Eugene Vogt

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Eugen Vogt 1909–1997

Eugen Vogt (born November 8, 1909 in Allschwil BL, † August 25, 1997 in Sins AG) was a formative personality of the Catholic lay and youth movement ( Catholic Action ) in Switzerland .

Live and act

Vogt grew up with six siblings in his parents' small farm in Allschwil BL. The Kulturkampf in Switzerland had left deep, painful marks in this village, which had a major impact on Vogt's curriculum. After leaving school, he took up a position as a commercial clerk at Sandoz in Basel and completed the commercial vocational school. During this time he was already involved in Catholic youth work. In 1931, at the age of 22, he was appointed Adjunct of the General Secretariat of the Swiss Catholic Young Team Association SKJV. Previously, he stayed in Leuven (Louvain) to familiarize himself with his task with the Belgian Catholic youth movement. For 35 years he was the managing director of the SKJV. In 1942 he also took over the management of the Swiss Catholic People's Association, which he held for 28 years. Together with his friend Prelate Josef Meier, he led the two associations successfully and with great personal commitment. He developed a very wide range of activities. In 1931 the Rex publishing house was founded. In 1932 Eugen Vogt founded the Swiss Jungwachtbund , of which he was the first federal leader. In 1933 he organized the legendary Zug youth conference, the ZUJUTA, which created a great atmosphere of optimism among the Catholic youth in Switzerland. He was involved in the training of young guard and young team leaders with Easter courses, a rich literature and various magazines. He founded the Swiss Folk Book Congregation, which he expanded into a flourishing company, the Viatours travel service for pilgrimages and cultural trips, and the interdenominational committee for biblical study trips. He took on the organizational responsibility for the pilgrimage to the canonization of Brother Klaus in Rome in 1947 , the organization of the Swiss Catholic Day in Lucerne in 1949 and for the trips to Rome during the Holy Year 1950 . During the Second World War he was mainly responsible for the cultural and religious care of the Polish and Italian internees in Switzerland. In 1947 he founded the bookbinding company on the Reuss. In 1964 at the Eucharistic Congress in Bombay he met Mother Teresa , whose work inspired him. He founded an aid organization that raised over 45 million Swiss francs for the poor cared for by Mother Teresa in Calcutta . Eugen Vogt was by Pope Pius XII. honored with the New Year's Eve . The President of the Italian Republic awarded him the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic .

Eugen Vogt was married to Hedwig Wickart from Zug. The marriage produced seven children.

Services

«Eugen Vogt was, to close with the words of Bishop Josephus Meile , a role model and lay apostle . Not only through his example, but also through his training, he has conquered and shaped hundreds. As the first lay leader in the youth team, he more than justified the trust of the church superiors through his successful work. It was not an easy task to transfer the club's activities from pure care and maintenance to a certain movement, to a real youth campaign. What was required of patience and humility, energy and courage, delicacy of character and devoted loyalty can only be guessed by those who have looked a little deeper into the inhibitions and obstacles, into the criticisms and confusions. Without this lay help, however, many youth problems would not have been fully solved and many youth needs would not have been satisfied. »

«The changes in the association structure and the distinctive impulses and activities of Joseph Meier and Eugen Vogt in the leadership of the Swiss Catholic Young Team Association as well as the cultural and political development of Swiss society in general brought the Catholic youth under the flag of the SKJV and the Christ the King symbol, such as it is unique in the history of the national youth movements. "

- Appreciations from Joseph Jung in the Catholic youth movement in German-speaking Switzerland. Pp. 308 and 392
Eugen Vogt was introduced to Pope John Paul II on July 17, 1984 by Bishop Otto Wüst in Einsiedeln .

Fonts

  • Publications by E. Vogt regarding the young team and young watch. Chronologically. State Archives Lucerne, archival unit PA 188.

literature

  • Urs Altermatt: Swiss Catholicism in Transition 1945–1990. University Press Friborg Switzerland, Friborg i.Ue. 1993, ISBN 3-7278-0826-8 .
  • Joseph Jung: Catholic youth movement in German-speaking Switzerland: the young team association between tradition and change from the middle of the 19th century to the Second World War. University Press Friborg Switzerland, Friborg i.Ue. 1988, ISBN 3-7278-0547-1 .
  • 75 years of Eugen Vogt. Clavadetscher, Zofingen 1984.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alois Steiner: Swiss Catholic People's Association (SKVV). In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Urs Altermatt: Swiss Catholicism in Transition 1945–1990. P. 216.
  3. ^ Alois Steiner: The Rex publishing house in Lucerne. In: Swiss Catholicism in Transition 1945–1990. P. 213 ff.
  4. ↑ On August 20, 1934, the ZUJUTA (Zug Youth Conference) took place in Zug, to which young men and young teams - 20,000 participants - came.
  5. ↑ Urs Altermatt: Swiss Catholicism in Transition 1945–1990. P. 227.
  6. ↑ Entry on kirchen.ch ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2007 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchen.ch
  7. ^ Hervé de Weck: Internments. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 2, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss promoter of the Catholic lay and youth movement
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Allschwil BL
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1997
Place of death Sins AG