Parsch, Pius#
b. Neustift near Olomouc, Czech Republic (then Olmuetz), May 18, 1884, d. Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria), March 11, 1954, Augustinian canon, pioneer of the popular liturgical movement. Aimed at renewing the liturgy to make the bible and liturgy form one unit. Taught pastoral theology at the philosophical-theological college in Klosterneuburg. From 1921 liturgical circles; in 1922 the first "Community Mass" (later called prayer and singing mass) was celebrated with P. in the St. Gertrud's church in Klosterneuburg. 1926 founded the magazine "Bibel und Liturgie" and in 1928 "Lebe mit der Kirche" (until 1952), 1928 a publishing company and the Augustinian printing office, and 1950 the Klosterneuburg bible apostolate, forerunner of the Oesterreichisches Katholisches Bibelwerk (Austrian Catholic bible studies association).
Works#
Klosterneuburger Liturgie-Kalender, 3 vols., 1923ff. (ed.); Opfere mit der Kirche, 3 vols., 1930 (missal); Aus dem Gebetbuch der Kirche, 5 vols., 1931-1933; Die liturg. Predigt, 10 vols., 1948-1955.Literature#
N. Hoeslinger and T. Maas-Ewerd (eds.), Mit sanfter Zaehigkeit. P. P. und die biblisch-liturgische Erneuerung, 1979.