Georg Austen

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Monsignor Georg Austen (April 1, 2019)

Georg Austen (born December 3, 1958 in Salzkotten ) is general secretary of the Bonifatiuswerk of German Catholics and secretary of the diaspora commissariat of the German bishops.

Life

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Georg Austen grew up in Brenken , a district of the East Westphalian town of Büren . After graduating from high school in 1978 at the Mauritius-Gymnasium in Büren, he studied Catholic theology in Paderborn and Munich . He then completed his diaconate in the parish of St. Johannes Baptist and in the correctional facility in Herford in 1985 and 1986 . On May 16, 1986, he received the sacrament of ordination in Paderborn . He then worked as a vicar in the parish of St. Marien in Fröndenberg, as a parish administrator in the parish of St. St. Johannes Baptist in Siddinghausen and in the parish of St. Michael in Weine . In addition, he was diocesan president of the Catholic rural youth movement and from 1996 to 2002 diocesan pastor of the Federation of German Catholic Youth in the Archdiocese of Paderborn as well as student pastor and head of the Catholic university community in Paderborn.

As secretary of the XX. From 2002 to July 2006, Austen played a key role in the preparation of the major Catholic event in 2005 for the World Youth Day of the German Bishops' Conference in Cologne . He was responsible for the pastoral preparation and follow-up of the World Youth Day, the days of encounter with the Day of Social Engagement in all German (arch) dioceses , the culture and youth festival at the World Youth Day in Cologne and the pilgrimage of the World Youth Day Cross through Europe and Germany. Following the XX. On World Youth Day, Austen spent several months in New York City and Sweden on personal training . After his return, he became the managing director of the "Perspective 2014" steering group in the Archdiocese of Paderborn in the same year.

Since March 2008 Georg Austen has been General Secretary and General Manager of the Bonifatiuswerk of German Catholics as well as Managing Director of the Diaspora Commission of the German Bishops / Diaspora Aid for Priests. In 2013, Austen was confirmed in office for a further six years. The second term began on March 1, 2014.

In May 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Austen to the papal honorary chaplain ( monsignor ) and appointed him in December 2011 to the college of consultors of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization . Austen is an advisor in the sub-commission for missionary issues of the World Church Commission of the German Bishops' Conference, a member of the World Church Conference and of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK).

Austen is committed to dialogue and solidarity-based cooperation in the world church and for marginalized groups, for example in prison work , and advocates young people. To this end, he founded the “Georg Austen Solidarity Foundation” in 2011 with the aim of conveying values, discovering faith and promoting personality. Appropriate project funding is intended to help children and young people to strengthen their confidence in their own abilities, to overcome life crises, to promote a sense of solidarity and, last but not least, to experience orientation and confidence from the Christian faith.

In the Holy Year of Mercy , on February 10, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Austen a “Mercy Missionary”.

It is an important concern of Austen - in cooperation with national and international artists and organizers of major events - to create points of contact with topics of art, culture and the church in order to stimulate a dialogue with those who think and believe differently. Nationwide concert series, benefit events, book projects and art exhibitions have already been organized. The proceeds go to charitable projects. In 2017 and 2018 two art exhibitions under the title “Udo's 10 Commandments” with pictures of the singer Udo Lindenberg were realized in the Gaukirche in Paderborn and in the Überwasserkirche in Münster. In cooperation with Michael Patrick Kelly there were two series of concerts (“Agape Tour” in 2012 and “Ruah Tour” in 2016) through several churches and cathedrals in German-speaking countries. In the course of the Santa Claus campaign of the Bonifatiuswerk under the title "Santa Claus Free Zone" there has been a close collaboration with the singer Maite Kelly for many years . There were other collaborations with the singer Kathy Kelly , the tenor Juan del Bosco and the gospel singer Carla A. Harris from New York, the singer Judy Bailey , the street musician Simone Oberstein and the Rügen artist Sylvia Vandermeer .

