Blessed Adolph Kolping - December 4

Catholicssaintsinfo on March 19, 2015. Father of All Apprentices
Apostle of Working Men
Memorial

4 December
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Son of a poor shepherd. Apprenticed to a shoemaker. Studied in Munich, Bonn and Cologne in Germany. Ordained on 10 April 1845. Chaplain of Saint Laurentius parish, Elberfeld, Germany from 1845 to 1849. Founded several Catholic apprentice associations, one of which became the International Kolping Society with all its national and local organizations. Worked to improve the physical and spiritual lives of craftsmen and their apprentices. Worked with youth, and to improve family life. Vicar of the cathedral in Cologne. Rector of Saint Maria Empfängnis Church, Cologne in 1862.
Born

8 December 1813 at Kerpend, Germany
Died

4 December 1865 at Cologne, Germany of natural causes
buried in the Church of the Minor Friars, Saint Maria Empfängnis, Cologne
Venerated

13 May 1989 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified

27 October 1991 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
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