Wisdom, insights and suggestions that really work.
„We are meant to be happy.” But, in reality, happiness can neither be bought nor wrought. It is an entirely random occurrence. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn talks about human happiness, both great and small, so-called and the real thing. He shows what it means to have happiness as part of our make-up. This anthology focuses on observations about happiness as well as friendship, love and death. But the Viennese archbishop also confronts the essential questions of faith. Including reflections on the name of god, on consolation in times of loss and Europe’s spiritual roots. The fact that these questions of faith are inevitably always central to any discussion of life is demon strated by Cardinal Schönborn’s examination of literature and the works of William Shakespeare, Gertrud von Le Fort and C. S. Lewis.
Christoph Schönborn, DD, was born in1945 in Skalken Castle, Bohemia. He joined the Dominican order in Warbug, Westfalia after graduating from school. He studied theology, philosophy and psychology at Walbereberg, near Bonn, as well as in Vienna and Paris. From 1987 to 1992, in collaboration with others, he devised the Catholic church’s catechism, known as the „world catechism”. In 1995, he was ordained archbishop of Vienna. Hubert Philipp Weber, DD, editor and assistant at the faculty of Catholic theology at Vienna University, has been Cardinal Schönborn’s personal assistant for many years.
- Guidance that combines the practical with the personal
Christoph Schönborn, DD, was born in1945 in Skalken Castle, Bohemia. He joined the Dominican order in Warbug, Westfalia after graduating from school. He studied theology, philosophy and psychology at Walbereberg, near Bonn, as well as in Vienna and Paris. From 1987 to 1992, in collaboration with others, he devised the Catholic church’s catechism, known as the „world catechism”. In 1995, he was ordained archbishop of Vienna. Hubert Philipp Weber, DD, editor and assistant at the faculty of Catholic theology at Vienna University, has been Cardinal Schönborn’s personal assistant for many years.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor
Christoph Schönborn, Dr. theol.,1945 in Skalken in Böhmen geboren, trat nach der Matura 1963 im westfälischen Warburg in den Dominikanerorden ein. Er studierte
Theologie, Philosophie und Psychologie in Walberberg bei Bonn, Wien und Paris. Von 1987 bis 1992 arbeitete er am Katechismus der katholischen Kirche, dem »Weltkatechismus«, mit. Seit 1995 ist er Erzbischof von Wien, seit 1998 Kardinal.
Theologie, Philosophie und Psychologie in Walberberg bei Bonn, Wien und Paris. Von 1987 bis 1992 arbeitete er am Katechismus der katholischen Kirche, dem »Weltkatechismus«, mit. Seit 1995 ist er Erzbischof von Wien, seit 1998 Kardinal.