Paulus Terwitte

Head of the Capuchin Monastery Liebfrauen Frankfurt, Online Pastor and Coach

Paulus Terwitte

Head of the Capuchin Monastery Liebfrauen Frankfurt, Online Pastor and Coach

Brother Paul is a very special kind of manager - he is the head of the Capuchin monastery Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main and an "online and TV priest". With the help of the internet and TV, he tirelessly fights for a return to Christian values. After graduating from high school in Borken, Bernhard Gerhard Terwitte enters the Capuchin Order and chooses the religious name Paulus. He studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Münster and the Karl Franzens University of Graz. His life and work took him to Offenburg, Stühlingen, Gera, Frankfurt am Main, Dieburg and Würzburg, before he became head of the Capuchin monastery of Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main again in 2010. He is also director of the Franziskustreff there, an aid facility for homeless people, and since March 2013 Brother Paul has been the director of the Franziskustreff Foundation, which the Capuchin Order founded for feeding the poor. With his television appearances as a talk show host, as well as through his regular contributions to various magazines and as a book author, he actively reaches out to his fellow human beings. In doing so, Germany's best-known media monk also actively uses virtual social networks and his own homepage. The internet has a bridging function for Brother Paul, because it makes it easier for people seeking advice to open up. In 2021, Brother Paul receives the Federal Cross of Merit for his work with homeless people as a member of the board of the Franziskustreff Foundation. Due to Frankfurt's proximity to the banking world, he is often invited to seminars on ethics in business and he gives management seminars for executives. The focus is on the question of solidarity in dealing with employees. He is also a frequent speaker and lecturer at conferences and congresses.

About Paulus Terwitte

Brother Paul is a very special kind of manager - he is the head of the Capuchin monastery Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main and an "online and TV priest". With the help of the internet and TV, he tirelessly fights for a return to Christian values.

After graduating from high school in Borken, Bernhard Gerhard Terwitte enters the Capuchin Order and chooses the religious name Paulus. He studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Münster and the Karl Franzens University of Graz. His life and work took him to Offenburg, Stühlingen, Gera, Frankfurt am Main, Dieburg and Würzburg, before he became head of the Capuchin monastery of Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main again in 2010. He is also director of the Franziskustreff there, an aid facility for homeless people, and since March 2013 Brother Paul has been the director of the Franziskustreff Foundation, which the Capuchin Order founded for feeding the poor.

With his television appearances as a talk show host, as well as through his regular contributions to various magazines and as a book author, he actively reaches out to his fellow human beings. In doing so, Germany's best-known media monk also actively uses virtual social networks and his own homepage. The internet has a bridging function for Brother Paul, because it makes it easier for people seeking advice to open up.

In 2021, Brother Paul receives the Federal Cross of Merit for his work with homeless people as a member of the board of the Franziskustreff Foundation.

Due to Frankfurt's proximity to the banking world, he is often invited to seminars on ethics in business and he gives management seminars for executives. The focus is on the question of solidarity in dealing with employees. He is also a frequent speaker and lecturer at conferences and congresses.

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