Fr. Richard Henkes, S.A.C., A Picture of His Life A Picture of His Life | Page 38

Biographical Data
1900
Born on May 26th in Ruppach / Westerwald;
baptized on May 28th
1911 Confirmation on October 15th
1912
Entrance to the Pallottine College in Vallendar-Schön-
statt.
1919
Graduation in Vallendar-Schönstatt;
Novitiate begins on December 23rd in Limburg.
1923 Perpetual Consecration on September 24th in Limburg
1925
Priestly Ordination on June 6th in Limburg;
First Mass on June 7th in Ruppach.
1926/27 Teacher and pastoral counselor at the Study House in
Schönstatt
1927/28 Diagnosed with Tuberculosis, recovers in the Black Forest
1928/29 Teacher and pastoral counselor in Alpen
1929/31 Teacher at the Study House in Schönstatt
1931
Teacher and pastoral counselor at the Study House of
the Pallottines in Katscher, district of Leobschütz
1935 Appointment (Vocation) as retreat master in Branitz
1937
Teacher and pastor in the Studienheim the Pallottine
(Study House of the Pallottines) in Frankenstein
1941
Parish administrator in Strandorf in the Hultschiner
Ländchen (today Czechia).
1943
Arrest by the Gestapo on 8 April;
Arrival in Dachau Concentration Camp on July 10th.
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