Cyprian of Eggolsheim

CYPRIAN OF EGGOLSHEIM. - A Capuchin friar of the province of Bavaria, in the world Franz Xaver Fröhlich, b. 20 March 1853, entered the Order as a priest on 19 Sept. 1877, d. at Munich on 6 Feb. 1931.

In 1889, at the convent of Ehrenbreitstein, he began a work for the assistance of abandoned or needy girls and boys, which developed under the name of Seraphisches Liebeswerk. Under the direction of the superiors of the Order, with the assistance of the tertiary sisters of St. Francis and the support of members of the Franciscan Third Order, its houses multiplied in Germany, Switzerland, the Tyrol, Austria, Hungary, Trentino and America. It has provided assistance to more than 120,000 children, both in its 46 institutions and by placing them with private families. C. directed periodicals and published pamphlets for the Christian restoration of the family, the protection of children, and the spread of Marian and Franciscan spirituality. He preached incessantly, organized pilgrimages to the famous sanctuary of Altötting, and organized houses of retreat and spiritual exercises. In defense of young women he established the Marianischer Mädchenschutverein, from which in 1895 at Munich derived the Katholische Bahnhofmission for the protection of young women during railway journeys. With the pamphlet Die « Innere Mission » der deutschen Protestanten, Passau 1894, he stirred the public opinion of Catholics to the establishment, in the year 1897, of the well-known organization for social works Deutscher Caritasverband.

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