Institute of Catechetics and Homiletics

The Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics (IKH) was an institute of the Roman Catholic Church established in Munich in 1964 for the further training of religious teachers, pastoral assistants and clergy.

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tasks and activities

The institute dealt with questions of the doctrine of preaching ( homiletics ), religious education (catechetics) and theological adult education , as well as with the research and development of models and materials. In particular, it offered a two-year special training program for theologians and pastors.

In its function and importance for the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, it roughly corresponded to the Comenius Institute , which is still active today within the framework of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). The two institutes worked closely together on several projects. B. the thesaurus religious education and the journal bibliography for literature documentation for religious education and church educational work .

Its function and importance can also be compared with that of the German Liturgical Institute , which is the institution of the German Bishops' Conference for liturgy issues for the Roman Catholic Church in Germany and in the entire German-speaking area.

organization

The sponsorship was taken over by the German Catechist Association, the funding was shared by the Association of Dioceses of Germany, Missio Germany and the Bavarian Bishops' Conference . Protectors were the archbishops of Munich and Freising at the time, the cardinals Julius Döpfner and Joseph Ratzinger .

history

The institute was founded in 1964 by the German Bishops' Conference chaired by Julius Döpfner . A department for homiletics (sermon teaching) was set up by Elmar Bartsch in 1966, later expanded to include theological adult education. Important collaborators were members of the oratorio in Munich and members of the homiletic working group in Germany.

In 1976, the institute, together with the evangelical Comenius Institute from Münster, published the first printed thesaurus on religious education (see below).

It stopped its work in 1982, successor was the Institute for Church Services (Munich).

Members of the management

(in selection)

• Heinrich Kahlefeld , Director (1964–1967)
• Elmar Bartsch , director (1967–1968)
• Erich Feifel , Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Well-known teachers

• Hubertus Halbfas (until 1968)
• Elmar Bartsch (1966–1971)
• Georg Baudler (1970–1971)
• Franz-Josef Hungs , full-time lecturer for adult education 1973/74
• Heinrich Kahlefeld (1964–1973), Oratorio Munich
• Heinz Rothbucher (1972–1974)
• Hermann Seifermann , Oratorium Munich, university professor for exegesis of the Old Testament and didactics of Bible teaching at the Catholic Foundation University of Munich from 1979 to 1990
• Hermann Stenger CSsR, full-time lecturer for pastoral psychology 1975
• Werner Stenger (1973–1977)
• Alois Zenner (from 1975), teaching position for religious education (1959–1963 head of the office of the German Catechist Association , 1965–1981 chief editor of the catechetical sheets )
• Günter Stachel (teaching position for didactics and methodology of religious education 1965–1970)

Well-known graduates

• Heribert Arens (* 1942), Franciscan, member of the Homiletic Working Group Münster, Guardian and pilgrimage leader in Vierzehnheiligen since 2012
• Josef Danko , 1970–1972
• Thomas Handgrätinger , 1971–1975 (Abbot General of the Premonstratensian Order 2003–2018)
• Erwin Honer
• Hans Hütter
• Dieter Katte (1968–1970)
• Heinz Klapsing
• Antoni Lewek († July 18, 2010, 70 years old); 1971-1973
• Ludwig Mödl
• Friedrich Oberkofler , 1972–1974
• Ehrenfried Schulz
• Wim van der Kallen ( Netherlands ), supporter of We are Church in Austria
• Stefaan Van Calster
• Ludwig Weimer
• Paul Wehrle (1971–1973), auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Freiburg

literature

Literature published by the institute

• Information and Documentation Office at the Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics for Literature Documentation for Religious Education and Church Educational Work (Ed.): Journal Bibliography for Literature Documentation for Religious Education and Church Educational Work , Munich 1977.
• Karl-Heinz Hochwald, Margitta Homann, Norbert Welte. With the collaboration of: Burkhard Sulimma, Alois Zenner: Thesaurus Religionspädagogik. Directory for literature documentation for research, teaching, administration, advanced training. 2nd, completely revised edition, Münster: Comenius Institute, Munich: German Institute for Scientific Pedagogy; Munich: Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics, 1979.
• Heinz Rothenbucher and a project group at the Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics: Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Hope that makes us live. Models, teacher's book, Volume 103, 3rd edition, Olten 1982, ISBN 3-530-57707-3 .

