Philipp Jeningen

Philipp Jeningen called " the good father ", ( born January 5, 1642 Eichstätt; † February 8, 1704 in Ellwangen ) was a German Jesuit missionary and mystic people and is revered as an apostle of Virngrundes. His beatification is being prepared.

Life

Born the fourth of eleven children of the goldsmith and Mayor Nicholas Jeningen, he studied philosophy in Ingolstadt in 1663 and joined with 21 years in the Landsberg novitiate of the Society of Jesus. Finally, August 15, 1654 was also a member of the Marian Congregation. After the novitiate 1663-1665 Philip finally went a second time to study in Ingolstadt; this time it was the theology. He was then ordained a priest in June 1672 in Eichstätt Cathedral. In 1677, he passed the final profession and was thus definitively Jesuit.

First, he taught Greek, Latin and religion at schools in Mindelheim and Dillingen. 1680 he was transferred to Ellwangen, " temporarily " as he thought. His greatest wish was to go to India in the mission, and thus to follow his great idol Francis Xavier was. Although he begged repeatedly decreed his superiors that he should act for the mission at home and sent him to Mindelheim and Dillingen 1680 until he came to Ellwangen.

Work in Ellwangen

In Ellwangen and also far beyond, Father Philip worked as a missionary people who enjoyed great popularity with young and old. He persuaded less by his preaching talent - he was considered a rather simple-minded speakers - but by his ascetic lifestyle ( he slept on the bare floor, for example ) and through his kindness that made him all over the area, especially among the children, endeared. But not only the ascetic way of life and his piety he impressed the people, even the humor was not too short at the Jesuit priest: He was planning to carnival time with knitting, Scourge and a cart in fools clothes to draw and to proclaim by Ellwangen: " sündgen subheadings her fools! / Up to the sky goes the ride, / If penitential scourge and not saving her / Drum rises to my cart! ", But this was forbidden him by his superiors.

On Father Philip and Prince Provost Johann Christoph Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden the construction of the church dates from Schoenberg: As had taken on September 14, 1681 during a thunderstorm in the house bird in the smith street lightning, and threatened the entire city; promised the Prince Provost his friend Jeningen to build today's Schoenberg church, the city should be spared. Then arose between the years 1682 and 1685 a baroque pilgrimage church on the Schoenberg. The already existing chapel with the miraculous image of the Mother of God has been integrated into this church. The architects of the church taken into account especially the ideas of Father Philip Jeningen, who then also took over the care of pilgrimages to the Schoenberg.

The "good Father Philip " died Jeningen, venerated as a saint and very mourned, on February 8, 1704 at the age of 62 years in Ellwangen and was initially buried in the cloister of the Basilica of St. Vitus. In 1953 his remains were lifted in the presence of Bishop Leiprechts and reburied in the Lady Chapel of the Basilica of St. Vitus in Ellwangen.

Worship

The grave Father Philip in 1473 built Lady Chapel of the Basilica of St. Vitus is greatly sought thanks and pleading of the population. Man " goes to Father Philip " and brings to his concerns and needs, and so can be found almost any time of day people who stop at his grave.

To him, the " Father -Philipp - 2004 " was held in honor, which was accompanied by numerous church services and events, including the visit of the Bishop Mixa Eichstätter. The " Action Tracking" was over 15 years ago founded by young adults with the idea to walk in the footsteps of Father Philip. Since then organizes the " Action Tracking" an annual pilgrimage of Eichstätt Ellwangen and has established itself by more offers during the church year as a fixture in the community life. An example, the early shifts may be mentioned during Advent and Lent. According to Father Phillip streets, buildings and places in Ellwangen, Eichstätt and the surrounding area are named today.

The Diocese of Rottenburg- Stuttgart, the German Bishops' Conference and the Jesuit Order in 1920 have the request in Rome asked to initiate the process of beatification of Father Philip. The process of beatification was introduced in Rome in 1945.

1989 was found " heroic virtues " so that Philip Jeningen may be called since then " venerable servant of God." On 7 November 2011, the church court was appointed by Bishop Dr. Gebhard Fürst, which is to examine the recognition of the inexplicable healing of a man on intercession Father Phillipps.

Grave inscription

The Latin inscription on the grave Ellwanger cloister bears witness to the life of Father Philip and its significance for Ellwangen. In German translation it reads:

P. Philipp Jeningen SJ, a district in the Ellwanger and far in the whole neighborhood into four dioceses tireless missionary, rests here. Never he had left of his apostolic work would not have been called the Most High. Feldaus, he hurried across the fields always walk to strengthen Countless on the right path and that which Heaven Far from God and faith were wrong that in large numbers due. Happy at that works, bewunderndswert in this, his life himself dead, he just seemed to live one's neighbor, would not have known all the world, that he alone lived only for God. To spread the divine honor all seemed too narrow our continent. Therefore, with sixty years yet, to India, he demanded; but his warmest wishes, the fever suddenly extinguished embers and put the man of desire a goal in the eternity gate on 8 February of leap year 1704, You hikers, the Nimmer snap ends, the Pious, the spellbound here invoke the eternal rest.