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About Help Contact login Rev Stephen Marschner SJ Title: Rev First Name: Stephen Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Marschner Order: SJ Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1852 Place of Birth: Schönau, near Schluekenau, Bohemia Country of Birth: Czechia Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 09-Feb-1910 Place of Death: Mariaschein [Bohosudov] Country of Death: Czechia Date of Burial: Place of Burial: Country of Burial: Find A Grave URL: FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Marschner, Stefan Missionary; born Schönau, near Schluekenau, Bohemia, 28 February 1852; died Mariaschein, Czechoslovakia, 11 February 1910, aged 57. Stephen Marschner was educated by the Jesuits for six years from the age of eleven, and then entered the Society at St Andrä, 12 September 1869, and after the usual course of studies was ordained on 26 July 1882. He taught for two years at Mariaschein before tertianship in France at Staravies. He was then socius to the master of novices for a year at Lavantin, followed by some teaching at the Freinberg College. After listening to Fr Anton Strele, who had returned for a short time, Marschner left Austria with him for Australia, 22 November 1888. They arrived in Darwin via China by ship on 5 February 1889 and Marschner was sent to the Rapid Creek station near Palmerston, and later to the Daly River, where he was minister and consultor of the mission. He helped build living quarters and a school, taught religious education and painstakingly learn an aboriginal language. He remained there until 1892 when he accompanied the seriously ill Fr Strele to South Australia. He spent a further two years in pastoral work at Sevenhill and Kooringa, and then returned to the northern mission until July 1899. When the mission closed that year, he returned to Austria via China on 1 November 1899, and went to Trynau in Hungary were he became minister. He was again at Innsbruck and Laibach until appointed spiritual father in the college in Travnik, Bosnia, 1903-08. Finally he went to the college in Mariaschein also as spiritual father where he finally died from a lung infection. Those who knew him for his humanity and kindness, humility, and quiet conversation admired him. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

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Stephen

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Marschner

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Schönau, near Schluekenau, Bohemia

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09-Feb-1910

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Mariaschein [Bohosudov]

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Marschner, Stefan

Missionary; born Schönau, near Schluekenau, Bohemia, 28 February 1852; died Mariaschein, Czechoslovakia, 11 February 1910, aged 57.

Stephen Marschner was educated by the Jesuits for six years from the age of eleven, and then entered the Society at St Andrä, 12 September 1869, and after the usual course of studies was ordained on 26 July 1882. He taught for two years at Mariaschein before tertianship in France at Staravies. He was then socius to the master of novices for a year at Lavantin, followed by some teaching at the Freinberg College.

After listening to Fr Anton Strele, who had returned for a short time, Marschner left Austria with him for Australia, 22 November 1888. They arrived in Darwin via China by ship on 5 February 1889 and Marschner was sent to the Rapid Creek station near Palmerston, and later to the Daly River, where he was minister and consultor of the mission. He helped build living quarters and a school, taught religious education and painstakingly learn an aboriginal language. He remained there until 1892 when he accompanied the seriously ill Fr Strele to South Australia.

He spent a further two years in pastoral work at Sevenhill and Kooringa, and then returned to the northern mission until July 1899.

When the mission closed that year, he returned to Austria via China on 1 November 1899, and went to Trynau in Hungary were he became minister. He was again at Innsbruck and Laibach until appointed spiritual father in the college in Travnik, Bosnia, 1903-08. Finally he went to the college in Mariaschein also as spiritual father where he finally died from a lung infection. Those who knew him for his humanity and kindness, humility, and quiet conversation admired him.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Stephen Marschner SJ

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