Catholic women's community in Germany

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The Catholic Women's Association in Germany (KFD, own spelling: kfd) is the largest Catholic women's association and one of the largest women's associations in Germany with around 450,000 members in 4,000 KFD communities . It goes back to the brotherhoods of Christian mothers founded in 1856 . The KFD represents the interests of women in church, politics and society, but also offers a community for women. The KFD parish communities are meeting places for their members and offer cultural and social services. In many parishes they are also of major importance for the life of the community.

construction

As a Catholic association, the organization of the KFD is divided into diocesan associations , deanery associations and KFD parish communities in line with the structure of the Catholic Church . At the diocesan level there are the diocesan associations in Aachen, Berlin, Dresden-Meißen, Erfurt, Essen, Freiburg, Fulda, Görlitz, Hamburg, Hildesheim, Cologne, Limburg, Magdeburg, Mainz, Munich-Freising, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Speyer and Trier as well as the regional association Oldenburg.

The federal association is represented by an eleven-member federal board. The term of office is four years. The current federal chairwoman is Mechthild Heil , who was elected in June 2017 .

Federal Executive

The federal executive board includes:

  • Federal chairwoman: Mechthild Heil
  • Deputy Federal Chairwoman: Monika von Palubicki
  • Deputy Federal Chairwoman: Agnes Wuckelt

Other board members:

  • Mechthild Burk
  • Lucia Maria Lagoda
  • Monika Mertens
  • Barbara Striegel
  • Spiritual companion: Ulrike Göken-Huismann
  • Federal President: Father Dominik Kitta

The spokeswoman for the Standing Committee “Housekeeping and Consumer Issues”, Anni Rennock, and the spokeswoman for the Standing Committee “Women and Employment”, Petra Löwenbrück, also belong to the federal board of the KFD.

history

The KFD Federal Association was founded in 1928 under the name Central Association of Catholic Mothers' Associations. In 1939, the National Socialists dissolved the association, and the house and property were confiscated. Elements of the association work could be maintained under the umbrella of the episcopal ordinariate as church women's work.

In 1951 the association was re-established under the name Central Association of Catholic Women and Mothers' Communities . In 1954, the association headquarters in Düsseldorf was inaugurated again.

In 1968 the association passed a new statute and with it the name Katholische Frauengemeinschaft Deutschlands (kfd) .

"Frau und Mutter" magazine

Frau und Mutter is the membership magazine of the Catholic women's community in Germany. In 2017 the magazine celebrated its 100th anniversary. With a print run of 450,000 copies (2017), “Frau und Mutter” is the Catholic women's magazine with the highest circulation in German-speaking countries. The magazine produced by the Federal Association of KFD is regularly supplemented with diocesan supplements. Since January 2011 the magazine has been published with the subtitle "Menschen Leben Diversity - magazine of the kfd".

Positions (selection)

In June 2019, the Catholic Women's Community of Germany called for women to be ordained in the Roman Catholic Church. In the "Guidelines '99" program adopted in 1999, the association had put forward the requirement for women to be admitted to all services and offices in the Church, but had to remove this due to conflicts with the German Bishops' Conference.

Achieved

The KFD gives women in church, politics and society a voice and stands up for their interests. The church and socio-political milestones of the KFD include a .:

  • 2017 Remuneration Transparency Act comes into force
  • 2017 Admission of divorced and remarried to the sacraments is possible in individual cases
  • 2016 “No means no” - Bundestag decides to change sex criminal law
  • 2015 “Women.Power.Church.” - Resumption of the discussion about services and offices of women in the church
  • 2015 Strengthening of palliative and hospice care
  • 2015 Prohibition of organized assisted suicide
  • 2014 Alignment of pension entitlements for mothers whose children were born before 1992
  • 2013 Emergency number for women affected by violence: www.hilfetelefon.de
  • 2011 kfd signature campaign "Do not exclude divorced and remarried people from the sacraments"
  • 2009 Thinking period and counseling will be mandatory for late abortion
  • 2007 Maternal cures become compulsory health insurance benefits
  • 2006 Bible in Righteous Language
  • 2004 Pension model of the Catholic associations: www.buendnis-sockelrente.de
  • 2001 First Federal Education Allowance Act
  • 2001 Parental leave means parental leave
  • 2001 Official evidence of qualifications in voluntary work in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1997 Marital rape becomes a criminal offense
  • 1997 kfd campaign to prove volunteer work
  • 1997 Founding of the women's diaconate network
  • 1995 Long-term care insurance with pension entitlements for caring relatives
  • 1994 Girls are admitted as acolytes
  • 1994 Ecumenical services for women at Catholic and Church Days
  • 1993 TransFair -sealed goods in supermarkets
  • 1992 Recognition of three years of parental leave in retirement
  • 1990 Guide to establishing a women's refuge
  • 1986 For the first time recognition of educational benefits in retirement
  • 1984 Women's Centers at Catholic Days

Advocacy groups

The KFD is involved in the following institutions and bodies at national and international level (selection):

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us - Catholic Women's Community of Germany (KFD). Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ katholisch.de : choose Catholic women new national chairman
  3. ↑ Die kfd: News detail view. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  4. ↑ New spokesperson in the standing committee "Women and gainful employment". Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  5. ^ History of the kfd - Catholic women's community in Germany (KFD). Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  6. ^ History - Catholic Women's Community of Germany (KFD). Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ IVW : Frau und Mutter , circulation in the 1st quarter of 2017: 450,002 copies.
  8. ↑ Die kfd: history. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Katholisch.de: kfd calls for priestly ordination for women: Theological questions clarified , June 21, 2019
  10. ^ Kfd program: Resolutions of the assembly of delegates of the Catholic women's community in Germany: Guidelines '99: Challenge Justice. 1999, accessed October 15, 2019 .
  11. ↑ equal and entitled - Catholic women's community in Germany (KFD). Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  12. ^ Representation of interests - Catholic women's community in Germany (KFD). Retrieved October 15, 2019 .