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Alfred Delp

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALFRED DELP

BASIC FACTS

  • Born; Manheim Germany 1907
  • Died February 2, 1945
  • Ordained 1937

HIS DEATH

  • Arrested after the attempted assasination on Hitler in 1944
  • Delp knew nothing about the assasination
  • Was hanged for high treason

MODEL OF MORALITY

  • Offered freedom if he renounced the Jesuits
  • Refused to for his faith so he was killed - showed morality because he died for his faith
  • He showed grace by living out vocation and standing up for his faith

LIVE AS THE CHURCH

  • Lived as the church because he risked his life to save others
  • Helped others escape even thought he knew it was dangerous for all of them

IMAGE OF MORALITY

  • He is communion of saints
  • He is family of God
  • He is People of God