Heinrich Pesch House

Heinrich Pesch House (HPH) is a Catholic academy in Rhine-Neckar, in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The Jesuit-run centre offers lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences.

Heinrich Pesch House
Catholic Academy Rhein-Neckar
AbbreviationHPH
Location
Region served
Rhein-Neckar Triangle
Director
Johann Spermann
AffiliationsJesuit, Catholic
WebsitePeschAcademy

The Heinrich Pesch Foundation was founded in 2013 to support the centre and specific programs.[1] A non-profit organization, HPH is supported by the Diocese of Speyer, the Jesuit Order and the Catholic community of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim.[2]

Heinrich Pesch was a 19th-century Jesuit whose economic theory had a major impact on Rerum Novarum, which was the first Catholic social encyclical.[3][4][5]

Programs

The institute has programs in the fields of "Religion and spirituality", "Ethics in business and society", "Employee representation", "Family education" and Healthcare. It also has a Centre for Ignatian Pedagogy

References
  1. "Stiftung". heinrich-pesch-haus.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  2. "jesuiten.org: Heinrich-Pesch-Haus". www.jesuiten.org (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. Grosschmid, Geza B. "Pesch's Concept of the Living Wage in 'Quadragesimo Anno'," Review of Social Economy 12 (2), 1954.
  4. Ederer, Rupert J. "Heinrich Pesch, Solidarity, And Social Encyclicals," Review of Social Economy 49 (4), 1991.
  5. Krason, Stephen M. "Principles of Heinrich Pesch's Solidarism," Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine The Catholic Social Science Review 14, 2009, pp. 477-483.

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