Katholische Junge Gemeinde

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Katholische junge Gemeinde
AbbreviationKjG
FormationJune 17, 1970;53 years ago (1970-06-17)
TypeGerman non-profit youth organization
Purposeassociation of young Catholics and Catholic local groups
Headquarters Düsseldorf, Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Membership
80.000 members in 24 diocesan organizations
Presidents
Anne Schirmer
Marc Eickelkamp
Praeses
Eva-Maria Düring
Secretary-General
Peter Dübbert
Website www.kjg.de

The "Katholische junge Gemeinde" (short: "KjG") is a major German Catholic youth organization. KjG has a democratic structure and local groups throughout Germany, mainly in Catholic parishes, with a total of about 80,000 members. The KjG is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations, Fimcap, and the German umbrella of Catholic youth organizations, BDKJ.

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History

See also: Overview of the history of KjG on the homepage of KjG (on German) [1]

KjG and contemporary worship music

KjG had a significant influence on the development of contemporary worship music (German: Neues Geistliches Lied, NGL) in Germany. [4]

Patron and Motto

The patron of KjG is Thomas More (1477–1535). The motto of KjG is "I never thought of consenting to a matter, if it would defy my morals." This quote is attributed to Thomas More. [5]

Emblem

The emblem of KjG is called "Seelenbohrer". Literally translated from German this means "soul drill". It was designed in 1967 by Alfred Klever, a designer based in the vicinity of Cologne, during a course on screen printing in Altenberg. It represents the motto of the joint Pentecostal meeting of KJG and KFG, the predecessor organizations of KjG, in Münster in 1968: "Zur Antwort bereit!" (German for: "Prepared for the answer!"). [6] At this national meeting the meaning of the emblem was explained as follows: "The dot in the center represents Christ, the Good News and the life. The bar moving around the dot symbolizes the humans who, inspired by the center, try to tackle problems and find and give answers. The arrow represents dynamic. Acting based on the solid ground of the Gospel means at the same time to move on and to pursue goals." Another (self-)ironic interpretation of the emblem is that it represents "beating around the bush, closely missing the goal and than move away quickly". [7]

Thomas More - patron of KjG Portrait of Thomas More by Hans Holbein d. J. in the Frick Colllection.jpg
Thomas More - patron of KjG

Structure

Local level

The 80,000 members are organized in various local groups spread all over Germany. Most local groups are based at a parish. However, local groups can be also located at other places such as schools. Each local group usually has a team of voluntary group leaders which prepare activities like e.g. weekly meetings or camps for children, adolescents and/or young adults. Furthermore, each local group has a board of two or more chairpeople (usually as many female as male chairpeople) coordinating the local group. The chairpeople are elected by the regular assembly of all members of the local group. Usually, all members regardless of their age are eligible to vote (some local groups however require a minimum age of 13 and a maximum age of 27). [8]

Diocesan organizations

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Diocesan organizations of KjG
Wappen Bistum Aachen.gif KjG Aachen [9]
Wappen Bistum Augsburg.png KjG Augsburg [10]
Wappen Bamberg bis.svg KjG Bamberg [11]
Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin.svg KjG Berlin [12]
Wappen Bistum Eichstatt.png KjG Eichstätt [13]
Bistum Essen Wappen.jpg KjG Essen [14]
Wappen Erzbistum Freiburg.svg KjG Freiburg [15]
Wappen Bistum Fulda.png KjG Fulda [16]
KjG Hamburg [17]
Wappen Bistum Hildesheim.png KjG Hildesheim [18]
Wappen Erzbistum Koln.png KjG Köln [19]
BistumLimburg-logo.svg KjG Limburg [20]
Coat of Arms of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.svg KjG Magdeburg [21]
Wappen Bistum Mainz.png KjG Mainz [22]
Wappen Erzbistum Munchen und Freising seit 2013.svg KjG München & Freising [23]
Wappen Bistum Munster.png KjG Münster [24]
Wappen Bistum Osnabruck.png KjG Osnabrück [25]
BistumswappenPassau.JPG KjG Passau [26]
Paderborn-bistum.PNG KjG Paderborn [27]
Wappen Bistum Regensburg.png KjG Regensburg [28]
Rottenburg-Bistum.PNG KjG Rottenburg-Stuttgart [29]
Wappen Bistum Speyer.png KjG Speyer [30]
Trier Arms.svg KjG Trier [31]
Wappen Bistum Wurzburg.svg KjG Würzburg [32]

Notable (former) KjG members

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References

  1. 1 2 "Homepage der KjG: YOUrope". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Geschichte der KjG". www.kjg.org. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ↑ "enjoy the difference - Home". www.enjoy-the-difference.de. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  4. ↑ Frank, René (2003-01-01). Das neue geistliche Lied: neue Impulse für die Kirchenmusik (in German). Tectum Verlag DE. ISBN   9783828885738.
  5. ↑ Homepage of KjG
  6. ↑ Berichte von der Bundeskonferenz der KjG 2011: Freitag, 17.6. Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ KjG.de: Der Seelenbohrer
  8. ↑ "Strukturen der KjG". kjg.de. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  9. ↑ Homepage of KjG Aachen
  10. ↑ Homepage of KjG Augsburg
  11. ↑ Homepage of KjG Bamberg
  12. ↑ "Homepage of KjG Berlin". Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  13. ↑ Homepage of KjG Eichstätt
  14. ↑ Homepage of KjG Essen
  15. ↑ Homepage of KjG Freiburg
  16. ↑ Homepage of KjG Fulda
  17. ↑ Homepage of KjG Hamburg
  18. ↑ Homepage of KjG Hildesheim
  19. ↑ Homepage of KjG Köln
  20. ↑ Homepage of KjG Limburg
  21. ↑ Homepage of KjG Magdeburg
  22. ↑ Homepage of KjG Mainz
  23. ↑ Homepage of KjG München & Freising
  24. ↑ Homepage of KjG Münster
  25. ↑ Homepage of KjG Osnabrück
  26. ↑ Homepage of KjG Passau
  27. ↑ Homepage of KjG Paderborn
  28. ↑ Homepage of KjG Regensburg
  29. ↑ Homepage of KjG Rottenburg-Stuttgart
  30. ↑ Homepage of KjG Speyer
  31. ↑ Homepage of KjG Trier
  32. ↑ Homepage of KjG Würzburg
  33. ↑ "Jens Spahn über Katholizismus und Politik | DOMRADIO.DE". www.domradio.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  34. ↑ "Lichtblick - Magazine of the youth council of the district Main-Tauber, p. 6" (PDF).
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