Heinrich Pesch House
| Abbreviation | HPH |
|---|---|
| Location | Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| Region served | Rhein-Neckar Triangle |
| Director | Johann Spermann |
| Affiliations | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Website | PeschAcademy |
Heinrich Pesch House (HPH) is a Catholic academy in Rhine-Neckar, in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The Jesuit-run centre offers lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences.
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]
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
- Back to citation "Stiftung". heinrich-pesch-haus.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- Back to citation "jesuiten.org: Heinrich-Pesch-Haus". www.jesuiten.org (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- Back to citation Grosschmid, Geza B. "Pesch's Concept of the Living Wage in 'Quadragesimo Anno'," Review of Social Economy 12 (2), 1954; Ederer, Rupert J. "Heinrich Pesch, Solidarity, And Social Encyclicals," Review of Social Economy 49 (4), 1991; 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.