Forum University and Church

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In the Forum School and church eV (FHoK) nationwide Catholic organizations work together to promote the presence of the Catholic Church in universities and colleges through their work. The FHoK is the supreme umbrella organization of all Catholic student and university communities and their full-time employees ( priests , secretaries, speakers, etc.). The seat of the association is Bonn .

The forum promotes diocesan and supra-diocesan university pastoral work on a subsidiary basis z. B. through the qualification of full-time and voluntary employees in university pastoral care and through the promotion of cooperation between university and student communities. Members of the forum are representatives from various institutions in the context of university pastoral care.

tasks

At the end of 2000, nationwide organizations from around 130 university communities, student organizations, Catholic academies and educational institutions as well as student and gifted students joined forces in the Forum Hochschule und Kirche eV in order to jointly strengthen the presence of the church at the university. They do this through

  • the support of the university pastoral care in the dioceses,
  • the qualification of full-time employees and volunteers in university pastoral work and the mediation of spiritual support,
  • the promotion of a nationwide educational offer for students,
  • the promotion of cooperation between university communities, funding agencies and universal church institutions,
  • imparting knowledge about the development of university pastoral care,
  • imparting knowledge about developments in universities and educational policy,
  • the promotion of interdisciplinary dialogues.

At the federal level, the forum is the point of contact for institutions of higher education, education and science policy and, as a specialist organization, wants to participate in the discourse on the future of universities.

activities

The Forum Hochschule und Kirche eV supports the nationwide organizations belonging to it in their work on a subsidiary basis and, as the project sponsor, provides financial support for qualification measures and educational offers with church and public funds.

Together with the Conference for Catholic University Pastoral Care (KHP), the professional representation of all those active in university pastoral care, the forum develops, organizes and evaluates the introductory course for university pastoral care and further training measures for full-time employees in university pastoral care and provides offers of spiritual accompaniment.

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholischer Hochschulgemeinden (AKH) is supported by the forum's office in the development, implementation and evaluation of nationwide seminars for students and volunteers.

The forum provides information about the university and university pastoral care, gives impulses for their development and promotes the exchange of information between the university communities and other organizations involved in Catholic university work.

The Forum Hochschule und Kirche eV, as a specialist organization, wants to enter into discussions with interested parties from teaching and research as well as with educational politicians via the information offered in the various media and other specialist conferences. In the core areas of university pastoral work (education, encounter, dialogue, advice, support, spirituality), the forum is open to cooperation projects with interested organizations and institutions.

organization structure

The Forum University and Church is constituted as a registered association, to which delegates from the nationwide organizations of Catholic university work belong. The general assembly elects a six-member board that is responsible for the ongoing affairs of the association. The chairmen are Lars Hofnagel, 1st chairman, Emilie Guffler, 2nd chairman and Peter Krawczack, 3rd chairman

The resolutions of the board and the general assembly are implemented by the office of the Forum Hochschule und Kirche eV in Bonn. The office also supports the activities of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholischer Hochschulgemeinden (AKH) and the Conference for Catholic University Pastoral Care (KHP).

The Forum Hochschule und Kirche eV is supported in its work by a Scientific Advisory Board, the members of which are appointed by Commission VIII for questions of science and culture of the German Bishops' Conference. Auxiliary Bishop Wilfried Theising is the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. The Scientific Advisory Board advises the forum and provides impulses for the further development of university pastoral care. Every three years it organizes a nationwide symposium on fundamental questions of university pastoral care.

Members (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Religious communities want to help shape university life more Fewer restrictions welcome domradio.de from November 7, 2019