Literature about the IKH

• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie , Seventeenth (17th) completely revised edition Volume 10 (Kat - Kz), F. A. Brockhaus, Wiesbaden, 1970, article Katechetik , p. 11.
• Günter Stachel: curriculum and religious instruction. Instruct and proclaim 16, Benziger, Zurich / Einsiedeln / Cologne 1971. With reports from the work of the IKH Munich by Renate Ausel, Konrad Breidenbach, Beate Chromik, Hans-Georg Meyer, Thomas Müller and Helmut Wagenknecht.
• Franz Rudolf Reichert, Working Group of Catholic Theological Libraries: Handbook of the Church Catholic Theological Libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany and in West Berlin. Saur, Munich / New York / London / Paris 1979, ISBN 978-3-5980-7072-3 , p. 85.
• Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture: Regulations for postgraduate studies in Kirchl. Services of the School of Philosophy / Philosophical Faculty SJ. Munich, KMBl II 3/1981, pp. 66-69.
• IKH / IKD (ed.): Activity reports. Munich 1965–1982.
• Franz-Josef Hungs : How the development of the IKH / IKD came to an end. Munich, undated (after 1982).
• Ehrenfried Schulz : Article Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics (IKH). In: Norbert Mette (Hrsg.), Folkert Rickers (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Religionspädagogik. Volume 1, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2001, ISBN 978-3-7887-2153-4 , columns 869-871.
• Anton A. Bucher: Education - Therapy - Meaning. Festschrift for Heinz Rothbucher. Salzburg 2004, p. 19
• Norbert Mette: Dialogue and cooperation between the denominations. In: Volker Elsenbast (Ed.): Clarify knowledge - strengthen education. 50 years of the Comenius Institute. Waxmann, Münster 2004, pp. 124, 253.
• Ehrenfried Schulz: The "Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics" (1964–1982) - a fame sheet for the post-conciliar awakening of the German church. In: Heribert Wahl (Ed.): Dare to “leap forward” anew. Pastoral theology 'after' the council . Review and Outlook. Studies on theology and practice of pastoral care, Volume 80, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-429-03190-9 , pp. 179-194.

The complete documents about the history, working methods and efforts regarding the continued existence of the IKH / IKD are in the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and in the library of the Metropolitan Chapter Munich.

Web links

• Huitième complément à la bibliographie des thesauri et index par matières parus depuis 1960 (au 31 decembre 1976): HTML , PDF (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ DNB: Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics
2. ↑ Norbert Mette: Dialogue and cooperation between the denominations. In: Volker Elsenbast: Clarifying Knowledge - Strengthening Education: 50 Years of the Comenius Institute, p. 124.
3. ↑ Norbert Mette: Dialogue and cooperation between the denominations. In: Volker Elsenbast: Clarifying Knowledge - Strengthening Education: 50 Years of the Comenius Institute, p. 253.
4. ↑ Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2011 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.  
5. ↑ DER SPIEGEL 22/1969
6. ↑ Presentation with curriculum vitae and list of publications
7. ↑ Seifermann Circle. (No longer available online.) Www.seifermann-kreis.de, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; Retrieved June 25, 2016 . 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.  
8. ↑ Wolfgang Schenk:  Stenger, Werner. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1339-1342.
9. ↑ Short biography
10. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: CV )
11. ↑ Short biography of Hans Hütter ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Biography Heinz Klapsing )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 707 kB)  
13. ↑ obituary (pol.)
14. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: short biography )
15. ↑ biography (ned.)