Caritas Association for the Diocese of Regensburg

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Caritas Association for the Diocese of Regensburg
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legal form registered association
founding 1922
Seat regensburg
Action space Diocese of Regensburg
people Roland Batz (Chairman of the Board), Michael Weißmann (Diocesan Caritas Director)
Employees 16,000
Website www.caritas-regensburg.de

The Caritas Association for the Diocese of Regensburg is the umbrella organization of organized Caritas ( Latin for charity , high esteem ) and the charity of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Regensburg . Currently there are more than 900 church-based social-charitable institutions and services under its roof.

The patroness of Caritas Regensburg is Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia . For this reason, Caritas Regensburg celebrates Elisabeth Day every year on November 19th.

history

In 1922 the association was founded, which also took over the tasks of the local Caritas association. The first chairman and managing director was Cathedral Chapter Robert Reichenberger . He was instrumental in founding the association. In the early years, the main focus was on caring for drinkers and alleviating the worst misery after the First World War . The adherence to Christian values ​​against the reprisals of the National Socialists paid off after the Second World War in the confidence of the Allied Western powers: Caritas was entrusted with many tasks in the eastern Bavarian region , which concerned the supply of the population, the distribution of care packages and other relief goods . Due to its geographical location, the Regensburg Caritas Association paid special attention to the care of returnees and refugees in the post-war years . The following years and decades brought state and social development as well as economic expansion. In the years 1960 to the mid-eighties there was a lot of construction activity by Regensburg Caritas. District Caritas associations with their social centers are being expanded or newly established. After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany , the German Caritas Association developed into the largest provider of social services due to the constitutional freedoms of the churches, the welfare state requirement and the principle of subsidiarity. Today, with more than half a million employees, it is one of the largest employers in Germany. Around 16,000 people are currently employed part-time or full-time in Caritas facilities in the Regensburg diocese.

structure

The association, which is under the supervision of the Bishop of Regensburg , is divided into ten Caritas associations and four Caritas secretariats. Affiliated as professional associations are the Catholic youth welfare , the social service of Catholic women , the Malteser relief service , the Kreuzbund and the IN VIA Association of Catholic Girls' Social Work . Under the umbrella of the Diocesan Caritas Association there are currently 925 facilities with around 48,000 places. There are currently over 16,000 full-time employees, almost 9,000 of them part-time, at Caritas Regensburg.

Every year around 260,000 people in the diocese are looked after by Caritas offices.

District Caritas associations in the Diocese of Regensburg

Institutions under the umbrella of Caritas in the diocese of Regensburg

Health aid

  • 8 hospitals with over 2000 beds
  • 67 social stations (outpatient nursing)
  • 5 training centers with over 400 places

Child and Youth Services

  • 38 youth welfare homes with around 1500 places
  • 400 day-care centers (kindergartens, crèches and crèches) with over 26,000 places
  • 11 educational counseling centers
  • 1 position of the social service of catholic women
  • 1 position of the IN VIA Association of Catholic Girls' Social Work
  • 6 training centers with over 600 places

Family help

  • 4 family vacation spots with over 500 places
  • 3 dormitories for mother and child
  • 5 counseling centers for mothers-to-be in need and conflict situations

Elderly care

  • 51 retirement and nursing homes (approx. 4000 places)
  • 3 short-term care facilities with around 50 places
  • 3 day care facilities
  • 4 training centers for elderly care with around 200 places
  • 49 Other services of open elderly care (meals on wheels, mobile social service, stationary lunch, elderly advice centers)

Disability assistance

  • 20 homes / hospitals for the disabled with almost 2000 places
  • 28 day care centers and schools for disabled children and young people with a good 3000 places
  • 8 workshops / vocational training centers for the disabled with over 1000 places
  • 3 training centers with 200 places
  • 7 advice centers for the disabled
  • 2 Other services for disabled people (mobile service for disabled people, transport service for disabled people)

Help for migrants and refugees

  • 19 jobs or services for people with a migration background

Other social help

Training

Around 1400 men and women prepare for a social profession in 18 training centers.

organs

The statutes stipulate that the association has three organs: the board, the Caritas council and the representative assembly.

Board

  • Roland Batz, chairman of the board
  • Clemens Prokop, Deputy Chairman
  • Deacon Michael Weißmann, Diocesan Caritas Director
  • Alois Sattler, Episcopal Finance Director
  • Michael Pickl, branch director of the Ligabank Regensburg
  • Gertrud Enzinger, home manager

Caritas Council

  • Franz Merl (Chairman of the Caritas Council)
  • Hans Pschorn
  • Inge Ritz-Mürtz
  • Peter Cramer
  • Hans Schuierer
  • Theo Zellner

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