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Francis Xavier Weninger (german: link=no, Franz Xaver Weninger; 31 October 1805,
Easter in Heaven
' (1863) *
Protestantism and Infidelity. An Appeal to Candid Americans
' (1861, 1864) *
On the Apostolical and Infallible Authority of the Pope, When Teaching the Faithful, and on his Relation to a General Council
' (1868) *
Photographic Views: or, Religious and Moral Truths Reflected in the Universe
' (1873) *
Reply to Hon. R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, Addressed to the American People
' (1877) *
Lives of the Saints, With a Practical Instruction on the Life of each Saint, for Every day in Year, v.2
' (1877) *
Original, Short and Practical Sermons for Every Sunday of the Ecclesiastical Year
' (1881)
Die apostolische Vollmacht des Papstes in Glaubens-Entscheidungen
' (1841) *
Ostern im Himmel
' (1866) *
Kleiner Kathechismus der Christlichen Lehre zum Gebrauch für Katholische Schulen
' (1866) *
Die Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes als Lehrer der Kirche
' (1869) *
Der monat Maria
' (1878) *
Vollstandiges Handbuch der Christ-Katholischen Religion, fur Katecheten, Lehrer
' (unknown)
Catholicisme, Protestantisme et Infidélité : Appel aux Américains de Bonne Foi
' (1866)
''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weninger, Francis Xavier 1805 births 1888 deaths Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck 19th-century Slovenian people 19th-century Austrian Jesuits Austrian Roman Catholic missionaries Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States People from the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi Jesuit missionaries in the United States 19th-century Slovenian writers 19th-century Austrian male writers 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests
Francis Xavier Weninger (german: link=no, Franz Xaver Weninger; 31 October 1805, Wildhaus
Wildhaus (High Alemannic: ''Wildhuus'') is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.
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( sl, Viltuš), Styria
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, Austria (now Slovenia
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) - 29 June 1888, Cincinnati, Ohio
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) was an Austrian Jesuit
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missionary and author.
Life
When already a priest and doctor of theology, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1832 and in 1841 was sent toInnsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
, where he taught theology, history, and Hebrew. As the Revolution of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea ...
impeded his further usefulness at home, he left Europe and went to the United States. During his forty years he visited almost every state of the Union, preaching in English, French, or German, as best suited the nationality of his hearers. In the year 1854 alone he delivered nearly a thousand sermons, and in 1864 he preached about forty-five missions.
Works
He published forty works in German, sixteen in English, eight in French, three in Latin. Among his principal works are:English
* ''Manual of the Catholic Religion'' (Ratisbon, 1858) *Easter in Heaven
' (1863) *
Protestantism and Infidelity. An Appeal to Candid Americans
' (1861, 1864) *
On the Apostolical and Infallible Authority of the Pope, When Teaching the Faithful, and on his Relation to a General Council
' (1868) *
Photographic Views: or, Religious and Moral Truths Reflected in the Universe
' (1873) *
Reply to Hon. R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, Addressed to the American People
' (1877) *
Lives of the Saints, With a Practical Instruction on the Life of each Saint, for Every day in Year, v.2
' (1877) *
Original, Short and Practical Sermons for Every Sunday of the Ecclesiastical Year
' (1881)
German
*Die apostolische Vollmacht des Papstes in Glaubens-Entscheidungen
' (1841) *
Ostern im Himmel
' (1866) *
Kleiner Kathechismus der Christlichen Lehre zum Gebrauch für Katholische Schulen
' (1866) *
Die Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes als Lehrer der Kirche
' (1869) *
Der monat Maria
' (1878) *
Vollstandiges Handbuch der Christ-Katholischen Religion, fur Katecheten, Lehrer
' (unknown)
French
*Catholicisme, Protestantisme et Infidélité : Appel aux Américains de Bonne Foi
' (1866)
References
* ** ''Woodstock Letters
The Woodstock Letters were a Periodical literature, periodical publication by the Society of Jesus. Originally published by Woodstock College in Maryland, the letters were intended for distribution among of the Jesuits in North America and late ...
'', XVIII, 43-68;
** Hugo von Hurter
The von Hurter family belonged to the Swiss nobility; in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries three of them were known for their conversions to Roman Catholicism, their ecclesiastical careers in Austria and their theological writings.
Friedric ...
, ''Nomenclator'', III, 1217 sqq.
External links
''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weninger, Francis Xavier 1805 births 1888 deaths Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck 19th-century Slovenian people 19th-century Austrian Jesuits Austrian Roman Catholic missionaries Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States People from the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi Jesuit missionaries in the United States 19th-century Slovenian writers 19th-century Austrian male writers 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests