Youth Church of Cana

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The youth church Kana (in its own spelling "youth church KANA") is a youth church of the Limburg diocese in the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden in the northeast district . The profile church is located in the premises of the Church of Mary Help .

idea

The youth church in Kana was founded in 2005 by the then bishop of the Limburg diocese, Franz Kamphaus . Youth churches are seen as a new approach in youth pastoral care as a new response to the increasing alienation between church and youth. The aim was to reach young people who have little or no contact with the church due to their socialization or who lose contact with the church after their first communion or confirmation . These young people see the church liturgy as alien, can not identify with the traditional church services and are not used to being part of fixed groups and structures. In 2015, the tenth anniversary of the youth church in Kana was celebrated with an anniversary service with the Apostolic Administrator Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe .

Other youth churches in the Limburg diocese are the Crossover youth church in Limburg an der Lahn and the Jona youth church in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen .

concept

The youth church of Kana wants to create a connection between today's world of young people and the church with their faith. The name of the youth church refers to the biblical place Cana in Galilee , where Jesus performed his first miracle. According to the Bible, he transformed water at a wedding celebration ( Jn 2 : 1–12  EU ). The youth church is an institution of the Children, Youth and Family Department of the Diocese of Limburg.

working area

The youth church Kana supports the Catholic youth work in parishes , pastoral rooms of the city church Wiesbaden and the districts Rheingau and Untertaunus . Kana makes offers in the areas of school such as class seminars or time out - days of orientation, also Juleica training, group leader basic course, acolytes , offers for company applicants , special church services with creative elements and an atmosphere of light and music, projects or events in the and about the church, a special project in Lent , own offers at youth culture events , a theater project with refugees or church education offers.

The team from the Kana youth church also runs the two student cafés in the IGS Obere Aar in Taunusstein-Hahn ( Café Mandela ) and in the St. Ursula School in Geisenheim ( SchüCa ) as well as the Fre! Raum youth club in IGS Kastellstrasse, which opened in 2012 . Fre! Raum invites you to help shape the youth church.

The youth church is a place of work for young people in the voluntary social year , in the practical semester or recognition year after studying social work or social pedagogy .

literature

  • Hildegard Wustmanns: different places - youth churches. New places in pastoral care . In: Diakonia . Volume 38, No. 1 , January 2007, ISSN  0012-1967 , p. 65-71 .
  • Werner Otto: Wow , that's nice - not at all like in church. How youth churches approach young people who are distant from the church. In: Theological-practical quarterly . Vol. 3, No. 159 , 2011, ISSN  0040-5663 , p. 285–292 ( bistumlimburg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d KANA Youth Church Wiesbaden. In: Website of the youth church of Kana. 2018, accessed February 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Model of the Catholic youth churches in the Diocese of Limburg. ( PDF ) In: Website of the youth church of Kana. July 3, 2009, accessed February 18, 2018 .
  3. ^ Press office of the Diocese of Limburg: Ten Years of the Cana Youth Church. In: Website of the Catholic Parish St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden. June 24, 2015, accessed February 18, 2018 .
  4. ^ KANA Youth Church Wiesbaden - Team and Contact. In: Website of the youth church of Kana. 2018, accessed February 18, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 56 ″  E