Paul Marx (monk)

Paul Benno Marx, OSB (May 8, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American Roman Catholic priest and Benedictine monk, family sociologist, writer, and one of the leaders of the anti-abortion movements.

Paul Marx
Born(1920-05-08)May 8, 1920
St. Michael, Minnesota, US
DiedMarch 20, 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 89)[1]
Occupation(s)Catholic priest, monk, and sociologist

The monk was professed on 11 July 1942 and ordained on June 15, 1947. Marx started the Sociology Department at Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota in 1957 and headed it as a department chair until 1970. Similarly, the sociologist was the driving force in creating the local universitarian Human Life Center (1972), furthermore the anti-abortion organizations Human Life International (HLI, 1981) and Population Research Institute (PRI, 1989).[1]

Family

Benno William Marx was born in St. Michael, Minnesota. He was the fifteenth child of devoutly religious parents, George and Elizabeth, from the dairy farm where he was raised. There were thirteen girls and four boys (three children died in infancy) in the family.[1]

Activism

Marx's book, The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn, belongs to the basic literature of the anti-abortion movement.[2] The Benedictine Father became a spiritual mentor for his successor at PRI, Steven W. Mosher.[3]

Marx regularly edited material about natural family planning and led HLI until 1999.[1] In 2007, he received HLI's Cardinal von Galen Award.[4] Other recognitions gained by the monk of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville include the Cardinal John J. O'Connor Pro-Life Award from Legatus (2003), Family Life International's "Faithful for Life Award" (2004) as well as PRI's Founder's Award.[1]

Books
  • The life and work of Virgil Michel. Dissertation, Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1957.
  • Virgil Michel And The Liturgical Movement. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1957.
  • The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn. Front Royal, Virginia: HLI, reprint, 1998, ISBN 978-0814604014.
  • Death without dignity: Killing for mercy. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2nd edition, 1978, ISBN 978-0814608692; later in the modified version And Now Euthanasia: HLI, 2nd edition, 1985.
  • Fighting for Life: The Further Journeys of Fr Paul Marx. HLI, 1989, ISBN 978-1559220279.
  • Confessions of a Profile Missionary: The Journeys of Fr. Paul Marx. Gaithersburg, Maryland: HLI, 1988, ISBN 1559220201.
  • The Apostle of Life. HLI, 1990, ISBN 978-1559220293.
  • The Flying Monk (Still Fighting for Life). HLI, 1990, ISBN 978-1559220286.
  • The Warehouse Priest. HLI, 1993, ISBN 978-1559220316.
  • Faithful for Life– autobiography. HLI, 1997, ISBN 978-1559220453.
  • The Pro-Life Wisdom of Fr. Paul Marx: The Apostle of Life – a collection of comments. HLI, 2008, ISBN 978-1559220552.

References
  1. Abbot John Klassen OSB and the monks of Saint John's Abbey. "Father Paul Benno Marx, OSB. Monk of Saint John's Abbey. Collegeville, Minnesota". Saint John's Abbey. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. "Francis Phillips reviews Faithful for Life, The Autobiography of Father Paul Marx OSB, and The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn. Both By Father Paul Marx OSB". Theotokos.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. Frawley Desmond, Joan (January 20, 2012). "Steve Mosher: A Vision of "Hell" Brought Him to the Church". National Catholic Register. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  4. Staff, H. L. I. (2007-03-09). "Cardinal von Galen Award Spring 2007: Fr. Paul Marx". Human Life International. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
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