Herbert Haag Prize

The Herbert Haag Prize , named after the theologian Herbert Haag , is awarded to people and groups as well as for publications, conferences and research “who work for freedom and humanity within the Church”.

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In 1985 the Herbert Haag Foundation for Freedom in the Church was founded in Lucerne . The foundation deals with the challenges facing the church and “awards recognition prizes to people and institutions at home and abroad who have exposed themselves to Christianity through free expression of opinion or courageous action” (foundation purpose). The foundation awards the Herbert Haag Prize for this purpose. Erwin Koller is the President of the Herbert Haag Foundation . The President Emeritus is Hans Küng .

Award winners

1985: Leonardo Boff
1988: Christian Frederick Beyers-Naudé
1989: Publik Forum
1991: Loyal opposition in the Diocese of Chur
1992: Eugen Drewermann
1994: Jacques Gaillot
1996: Church referendum by Austria and Germany, initiated by the platforms We are Church
1997: Elisabeth Gössmann , Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel
1999: Journal Church Intern with the editor, Pastor Rudolf Schermann
2000: Luigi Marinelli, Dietrich Wiederkehr
2001: Swiss Catholic Women's Association Lucerne, Association of Women Affected by Celibacy (Zöfra), Erich Zenger
2003: Teresa Berger, Stephan Pfürtner
2005: Josef Imbach , Synod of the Roman Catholic Church of the Canton of Lucerne, Sepp Riedener
2006: Dolores Bauer , Matthias Drobinski , Michael Meier , Hansjörg Schultz, Catholic parish Röschenz
2007: Bethlehem Mission Immensee , John Fernandes , Xaver Pfister
2009: Hermann Häring , Leo Karrer , Giusep Nay
2010: Beatrice Eichmann-Leutenegger , Thomas Hürlimann , Karl-Josef Kuschel
2011: Hidden Church of Czechoslovakia , Walter Kirchschläger
2012: Helmut Schüller from the Austrian pastor's initiative , future-oriented figures of priestly pastoral care
2013: Pat Farrell from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious
2014: Archbishop Albert Rouet and Fr Klaus Mertes SJ
2015: Concilium , Regina Ammicht Quinn
2016: Heinrich Bedford-Strohm , House of Religions - Dialogue of Cultures
2017: Jadranka Rebeka Anić (Croatia) and Mercedes Navarro Puerto (Spain) as well as two basic church movements for equal rights for women and men in the church
2018: Volker Hesse and Andreas Knapp
2019: Jungwacht Blauring Switzerland and the Federation of German Catholic Youth

Web links

Official website

Individual evidence

^ Website of the Herbert Haag Foundation , accessed on March 17, 2016.
↑ Purpose of the foundation . In: herberthaag-stiftung.ch, accessed on March 17, 2016.
^ Herbert Haag Prize awarded for the first time in Vienna Donaucity Church , Kathpress , April 3, 2011.
↑ The Prophecy Betrayed. The Czechoslovak underground church between the Vatican and communism. Editors: Erwin Koller, Hans Küng , Peter Krizan; Ed. Exodus, Lucerne 2011, ISBN 978-3-905577-79-2 .
^ Pastors' initiative receives Herbert Haag Prize 2012 for freedom in the church We are Church, November 15, 2011.
^ Catholic News Agency (KNA), March 17, 2014.

[1] Website of the Herbert Haag Foundation , accessed on March 17, 2016.

[2] Purpose of the foundation . In: herberthaag-stiftung.ch, accessed on March 17, 2016.

[Kathpress-3] Herbert Haag Prize awarded for the first time in Vienna Donaucity Church , Kathpress , April 3, 2011.

[4] The Prophecy Betrayed. The Czechoslovak underground church between the Vatican and communism. Editors: Erwin Koller, Hans Küng , Peter Krizan; Ed. Exodus, Lucerne 2011, ISBN 978-3-905577-79-2 .

[WirSindKirche-5] Pastors' initiative receives Herbert Haag Prize 2012 for freedom in the church We are Church, November 15, 2011.

[6] Catholic News Agency (KNA), March 17, 2014.