Christian Herwartz

Christian Maria Oskar Herwartz SJ (16 April 1943 – 20 February 2022), was a German Catholic priest. He was a member of the Society of Jesus, and was active as a worker-priest, author and blogger. After three years working in France, he lived from 1978 to 2016 with other Jesuits in a community he co-founded in Berlin that offered a place to stay for people in need. Herwartz is regarded as the founder of the movement, adapting the order's spiritual exercises to life among the masses. The community held regular peace prayers in Berlin until 2020.

Life Herwartz was born in Stralsund, the eldest of six brothers. His father, Oskar Herwarth (1915–2002), was a sailor in World War II, serving aboard U-843, later becoming a captain of the German Navy.