Baldur Hermans

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Baldur Hermans (full name: Baldur Hendrik Antons Hermans , born June 13, 1938 in The Hague ; † November 16, 2015 in Essen ) was a German historian and Catholic theologian. He was general secretary of the International Catholic Conference of Scouting (CICS) and international representative of the German Scouting Association Saint Georg (DPSG).

Life

Baldur Hermans was born into a family from the Netherlands. He grew up in Essen-Borbeck. Since 1949 he was a scout in the DPSG. Hermans studied history and was established in 1970 with a thesis on the social question to the Catholics days from 1848 to 1891 at the Faculty of Philosophy of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn to Dr. phil. PhD. As a student he joined the Catholic student union Stolzenfels Bonn in the Unitas association .

From 1971 Hermans headed the Episcopal Youth Welfare Office in the Diocese of Essen . In 1989, Franz Cardinal Hengsbach appointed him head of the department for social and universal church tasks in the diocese of Essen. He worked there until his retirement in 2004. He was particularly committed to the Don Bosco youth education center of the DPSG Diocesan Association in Hagen-Rummenohl . In 1985 Pope John Paul II appointed him Consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome.

From 1985 to 2004 Hermans was the DPSG's foreign representative and helped establish partnerships with Catholic scout associations in Africa and Bolivia as well as with Arab groups in Israel and Jordan. He was also temporarily the foreign representative of the ring of German scout associations .

In 2002, Hermans was elected General Secretary of the International Catholic Conference of Scouting in Thessaloniki . This umbrella organization represents around 70 Catholic scout associations and pastoral councils in national scout associations in Europe, Africa, America and Asia / Pacific. The CICS, based in Rome, an International Catholic Organization (OIC) recognized by the Vatican, also has a consultative status as a Catholic lay movement within the World Scout Movement. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2008; he worked as general secretary until 2011.

The President of the Central Committee of German Catholics, Hans Joachim Meyer , appointed him to the Board of Trustees of the "Lumen Gentium - Foundation of German Catholics".

Baldur Hermans was a lecturer in Christian social teaching at the Episcopal Seminary in Essen.

Fonts

As a writer

  • In memory of Vincenz Statz - the cemetery cross on Hülsmannstrasse . In: Das Münster am Hellweg , vol. 40 (1987), pp. 55–59.
  • The Ruhr Diocese of Essen as a social and ethical space for action . In: Rainer Bovermann , Stefan Goch , Heinz-Jürgen Priamus (eds.): The Ruhr area - a strong piece of North Rhine-Westphalia. Politics in the region 1946–1996 . Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-524-7 , pp. 127-142.
  • Bartholomeus Cornelis Hoogeveen (1921-1984). A Dutch priest as a "bridge builder" in the diocese of Essen . In: Reimund Haas , Jürgen Bärsch (ed.): Christen an der Ruhr , Vol. 4. Aschendorff-Verlag, Münster 2010, pp. 221–236.
  • “And a 'for emperors”. A colonial-political blackmail: The recall of the Apostolic Prefect Hermann Bücking from Togo in 1907 . In: Michaela Bachem-Rehm, Claudia Hiepel , Henning Türk (eds.): Overcoming divisions: European and international history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Festschrift for Wilfried Loth . Oldenbourg, Munich 2014, ISBN 3-486-71574-7 , pp. 679-696.

As editor

  • The Catholic peace movement before 1945 and the Nazi victim Chaplain Joseph Rossaint . Diocese of Essen, Department for Social and Universal Church Tasks, Essen 1999.
  • Revisions to Nikolaus Groß and Heinrich Hirtsiefer . Nikolaus Groß-Haus-Verein, Essen and Niederwenigern 2015.

honors and awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christoph Beckmann: In memoriam: Dr. Baldur AH Hermans . In: Unitas , Jg. 2016, No. 1, pp. 80–81, here p. 80.
  2. ↑ a b c Bridge builders between the Church of Essen and the Universal Church. (No longer available online.) Diocese of Essen , November 17, 2015, archived from the original on November 18, 2015 ; accessed on November 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistum-essen.de
  3. ↑ Christoph Beckmann: "Politicians only move when there is a fire" - The Holy Land - the explosive power of the Judeo-Christian faith - justice - 100 years of scouts - the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. In conversation: Bbr. Dr. Baldur Hendrik Hermans, General Secretary of the International Conference of Catholic Scouting (CICS) . ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Scientific Catholic student association UNITAS Ruhrania Bochum-Essen-Dortmund , December 13, 2006, accessed on November 18, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alt.unitas-ruhrania.org
  4. ↑ a b c Award for Dr. Baldur Hermans . Unitas , February 6, 2015, accessed November 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ WKSt.V. Unitas Ruhrania Bochum - Duisburg-Essen - Dortmund - In Memoriam: Bbr. Dr. Baldur Hermans. In: unitas-ruhrania.org. January 5, 2017, accessed January 5, 2017 .
  6. ↑ High papal distinction for Dr. Baldur Hermans . Diocese of Essen , August 1, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Hermans, Baldur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, theologian and scout functionary
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2015
Place of death eat