Jakob Rem

Jakob Rem SJ (* June 1546 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, † October 12, 1618 in Ingolstadt ) was a Bavarian -acting, Catholic priest and youth minister. He founded the Marian Congregations in Germany and the devotion to the Mother Thrice Admirable.

Life

Jakob Rem was the son of a family of innkeepers. He attended the Latin school run by Jesuits in Dillingen on the Danube and entered the University in 1564 with the philosophical studies. Once finished, the top of his cohort in 1566 he joined the Society of Jesus. Among the theological studies his superiors sent him to Rome, where he - along with Stanislaus Kostka and Claudio Acquaviva - ableistete the novitiate. In 1568 they sent him to further studies back to the Dillinger College; in Augsburg, he was ordained a priest in 1573. In the same year he took over the duties of a Subregenten at the seminary in Dillingen. At the same time there appeared Peter Canisius, who was then Provincial of the Upper German Province of the Jesuits. In Rome Rem had met the Marian Congregation; now for the promotion of gifted students in piety and faith in Dillingen - such he founded - the first in Germany.

1585 acted as chancellor of Rem and Minister (responsible for the external affairs of a Jesuit presence) in Munich, in 1586 he was again appointed as chancellor of, confessor of Konviktoren and prefect to Ingolstadt to the Ignatiuskonvikt and the local growing University. There he founded in 1595 next to the Marian Congregation, the Colloquium marianum, were rarely more than 40 simultaneously recorded in only the most gifted students. It existed until 1779th His students included Jacob Bidermann, who later became famous as a playwright. In addition to his other duties Rem had attacked despite health in the spiritual guidance of numerous religious and laity, proving thereby empathy and skill.

Jakob Rem died on 12 October 1618 shortly after the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, whose coming he had known for years. That his prayer life was mystically gifted, was regarded by his contemporaries as safe. The necrology of the order ruled: "We have lost this year, a man who was under the general reputation and judgment as a saint known, (...), a man of the highest virtue. "

Mathias Tanner, Rector of the University of Prague and religious historian, Rem took on in his 1694 published book of the Jesuits, who had sought in life and business model to the deepening of faith.

Rems bones were collected in 1694 for the first time. In its second survey in 1935 they were transferred to the Cathedral to the beautiful Our Lady, where they rest in a side chapel at the miraculous image, which is worshiped at this location since 1881. His worship is still in the diocese of Eichstätt alive. Even 27 years after his death, the first steps for a beatification Rems have been made. The Episcopal informative process for beatification was started again in 1932 and in 1949 completed. The so-called writing process has been completed with positive result on June 21, 1957. After extensive archival work, especially by Rita Haub, Head of Division History and Media in the German Province of the Jesuits, the Causa Rem was resumed by the Society of Jesus on 17 January 2009. For postulator Anton widower SJ was appointed, who is responsible Postulator General of the Jesuits for the desired beatification of Philipp Jeningen. Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke in 2010 ordered the re-opening of the beatification process.

In Christian art Jakob Rem is shown in Jesuit clothing, often praying with the image of " Mother Thrice Admirable " and the rule book of the Marian Congregation in the hand or in front of the miraculous image.

Miraculous Image: Mother Thrice Admirable

In Rome Rem had ( Salus Populi Romani usually called ) in Santa Maria Maggiore, the image of Our Lady of Snow met and worshiped. The Order General Francisco de Borja sent 1571 copies of this image in various branches of the Jesuits, as well as to Ingolstadt. Rem often performed his prayers to this image, which gradually became popular with the students. Finally Rem hung the picture in the chapel in which the Marian Congregation and the Marian Colloquium brought together. On April 6, 1604 Rem recognized when praying the Litany of Loreto, that the invocation of Our Lady Mater admirabilis (you wonderful mother ) particularly liked. From then on he let this invocation be repeated three times, so with time, the display shows the name Thrice got wonderful mother or Mater Ter Admirabilis.

Since 1881 - the retrieval, participated in the Franz Seraph Hattler, who also wrote the first modern and source-critical biography of Rem - this depends in the Notre Dame Cathedral. 1942 consecrated Bishop Michael Rackl the Diocese of Eichstätt the Mother of God; this consecration repeated Bishop Gregor Hanke on 16 July 2009 in Ingolstadt Münster. The Feast of the Mother Thrice Admirable is celebrated in this diocese on October 11.

The famous miraculous image of the Schoenstatt movement is the emphasis of the painting retreat peccatorum by Luigi Crosio, which modifies the Roman Salus Populi Romani image Maria in the style of the time. For this the term Mother Thrice Admirable and Mater ter admirabilis is common. Kentenich took in 1914 with the founding of his community regarding Rem ( whom he knew from Hattler's biography ) and the Ingolstadt image of Mary.

Pope Francis attended by Jakob Rem as estimated grace Salus Populi Romani image ( in the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ) in the morning after his election, and lay down in front of him flowers.

Mercy Photo: Maria Knots

In the Collegiate Church of St. Peter am Perlach ( Augsburg ) is the miraculous image of Mary Knots. Donated has the Pilgrimage picture in 1700 the patrician Hieronymus Ambrosius Langenmantel, who worked from 1666 to 1709 there were canons. The Foundation is to be associated with an event in the family of a long coat. His grandfather Wolfgang Langenmantel (1586-1637), a former student of Jakob Rem, was on the verge of separation from his wife Sophia Rentz (1590-1649) and therefore visited in 1612 the Jesuit priest in Ingolstadt. Father Rem prayed before Our ​​Lady's image and said. " In this religious act, I raise the bond of marriage, solve all knots and smoothing it " Then was again peace has returned between the spouses, the separation did not take place and Jerome Ambrose Long coat, as grandchildren have given later as a reminder the image of the " Knots " in order. Also this contiguous with Father Rem miraculous image is especially revered by Pope Francis, who brought copies of it to Argentina and there founded a great pilgrimage to him.