Conrad of Parzham

Konrad von Parzham ( born December 22, 1818 in Parzham in the parish Weng in Bad Griesbach, † April 21, 1894 in Altötting; civil Johann Birndorfer ) was a lay brother of the Capuchin Order, he was canonized in 1934.

Life

Johann Birndorfer was the eleventh of twelve children of farmers Bartholomew Birndorfer and his wife Gertrude Niedermayer. He worked as a laborer on the family farm in the red valley, he should take, but felt drawn to God from childhood.

"From Venushof - Hansel, we must learn to pray ," they said in Parzham about Johann Birndorfer. And: "If that is not a saint, no one will. " He came in 1849 in the monastery of St. Anna in Altötting one that bears his name since 1961. He knew from 1852 on for 41 years the post of porter. Since the Capuchins was responsible for the care of the pilgrims in Altotting, this was a very labor-intensive task. He distinguished himself by zeal for prayer, constant willingness to serve and self-sacrificing love; was loved by the people and worshiped by the pilgrims; through it penetrated his name and reputation far beyond the borders of Bavaria. He died in 1894. In the church of the monastery Konrad found his final resting place, it was renamed in 1953 Bruder Konrad Church.

Worship

Pope Pius XI. said Konrad von Parzham blessed on June 30, 1930 on May 20, 1934 the same pope said it holy. The Bavarian and Hungarian Capuchin Province, the Diocese of Passau, the Bonifatiusverein in Germany and the Seraphic love working Altötting elected him co-patron saint or. An incalculable number of religious and public institutions named after him, worship and church communities, homes and shops, kindergartens, training centers and schools, music groups, orchestras and choirs as well as streets, alleys and pharmacies. His feast day is 21 April.

The Birthplace

His birthplace, the Venushof Built in 1750, remained until the 1950s in the possession of his family. Then the court acquired a of displaced peasant from Silesia. 1971 bought the Bruder Konrad club Parzham eV and the building erected here after an extensive renovation of a pilgrimage and memorial.