Father Josef Andreas Jungmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1889-11-16)16 November 1889 |
| Died | 26 January 1975(1975-01-26) (aged 85) |
| Occupation(s) | Jesuit priest, professor of liturgy and catechetics |
| Years active | 1913–1975 |
| Known for | Contribution toSacrosanctum Concilium ofVatican II |
| Notable work | The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development |
Josef Andreas Jungmann, SJ (16 November 1889 – 26 January 1975) was an AustrianJesuit priest andliturgist. He was an influential advocate of theLiturgical Movement, and is known for his 2-volume historyMass of the Roman Rite, which contributed to informing the reforms to theMass during and following theSecond Vatican Council, as well as his work in the post-Vatican IIcatechetical movement in theCatholic Church.[1]
Jungmann studied inBrixen,Innsbruck,Munich, andVienna and was ordained apriest in 1913. After several years of pastoral service as vicar in the parishes of Niedervintl (1913–1915) and Gossensass (1915–1917) he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus on 23 September 1917 in St. Andrä inCarinthia, Austria. In 1918 he took up studies at the Jesuit theologate of Innsbruck, earning the degreeDoctor of Theology in 1923. From 1923 to 1925 he taught in Munich and Vienna.[2] During his pastoral ministry, he would later come to believe that there was a gap between the "joyful faith" of the Gospel and the "legalistic" approach to the faith of the parishioners, a situation that he felt was a burden.[3]
From 1925 he gave lectures onpedagogy,catechetics, andliturgy at theUniversity of Innsbruck.[1] There he became an extraordinary professor in 1930, a full professor in 1934, and an honorary professor forpastoral theology from 1956. On 9 November 1972 he was awarded the honorary doctorate of theUniversity of Salzburg.
He was an important advocate and theorist for theLiturgical Movement, advocating an "active participation" of the faithful in the liturgy, and conducted research on liturgical history, particularly on the changes in theMass over the centuries. During the Second World War he lived in Austria, where he carried on research[4] for his main, 2-volume workThe Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development, published in 1948.[5] It became a reference book on the history of the Roman liturgical rite of the Catholic Church. Among other things, his book argued that theRoman Rite had undergone frequent changes over the centuries and was not immutable.[6] Jungmann was an influential architect of the liturgical reform of theSecond Vatican Council, in which he participated as a member of the Preparatory Commissiona in 1960, aperitus for the Commission for Liturgy, and from 1962 a consultor for the Consilium, the commission entrusted with the implementation ofSacrosanctum Concilium.[2]
Jungmann is also noted for his contribution to the field of Catholic catechetics with his name being synonymous with the "kerygmatic renewal."[vague] He argued that liturgy and catechetics were joined in early church practice, as inOrthodox church practice through the centuries.[7] The teacher of catechetics Johann Höfinger was among his students.[1]
From 1927-1963 Jungmann was the chief editor of theZeitschrift für katholische Theologie.[4] In 2001, Jungmann's home town Sand in Taufers named the new public library after him.[8]
