Joseph Kentenich

Servant of God
Joseph Kentenich
Personal
Born
Peter Joseph Kentenich

16 November 1885
Died15 September 1968 (aged 82)
Schoenstatt, Vallendar, West Germany
Resting placeChurch of the Adoration, Vallendar, Germany
ReligionCatholicism
NationalityGerman
SchoolPallottine College
ProfessionTheologian, educator
Military service
RankPriest
Organization
OrderSchoenstatt Movement
Senior posting
Ordination8 July 1910
ProfessionTheologian, educator
Present postFounder and first Director of the Schoenstatt Movement; first Superior General of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers
Websitehttp://www.pater-kentenich.org/en/

Peter Joseph Kentenich, SAC (16 November 1885[1] – 15 September 1968) was a German Pallottine priest and founder of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement. Kentenich was a theologian, educator, and founder of a Catholic movement, whose teachings underwent a series of challenges from political and ecclesiastical powers.[2] The process for his beatification was opened in 1975.

  1. ^ According to the book Die verborgenen Jahr, Kentenich was born on 16 November, but 18 November is his commemoration day
  2. ^ Feldmann, Christian (2007). Joseph Kentenich, fondateur du Mouvement de Schoenstatt. Bruyères-le-Châtel: Nouvelle Cité. p. 148. ISBN 9782853135313.

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