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Bl. Kaspar Stanggassinger

Teacher, Redemptorist

Current Church statusBlessed
Feast / commemorationSeptember 26
Remembered asTeacher, Redemptorist
BirthplaceBerchtesgaden
Country / regionGerman Empire
Period1871–1899
Religious familyCongregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Life and historical setting

Kaspar Stanggassinger (1871–1899) is remembered in the Church as teacher, Redemptorist. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Berchtesgaden.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Kaspar Stanggassinger include Catholic priest, theologian, regular priest. The religious family connected with this vocation is Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

Kaspar Stanggassinger was ordained in 1895 and was preparing to travel on a mission to Brazil. Kaspar Stanggassinger was ordained to the priesthood in 1895 and soon began teaching and overseeing new seminarians despite his desire to go.

The enduring witness of Kaspar Stanggassinger is especially connected with prayer and contemplation, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Vocation and witness

These themes were identified from the supplied source record and provide a structured guide to the life.

Prayer and contemplation

Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.

Teaching and sacred learning

Teaching, writing, study, or the formation of others belongs to the legacy preserved in the source.

Pastoral and ecclesial leadership

The account includes pastoral, monastic, or ecclesial leadership exercised for the good of the Church.

Religious life and community

Consecrated life, community discipline, or the building of a religious family shapes this witness.

Sharing the faith

The source presents teaching and evangelization as service to the Church and future generations.

Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Kaspar Stanggassinger is especially connected with prayer and contemplation, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Prayerful reflection

God of holiness, through the witness of Kaspar Stanggassinger, 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

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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

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