conscience Tag

Papst Franziskus segnet ein Bild von Franz Reinisch, 2014
GERMANY,  Father Martin Emge / Maria Fischer • On the occasion of the 120th birthday of Father Franz Reinisch, the Schoenstatt Movement of the Archdiocese of Bamberg invites all to a memorial celebration on the evening of February 1st at the Schoenstatt Center in Marienberg. — Father Franz Reinisch, a Pallottine from Tyrol, left many traces in Franconia, especially in Bamberg and as a novice in Untermerzbach. In Marienberg, he was even named patron of the construction of the Schoenstatt Center. In the meantime, the process of beatification is underwayRead More
Franz Reinisch
GERMANY, Press Office of Wurzburg Diocese/Markus Hauck and editors • Two weeks ago we first published a report on “The Musical of an Upright Man”. Thanks to information provided by Fr Armin Haas of the Schoenstatt Priests’ Federation, and material from the regional dean, Fr Martin Emge, of the Schoenstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests, we published an article on this musical about Fr Franz Reinisch, a person who was both upright and dangerous to the Nazi “Reich”, and an equally creative and inconvenient thinker, because of his passion for freedomRead More
Franz Reinisch
GERMANY, Maria Fischer • “If you get involved with him, you can’t turn back. He is dangerous because he is unbribable and relentless when the truth and the voice of the conscience are at stake. The way he stood at the scaffold is a sign of protest against every form of opportunism and bootlicking”. These were the words of Fr Martin Emge, regional dean in Forchheim in the Archdiocese of Bamberg when I spoke to him about Franz Rsinisch.  “He really captures you. My first conscious experiences with Fr FranzRead More