Walter Ludin

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Walter Ludin Cap.

Walter Ludin OFMCap (born November 23, 1945 in Grosswangen ) is a Swiss Catholic theologian , priest , freelance journalist , editor and book author.

education

Walter Ludin attended high schools in Sursee and Stans . In 1966 he entered the Franciscan order of the Capuchins. Studied theology at the religious college in Solothurn and journalism at the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) . In 1971 he was ordained a priest.

activities

Walter Ludin has lived and worked in Lucerne as a freelance journalist and editor since 1977 . From 1979–1981 he was head of the press office for the Action in the Service of Brother / Kovive and Synod 72 in the diocese of Basel. He then attended interdiocesan pastoral forums (1978 in Einsiedeln, 1981 in Lugano ) and from 1979 (almost annually in the 1990s) undertook study trips to Africa, Latin America, Asia and Australia.

He is the editor of the Franciscan and Mission Calendar of the Swiss Capuchins and the final editor of the Luzerner GasseZiitig . Ludin is Vice President of the Association for the Catholic Church in Crete; Member of the Advisory Board of the Diet in the diocese of Basel, and a member of the Zurich pastor sheet of the media advisory board forum . Until 2019 he was also editor of the one-world magazine ite .

Walter Ludin wants in his work u. a. show that the church has unimagined freedom to shape its structures according to the requirements of the time.

Works (selection)

German
  • Dates of silence: on the way to more serenity ; Rex Stuttgart, 1992, ISBN 3-7252-0564-7
  • Order of men in Switzerland ; Benziger, Einsiedeln 1992, ISBN 3-545-21039-1
  • Where are the friend pictures ?: lateral thoughts ; Rothenhäusler, Stäfa 1994, ISBN 3-907960-63-7
  • Roses from Kilimanjaro: invitations to reflect ; NZN, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85827-124-1
  • Just into the blue ; Brunner, Kriens 1998, ISBN 3-905198-41-X
  • Cheerful: we can all heal (with Vreny Zehnder); Schüpfheim 1999, ISBN 3-907821-10-6
  • Evaluation of the ecumenical consultation: reporting in the Swiss church newspaper ; ISE, 2001
  • When maids speak prophetically: thoughts on politics, society and the church ; NZN, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-85827-143-8
  • Arrowheads: Aphorisms (with Anke Maggauer-Kirsche ); Wegwarte, Bolligen 2004, ISBN 3-9522671-8-X
  • Francis of Assisi for unbelievers (with Monique Friedling-Binaepfel); Wegwarte, Bolligen 2005, ISBN 3-9522973-1-3
  • The Capuchins: A Franciscan Life Plan , Working Group of German-speaking Capuchins; 2007
  • Taunts (with Anke Maggauer-Kirsche); Wegwarte, Bolligen 2007, ISBN 978-3-9522973-7-7
  • Light on Kilimanjaro: Lucerne missionary pioneers in Tanzania ; Rex, Kriens 2009, ISBN 3-7252-0879-4
  • Bagatelles (with Anke Maggauer cherry); Wegwarte, Bolligen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523235-5-7
  • The Capuchins on the Wesemlin , (with Bruno Fäh, Adrian Müller), series: Innerschweizer Schatztruhe, Lucerne 2011

As co-author:

  • Awakening from paralysis: Council texts commented on by the church people ; Editors Georg Kraus, Hans Peter Hurka, Erwin Koller, Paul Weitzer, Lit, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-12802-7
  • Despite everything, Switzerland is good and beautiful ; Ed. Fernand Rausser, Wegwarte, Bolligen 2013, ISBN 978-3-9524088-0-3 .
  • Church - fascination and annoyance , Wegwarte, Bolligen 2015, ISBN 978-3-952-40882-7
English
  • Light over Kilimanjaro. Lucerne's pioneering missionaries in Tanzania , (with Maria Nicola Schmucki), Rex, Kriens 2012, ISBN 978-3-7252-0879-1

Blog

As one of the few priests in Switzerland, Walter Ludin has been running a blog since 2005 . In it he continuously publishes brief, mostly provocative comments on current events; short, commented quotations from books or lectures that convey newer theological insights and call for consequences in terms of church politics; Anecdotal, amusing, profound things; concise passages from his sermons. He does not limit himself to ecclesiastical or theological topics.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ https://www.kath.ch/newsd/sogar-der-bundesrat-zitiert-den-kapuziner-walter-ludin/
  3. ^ [2] Walter Ludin's blog
personal data
SURNAME Ludin, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Capuchin Father, journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Big cheeks