Bennet Tierney

Bennet Tierney (Prof. Dr.; *24. November 1954 in Irland) ist Priester in der Kongregation der Legionäre Christi.

Biographie

P. Bennet arbeitete fünf Jahre in Spanien, 13 Jahre in Mexiko, Kolumbien und den USA. Zehn Jahre war er in Italien und ist seit (ca.) 2004 in Frankfurt am Main und in Münster (Deutschland).

Der irische Pater ist der Interpret des Liedes "Virgen Morenita" das vom Argentinier Jorge Cafrune verfasst wurde. Dieses Lied und andere von P. Bennet gesungene Lieder, werden oft in der Liedwunschsendung "Hörergrüße" von Radio Horeb gewünscht.

The correct name is Bennet Tierney, and not Tierney Bennet. He was born in Limerick, Ireland the 24th of November 1954 He attended the "Sacred Heart College" in Limerick, better known as "The Crescent". As a youth he served in the FCA, part of the Irish Army. He formally joined the Legion of Christ in 1975. He studied Humanities in Salamanca Spain, and worked as Dean in the Irish Institute of Monterrey Mexico until 1979. In that time he also worked with youth as director of Club Faro in the same city, and founded Club Andes. After returning to Rome in 1979 he completed his licence in Philosophy in the early 1980 ies in the Pontifical Gegorian University. After completeing his studies in Theology he was ordained priest the 24th of Dicember 1985. From then until 1987 he directed vocational pastoral in Spain until 1987, until he returned to Monterrey Mexico to found the "Centro Empresarial". At the same time he also founded sections of the Regnum Christi Movement in Tijuana Mexico and San Diego USA. HE is also one of the founding members of organizations such as "Familia Misionera" and "Desarrollo y Formación Familiar" with base in Monterrey Mexico. He was one of the founding members of the John Paul II Institute of Monterrey, and served there as Professor for General Ethics, Moral Theology and Bioethics. He returned to Rome in December 1995 to write a "Manual of Bioethics" and "The Moral Implications of Genetic Testing". In 1999 he helped found the Regnum Christi in Vienna Austria, and later that year he began his work as a Director of Regnum Christi in Germany. At the present moment he is the Local Coordinator for Regnum Christi in Central Germany and Berlin, where he dedicates most of his time to family pastoral. In 2003 he founded what is now known as Medical Mission Network (www.medicalmissionnetwork.net) and has himself participated in medical relief operations in third world countries including Brazil, Ghana and Mexico.

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• Der Text des Liedes "Virgen Morenita"

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