Kolping youth
| Kolping Youth Germany | |
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| legal form | Association of persons |
| founding | 1957 |
| Seat | Cologne |
| purpose | Catholic Youth Association |
| Chair | Anna-Maria Högg Julia Mayerhöfer Peter Schrage |
| Members | approx. 50,000 |
| Website | www.kolpingjugend.de |
The Kolping Youth is a Catholic youth association. In Germany it exists as a Kolping Youth in the Kolping Society Germany, in Europe as the Kolping Youth Europe .
The Kolping Youth is formed by members of the Kolping Society up to the age of 29 and is a Catholic youth association that is committed to the values of Adolph Kolping . Together with the adults, they form an association. The Kolping Youth is involved in the areas of politics, church, one world, and work and social issues.
The concrete work is varied. Group lessons, holiday camps, political education, social projects and much more are offered on site. Association-wide campaigns (e.g. a project against the right: "Whoever shows courage, makes you courage") and major events (Kolping Day 2000 in Cologne , Federal Meeting of Kolping Youth in Regensburg in 2003 or a youth pilgrimage under the motto "Wegweisend" in 2009 in Cologne) are carried out .
The members work voluntarily and on a self-organized basis according to democratic principles at all levels of association, church and civil life.
Kolping Youth Germany
facts and figures
The Kolping Youth Germany has around 50,000 members in 2,800 Kolping Families in the 27 German dioceses. The International Kolping Society is represented in 61 countries worldwide. Therefore, the Kolping Youth is also an international youth association.
The Kolping Youth magazine is called X-Mag and has been part of the Kolping magazine since January 2015.
history
The XXI. The general assembly of the Kolping Society in Cologne passed a new general statute on October 20, 1957, in which the Kolping Society was divided into the groups Jungkolping , Kolping and Altkolping . This started the history of the Kolping youth as an age or target group. The German Central Assembly from October 23 to 25, 1962 in Hirschberg decided on the organization and goals of the Jungkolping group.
The first nationwide youth convention took place from May 31 to June 3, 1973 in Cologne under the motto “Act, not be treated” with 6,000 participants. The Kolping group was renamed Kolping Young Adults in 1978 . After that, the Kolping youth from the ages was young Kolping and the Kolping Youths . In addition, the Kolping Youth developed a framework based on the Paderborn program from 1976. This framework was the predecessor of today's guiding principles.
From June 2nd to 5th, 1988 the Kolping Youth Day "Project A3 - We make more of our work" took place in Essen with 6,000 participants. In May 1994 a pilgrimage from Kerpen to Cologne was carried out with 800 participants. The association received a new logo in March 1995. In July 1995, the federal meeting of the Kolping Youth "Come on, get alive!" Was held in Osnabrück with 1,500 participants.
In February 2001, the Kolping Youth started the nationwide campaign against xenophobia, “He who shows courage, gives courage”. The guiding principles of the Kolping Youth were adopted by the federal conference in Vallendar in March 2001 . The federal meeting "Blickwechsel03" was held in Regensburg from October 3rd to 5th, 2003 with 3,500 participants. The Kolping Youth took part in August 2005 with a large action mile and its own festival around the Minorite Church on the XX. World Youth Day in Cologne.
With the campaign "I do it - honorary", the Kolping Youth emphasized their voluntary social commitment in September 2005.
The Federal Conference of the Kolping Youth, which took place from September 22nd to 24th, 2006 in Herbstein / Diözesanverband Mainz, decided to put the topic “Youth and the world of work” at the center of the work of the Kolping Youth.
From September 18 to 20, 2009, a youth pilgrimage took place under the motto “trailblazing” in Cologne with around 1,500 participants.
General classification
The Kolping Youth Germany is a member of the Federation of German Catholic Youth .