Publications

Books

  • Georg Austen, Martin Reinert and Christoph Stiegemann: Change through light and time. Rediscover church dreams. Bonifatius, Paderborn 1999.
  • Georg Austen, Frank Niemeier (ed.): Shooters need goals - workbook for church services and other occasions. 2001.
  • Georg Austen, Claudia Auffenberg, Markus Ehrhardt , Bernhard Leifeld, Udo Reineke and Michael Störmer: IHM & UNS - Paderborn song book. BDKJ, Paderborn 2003.
  • Georg Austen, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode : Crossed country. , Catholic Biblical Works, Stuttgart 2005.
  • Georg Austen, Robert Haas , Matthias Micheel: The miracle of this night. Stories and songs for Christmas. 2008.
  • Georg Austen, Elsbeth Bihler, Matthias Micheel (eds.): Nikolaus, come to our house. Workbook for family, kindergarten and school. Lahn, Kevelaer 2008.
  • Georg Austen, Günter Riße : Show outside what you believe inside! Missionary Perspectives of a Diaspora Church. Bonifatius, Paderborn 2009.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (ed.): A bright star has risen. Lahn, Kevelaer 2009.
  • Elsbeth Bihler, Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (eds.): Sankt Martin is a good man. Workbook for family, kindergarten and school. 2010.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel: We're looking forward to the party. Businessman Ernst, Lahr 2010.
  • Maite Kelly , Georg Austen: Designing and celebrating parties with children. Butzon & Bercker, 2011.
  • Georg Austen (Ed.): I wish you an angel. 2012.
  • Georg Austen, Sibylle Hardegger: Wide sky - quiet paths. Pilgrimage routes to the holy places of the north. Kösel, Cologne 2013.
  • Georg Austen, Maite Kelly: Give me your light. 2013.
  • Georg Austen, Robert Haas, Matthias Micheel (eds.): We discover the Easter secret. Lahn, Kevelaer 2013.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (ed.): Happy Easter. 2013.
  • Georg Austen: You are welcome. 2014.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel: What are you burning for? 2014.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel, Niklas Wagner: Himmelswege. Stories and songs of saints and heroes. 2015.
  • Sylvia Vandermeer , Manfred Entrich OP: Change. In the flow of life. 2015.
  • Georg Austen (ed.): Blessed Christmas. 2015.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel, Niklas Wagner (eds.): So that life can mature. The house book for the autumn of life. 2015.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (ed.): Jesus gives us bread to live. In memory of your first communion. 2016.
  • Elisabeth Neuhaus, Georg Austen (ed.): Look, there is man. 2016.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (ed.): We discover creation. Story and hands-on book. 2016.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel (ed.): Inspired by the spirit. 2017.
  • Georg Austen (Hrsg.): Start-ups of Faith - Experience reports from the Bonifatiuswerk staff promotion. 2017.
  • Georg Austen (ed.): Radically holy. My legacy is Europe's future. Series of lessons for pastoral, school and youth work for the European Year of Cultural Heritage. 2018.
  • Georg Austen (Ed.): The next note is: Peace - Europe-wide bells ringing on the occasion of the International Day of Peace. Invitation and impulses to pray for peace. 2018.
  • Georg Austen (Hrsg.): Udo's 10 commandments - pictures by Udo Lindenberg. 2018.
  • Georg Austen, St. Theresita M. Müller (Ed.): How to survive the death of another. 2018.

