Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons and Prison Writings - 1941-1944

by Alfred Delp

Book Overview

Fr. Alfred Delp, S.J., was a heroic German Jesuit priest who was imprisoned and martyred by the Nazis in a Nazi death camp in 1945. At the time of his arrest, he was the Rector of St. Georg Church in Munich, and had a reputation for being a gripping, dynamic preacher, and one who was an outspoken critic of the Nazi regime. He was an important figure in the Resistance movement against Nazism.

Accused of conspiring against the Nazi government, he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586170813
• ISBN13: 9781586170813
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"