Focolare Movement
1994-2014: Remembering Klaus Hemmerle

1994-2014: Remembering Klaus Hemmerle

Twenty years after the German Bishop Klaus Hemmerle’s death, we present some comments made by Chiara Lubich in her 1999 interview with Fr Wilfried Hagemann about his contribution to the Focolare Movement.

Hemmerle: The Word and the Spirit

Hemmerle: The Word and the Spirit

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we offer some thoughts from the Catholic theologian Klaus Hemmerle (1929-1994), who sees in the reciprocal aspect of the Christian life a common path for all Christians who are in search of unity in the one Spirit.

Hemmerle: Ways to Holiness

Hemmerle: Ways to Holiness

For All Saints Day, Bishop Klaus Hemmerle (1929–1994), theologian and philosopher, proposes a sanctity that begins with sharing all our gifts with the poor and disadvantaged, knowing how to be at their level.

Right to the end

Holy Thursday: this reflection on today’s solemnity is taken from a homily prepared by the bishop, philosopher and theologian, Klaus Hemmerle (1929–1994), for Holy Thursday 1993.