Fr. Rupert Mayer’s pastoral career ranged from serving as a chaplain for German troops during the First World War, to finding people jobs and housing. Then, after Hitler came to power, Fr. Mayer defied the Gestapo, and lived to tell the tale. Join Lucy for an episode about this remarkable Nazi-fighting Jesuit.
Podcaster: Lucy
Further Reading
Günther Behrle, ed., Die Wunder des Pater Rupert Mayer: Wahre Gebetserhörungen, Nymphenburger Verlag, (2004). Roman Bleistein, “Hans Carossa und Rupert Mayer: Zeitgeschichtliche Annäherung an ein Mißverständnis”, Stimmen der Zeit 211 (1993): 105-14. --, Rupert Mayer: der verstummte Prophet, J. Knecht, (1993). Gritschneder, Otto, ed. “Ich Predige Weiter:” Pater Rupert Mayer und der Dritte Reich: eine Dokumentation zur Seligsprechung. Rosenheim: Rosenheimer Verlag, 1987. Roisin Healy, The Jesuit Specter in Imperial Germany, Brill, (2003). John Paul II. “Seht, ich sende euch...” May 3, 1987. --. "Venerabili Servo Ruperto Mayer honores beatorum decernuntur.” Acta Apostolicae Sedis 83 (3): 172-174. Sven Loerzer, Pater Rupert Mayer: der Münchener Männerapostel, Pattloch Verlag, (1988). Rupert Mayer, Leben im Widerspruch: autobiographische Texte, Prozess vor dem Sondergericht, Reden und Briefe, Edited by Roman Bleistein, J. Knecht, (1991). Peter Palazzini, “Est ‘tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.’” Acta Apostolicae Sedis 75 (3): 1065-70. --. “Venerabilem Servum Dei Rupertum Mayer.” Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (4): 457-458. Andreas Schaller, ed., Zum Abschied eine kleine Rose: Zeitzeugen erinnern sich an Pater Rupert Mayer, Sanktmichaels Bund, (1996). Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)
2 Comments
Sue Zuke
5/26/2017 10:09:49 am
Thank you, Lucy, for introducing me to this courageous man!
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