USTANOVITELJ IN VZORNIK BLAŽENI ADOLF KOLPING (1813 - 1865)
Blaženi Adolf Kolping se je rodil 8. decembra 1813 v Kerpnu pri Koelnu v Nemčiji kot sin ovčarske družine. Izučil se je za čevljarja in nekaj let tudi čevljaril. Kasneje je postal duhovnik in vse svoje duhovniško življenje posvetil skrbi za rokodelske pomočnike, ustanavljal rokodelska društva širom po Evropi (osebno je bil tudi v Ljubljani, Mariboru in Trstu), gradil rokodelske domove, ustanovil sklad za pomoč ter organiziral usposabljanje rokodelcev ter izdajanje časopisa. Umrl je 4. decembra 1865 kot rektor minoritske cerkve v Koelnu. Leta 1991 je bil razglašen za blaženega.
Bil je sodobnik bl. Antona Martina Slomška, sv. Don Boska, sv. Antona Marije Klareta in drugih. Sv. Oče Janez Pavel II. ga je imenoval kot predhodnika socialnega nauka Cerkve. Danes velja za apostola delavcev.
Njegovo geslo je bilo:
Vera in čednost, delavnost in pridnost, sloga in ljubezen, veselje in šala!
Pioneer in the social reformation, significant Catholic publicist and down-to-earth chaplain – Adolph Kolping was all that. Up until today he has been known for being an “apprentice father”; his example lives on in more than 60 countries all over the world.
As the fourth child of a shepherd in Kerpen, close to Cologne, Kolping had a humble upbringing. After being trained as a shoemaker and his certification exam Kolping worked ten years as a shoemaker. Experiencing the inhumane circumstances that most handymen had to work in, Kolping decided to restructure his life.
Priest and Apprentice Father
At the age of 23 he decided to go to grammar school in order to become a priest. On 13th April 1845, he was ordained as priest at the Minorites Church in Cologne. His life as a vicar led him to Wuppertal where he was introduced to Johann Georg Breuer's apprentice association. In June 1847 Kolping was appointed praeses of the association and experienced how the community gave young journeymen, who were far away from home, support, companionship and religious stability.
The Kolping Idea and Its Repercussions
Kolping was determined to carry on this idea and returned to Cologne to do so. He founded the Cologne journeymen association in 1849. On 1st January 1850 the association already had 550 members and soon similar communities were founded in other cities.
Up to his death on 4th December 1865, more than 400 journeymen associations were founded in Germany and all over Europe.
Adolph Kolping is therefore initiator of the catholic social movement and key pioneer of the Catholic social teaching.
In 1991 Adolph Kolping was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
He was a contemporary of bl. Anton Martin Slomšek, st. Don Bosco, St. Anthony Mary Klar and others. Sv. Father Janez Pavel II. appointed him as a precursor of the social doctrine of the Church. Today regarded as the apostle of workers.
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