Peter Fehlner

Peter Fehlner, also known as Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, was a Catholic priest. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual. After his Franciscan and theological formation and several decades of ministry in this Order, he joined the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in 1996 ,[1] but in 2016 he professed again the Rule and the Constitutions of ancient Franciscan Conventual Order.[2] Fehlner was a theologian and mariologist. From 2008-2014, he served as rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[3] He was also a professor of theology in the Franciscans' Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies, the Immaculatum (STIM) in Frigento, Italy. A scholar in the Franciscan tradition of theology, he focused primarily on the philosophical and theological traditions of St. Bonaventure, Bl. John Duns Scotus[4] and St. Maximilian Kolbe.

Peter Damian Fehlner
O.F.M. Conv.
Orders
OrdinationJuly 14, 1957
Personal details
Born(1931-07-20)July 20, 1931
Dolgeville, New York, United States
DiedMay 8, 2018(2018-05-08) (aged 86)
Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States

Early life, education and ordination

Fehlner was born on July 20, 1931 in Dolgeville, New York. He was ordained in Rome on July 14, 1957. He completed a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Seraphicum, with a thesis about the Ecclesiology of St. Bonaventure. Fehlner died on May 8, 2018 in Chicopee, Massachusetts.[5][6]

Theological career

Fehlner taught dogmatic theology and Mariology in Franciscan seminaries and universities in the United States and in Italy for 40 years. He is the author of several books and contributed to theological and pastoral journals in the United States and Europe.[7][8] From 1985 to 1989 he was the editor of Militia Immaculatae (Rome), a Marian review for the clergy. He wrote and lectured extensively on Franciscan theology and Mariology. His series on Our Lady "Mater et Magistra" has been featured weekly on Mother Angelica's EWTN.

He served as North American Regional Superior (Delegatus Generalis) of the Institute of Pontifical Right of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate from 1996 until 2002.

Fehlner was a Kolbean scholar. He explained and defended the teachings of St. Maximilian Kolbe against theologians and mariologists who consider the Saint to be a heretic or a pious journalist.[9] He has written and spoken in support of the fifth Marian Dogma, the Blessed Virgin Mary's roles as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate.[10][11]

Selected works
  • St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity - Pneumatologist (His Theology of the Holy Spirit) - 2004 (New Bedford, MA. Academy of the Immaculate).
  • Fr. Juniper Carol: His Mariology and Scholarly Achievement, in Marian Studies 43 (1992) 17-59.[12][13]
  • The Great Sign: The Virgin Mother - The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Washington NJ 1993).[14]
  • De Metaphysica Mariana Quaedam, in IM 1 (2/2001) 13-42.
  • The Immaculate Conception: Outer Limits of Love, in MI 25 (1989) 537-547.
  • Mater et Magistra Apostolorum, in IM 1 (1/2001) 15-95.
  • The Role of Charity in the Ecclesiology of St. Bonaventure (Rome 1965)[15]
  • Mary and Theology: Scotus Revisted (Rensselaer, NY, privately published 1978).[16]
  • Is the Martyr of Charity a Heretic?, in Kolbe, Saint of the Immaculate (New Bedford, MA 2001) pp. 97–103.
  • "The Predestination of the Virgin Mother and her Immaculate Conception", in Mark Marivalle, Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons.[17]

References
  1. Gianpaolo Mosconi (2009). Blessed Marie-Clementine Anuarite: Jesus Alone. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-60114-047-0.
  2. http://www.olaprovince.org/index/2016/09/19/welcome-home-fr-peter-damian/
  3. "FFIs at the Guadalupe Shrine" Archived 2018-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
  4. Judith Marie Gentle; Robert L. Fastiggi (30 September 2009). De Maria Numquam Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines on the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People. University Press of America. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-7618-4848-6.
  5. Joseph P. Chinnici (2010). When Values Collide: The Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, and the Challenges of Leadership. Orbis Books. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-1-57075-873-7.
  6. Peter Damien Fehlner-obituary
  7. Brother Anthony Josemaria Fti (1 November 2008). The Blessed Virgin Mary in England: A Mary-Catechism with Pilgrimage to Her Holy Shrines. iUniverse. pp. 428–. ISBN 978-0-595-50074-1.
  8. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life. Institute on Religion and Public Life. 1997.
  9. Kalvelage Francis Mary (2001). Kolbe - Saint of the Immaculata. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-1-60114-016-6.
  10. Erika Papp Faber (1 January 2006). Our Mother's Tears: Ten Weeping Madonnas in Historic Hungary. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-1-60114-031-9.
  11. "Summer Season at ML/IMRI Comes to A Close. Archived 2015-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. Mary Page News, August 11, 1998. University of Dayton.
  12. Gloria Falcão Dodd (2012). The Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces: History and Theology of the Movement for a Dogmatic Definition from 1896 - 1964. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-1-60114-061-6.
  13. Gloria Falcão Dodd (2012). The Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces: History and Theology of the Movement for a Dogmatic Definition from 1896 - 1964. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 516–. ISBN 978-1-60114-061-6.
  14. Father Christiaan W. Kappes (25 March 2014). The Immaculate Conception: Why Thomas Aquinas Denied, While John Duns Scotus, Gregory Palamas, & Mark Eugenicus Professed the Absolute Immaculate Existence of Mary. Academy of the Immaculate. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-60114-068-5.
  15. Scott H. Hendrix (1974). Ecclesia in Via. Brill Archive. pp. 289–. ISBN 90-04-03865-5.
  16. Bl. John Duns Scotus and His Mariology: Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Death. Academy of the Immaculate. 2009. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-60114-048-7.
  17. Maura Hearden; Virginia M. Kimball Std; Virginia M. Kimball (March 2011). Mary for the Love and Glory of God: Essays on Mary and Ecumenism with A Foreword by William Mcloughlin, Osm, Hon. Gen. Scy, Esbvm. AuthorHouse. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-4567-5667-3. (full citation on p. 46)
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