Essays

  • Georg Austen: Accompanying is necessary. Throw-in to accompany volunteers. In: information, March 2001.
  • Georg Austen: We deserve it or: The marketed values , In: information, March 2001.
  • Georg Austen: Comes very close to him ... In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: Cross Moved. The World Youth Day Cross on the road to reconciliation from April 4, 2004 to August 21, 2005 through Germany. Bonn, 2003.
  • Georg Austen: Faith gets hands and feet ... In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: underconstrustion - help build a just world! The day of social engagement for World Youth Day 2005. Bonn, 2004.
  • Georg Austen: Guests are a blessing. In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: Guests are a blessing. The meeting days in the German dioceses from August 11 to 15, 2005. Bonn, 2004.
  • Georg Austen: Faith is in the air. In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: We want to see Jesus! Job aid. Bonn, 2004.
  • Georg Austen: Visit to the crib. In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: ... a new path, an inner pilgrimage that changes our whole life. Suggestions and spiritual impulses following the XX. World Youth Day for the Christmas season and beyond. Bonn, 2005.
  • Georg Austen, Lukas Schreiber: "I'm burning in my traveling shoe". World Youth Days - A pilgrimage for young people. In: Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference: "... they went home to their country on a different path" ( Mt 2.12  EU ). A World Youth Day that works longer than it lasts. Handout for the follow-up to the XX. World Youth Day 2005. Bonn, 2005.
  • Georg Austen: Where heaven and earth meet. A tour of the parish church of St. Johannes-Baptist in Büren-Siddinghausen. In: Alexander Kessler: Siddinghausen - history of a Westphalian village.
  • Georg Austen: The truth of the desert. In: Franz-Peter Spiza (ed.): With the senses of faith. Hamburg, 2013.
  • Georg Austen and Matthias Micheel: Missionary-diaconal projects in everyday places and on special pastoral occasions. In: George Augustin, Sonja Sailer-Pfister, Klaus Vellguth (eds.): Christianity in dialogue. Perspectives of Christian Identity in a Plural Society. 2014.
  • Georg Austen and Matthias Micheel: Home and Diaspora. Thought fragments from the perspective of the Bonifatiuswerk. In: Beate Beckmann-Zöller / René Kaufmann (eds.): Home and foreigners. Presence in withdrawal. 2015.
  • Georg Austen and Matthias Micheel: Missionary-diaconal projects in everyday places and on special pastoral occasions. 2016.
  • Georg Austen: Diaspora: Living witness of Christians in the world - thoughts on the missionary-diaconal orientation of the Bonifatiuswerk.

Sound carrier

  • Georg Austen, Robert Haas and Matthias Micheel: The miracle of this night. Stories and songs for Christmas. Bonifatiuswerk, Paderborn 2008.
  • Georg Austen, Robert Haas and Matthias Micheel: What a crowd. The animals of the Bible for children. Lahn, Kevelaer 2010.
  • Georg Austen, Matthias Micheel: We discover the Easter secret: Lahn, Kevelaer 2013.

Lectures

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Austen: Welcome to Georg Austen. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Welcome to Georg Austen. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ About the Diaspora Commissariat of the German Bishops - Diaspora Aid of the Priests . The Diaspora Commissariat of the German Bishops. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ Parick Klei Bold: Additional Secretary six years. Bonifatiuswerk der German Catholics, accessed on December 18, 2019 .
  5. ^ Sub-Commission for Mission Issues. German Bishops' Conference, accessed on December 18, 2019 .
  6. ^ ZdK - Central Committee of German Catholics | Structure | Members | Member list. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ pencils. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Pope Francis sends "Missionaries of Mercy" October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Secretary General. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Udo Lindenberg and the Bonifatiuswerk donate 24,000 euros to the Johanna residential building. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ More than 47,000 visitors - Bonifatiuswerk takes stock of the Liborifest. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Over 58,000 visitors - the "Udo's 10 Commandments" exhibition in Münster ends with great success. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Details. November 13, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Fiesta in the Church. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Action: Tat.Ort.Nikolaus. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Holy Easter and Easter days in Fürstenberg. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  17. ^ Benefit concert for the Bonifatiuswerk in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Büren was a great success. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  18. ↑ New York musicians help shape Easter days in Fürstenberg, Büren, Leiberg and Paderborn. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Contemplative sounds from the harmonica. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Exhibition: The Way of the Cross of Jesus Christ in Pictures. October 29, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Austen, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, general secretary of the Bonifatiuswerk of German Catholics
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzkotten