until 1975 . From 1975 to 1978 he lived in Munich and from 1978 in Vienna , from there he worked on building up the Schoenstatt Movement in Austria , which he had been involved in since 1973 together with Sister Elmengard. Together with Rita and Robert Godany he then built up the Schoenstatt Movement in Hungary .

From 1991 to 2002 he was the leader of the Schoenstatt Movement in Germany and lived in Schoenstatt where it was founded . In addition, he was head of the Schoenstatt Family Movement and the Schoenstatt Movement Girls / Young Women . From September 2003 he lived in Vienna again and led the Schoenstatt Movement in Austria and Hungary from November 18, 2003 to June 30, 2007. From December 2007 until his death he lived in Munich and devoted himself to work as a pastor, theologian and author.

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Tilmann Beller knew the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement , Father Josef Kentenich , personally and had visited him in Milwaukee during his time in exile. He campaigned for the construction of the Schoenstatt Chapel on the Kahlenberg in Vienna and later for the construction of the Schoenstatt Shrine in Hungary, in the conviction that the Blessed Mother , as Mother of Grace of Schoenstatt, directs the actual building work of the Schoenstatt Movement from her shrines. The shrine on Kahlenberg in Vienna was consecrated on October 31, 1982, the shrine in Obudavár (Hungary) on April 2, 2005.

Tilmann Beller was also a co-founder of the Virtual Shrine, the first Schoenstatt Shrine on the Internet, which he inaugurated on August 5, 2006 and which he supported until the end as a spiritual guide and speaker of numerous podcasts.

Beller accompanied his educational work with the publication of numerous small fonts. A theater about the Mother of God and the text of the “Musical Maria” deserve special mention. The musical was performed for the first time in Hartberg in summer 2006, and several times in Vienna and throughout Austria in autumn 2006.

Works

Writings, especially for married couples and partnerships (excerpt):

  • "We belong together" - ways to partnership before and in marriage, Patris Verlag ISBN 3-87620-072-5
  • To become holy as a married couple
  • Nine weeks with Father Kentenich. A spiritual path for married couples (see also under Novenas)

Series of publications: FAMILY - living sanctuary:

  • The Path of the Schoenstatt Families (1)
  • The holy mass as life mass (2)
  • The name of our hope - Mary (3)
  • A land of beauty (5)
  • Marriage - a sacrament (6)
  • Marriage and Family - A Living Sanctuary (7)
  • The Holy Family of Nazareth (8)

Novenas:

  • Whatever it is: With Maria
  • Father of families. A spiritual path for married couples. Nine weeks with Father Kentenich
  • Yes father!
  • Let Christ shine brighter in us, mother
  • Send us the spirit of power of the Savior
  • For peace in the world.
  • 2000 - the new beginning

Other fonts:

  • Maria, the great woman (play)
  • Musical MARIA
  • Out and about with Maria, Verlag: Himmelwärts, Vienna (ISBN currently not available ...)
  • Life in their light - thoughts on renewing alliances ISBN 3-87620-176-4
  • You are important to me - The sense of sexuality (ISBN currently not available ...)
  • Making happy to be happy - ways to partnership (ISBN currently not available ...)
  • Working with Charisma (ISBN currently not available ...)
  • Paths of Hope - Conversations with the Schoenstatt Movement ISBN 3-87620-172-1
  • Words that make a difference. Pastoral care in an adventure society
  • Jesus, the answer to questions that are not from yesterday. Father Kentenich's method
  • Father Josef Kentenich: A father for 2000 and after

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Heinrich Brehm: Father Tilmann Beller - A life for the message of the loving Father God. In: schoenstatt.de. PressOffice Schoenstatt eV, accessed on December 26, 2012 .

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predecessor Office successor
Movement leader of the Schoenstatt Movement Germany
1991–2002 		Lothar Penners
personal data
SURNAME Beller, Tilmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and author, leader of the Austrian Schoenstatt Movement
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehingen
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 2012
Place of death Munich