Dean's Conference

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The Dean's Office conference in the Roman Catholic Church is also Konveniat , Convention , Conveniat , Convent or Pastoral Conference , Pastoral Convention or pastoral council called. The latter goes back to the resolutions of the Würzburg Synod , which this assembly demands.

In some Protestant regional churches, the deanery conference is used equivalent to the term pastoral conference or parish convention.

composition

The dean's conference is the regular gathering of all priests , permanent deacons , pastoral officers and parish officers residing or working in a Catholic deanery . Sometimes the religion teachers in the church service (iK) are invited, the invitation of retired chaplains or retired deacons, pastoral officers and community officers is mandatory, although they only take part in the meeting as guests. In addition, the respective employees of the dean's office (also people 's office ) and the (arch) bishop's youth welfare office or representatives of the Federation of German Catholic Youth (BDKJ) are often invited. If there are other institutions that work in the entire dean's office - or beyond - such as B. Catholic adult education , then these are usually invited. In recent years, in some places, a representative of the deanery council has also been asked to attend the meeting.

This assembly meets regularly every one to three months. In addition to this large meeting, it is customary for the priests to meet again for their own meeting. These meetings of priests will be less, however, since many deans no longer see the need for such a priestly meeting. The dean's conference is chaired by the respective dean (or dean).

tasks

The dean's conference has the task of supporting the dean in his work, advising him and giving the pastoral work in the dean's office a certain direction. The assembly therefore shares responsibility for the management of the dean's office. For this purpose, decisions are made that are approved by the assembly. All of the above are entitled to vote. People who have successfully completed at least their second service examination - i.e. no deacons (in preparation for ordination ), no pastoral or parish assistants.

  • Discussion of theological innovations
  • Report of the dean of (arch) episcopal pronouncements; Conference of deans
  • Report of the pastors from their parish
  • Working on pastoral problems
  • Development of topic-related points (e.g. networked pastoral work)

Due to the fact that the dean's conference brings all employees around one table, the meeting is also used to clarify organizational matters. For example, in many deaneries too

  • the priestly leave and the substitution discussed
  • common, all relevant, documents signed
  • Mail distributed
  • Promoted events
  • Orders placed (e.g. directory , home prayer, etc.)

swell

  • Joint Synod of the Dioceses of the Federal Republic of Germany, Resolution Pastoral Structures, OG 1 698f.

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