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St. Clement Mary Hofbauer
Second Founder of the Redemptorists
Life and historical setting
Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751–1820) is remembered in the Church as second Founder of the Redemptorists. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Tasovice.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Clement Mary Hofbauer include Catholic priest. The religious family connected with this vocation is Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Clement Mary Hofbauer was born in 1751. Clement Mary Hofbauer's earthly life ended creating another house there.
The founding of in Italy, north of the Alps became part of Clement Mary Hofbauer's lasting work.
The enduring witness of Clement Mary Hofbauer is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and founding and renewal. Because the surviving record is ancient and sometimes brief, the profile distinguishes early testimony from later devotional development.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
The supplied account connects this life directly with Christ, the Gospel, or the apostolic witness.
Prayer and contemplation
Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.
Founding and renewal
The source associates this life with founding, restoring, or strengthening a Christian work or community.
Works of mercy
Practical mercy toward people who were poor, sick, displaced, or otherwise in need is part of the recorded story.
Courageous public witness
The narrative records fidelity expressed publicly despite conflict, opposition, exile, or imprisonment.
Sharing the faith
The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Clement Mary Hofbauer is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and founding and renewal. Because the surviving record is ancient and sometimes brief, the profile distinguishes early testimony from later devotional development.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Clement Mary Hofbauer, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Current Vatican News calendar listing; local and religious calendars may add other observances.
Because the surviving record is ancient and sometimes brief, the profile distinguishes early testimony from later devotional development.