Juventus (Mainz)

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The Catholic student association Juventus in Mainz was founded in 1890 by the Jesuit Adolf von Goß . It is considered a replacement for the local group of students in the Marian Congregation , which had been banned by Bismarck in the Kulturkampf . The group was influenced by the Wandervogel from 1905 .

The Mainz Bishop Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein handed over the management on August 15, 1915 to the Mainz diocesan priest Romano Guardini , who himself had been "Juvene" during his high school days. Guardini dedicated, among other things, the programmatic text New Youth and the Catholic Spirit (Mainz 1920). The community devotion for the celebration of Holy Mass (also in 1920) comes from the experience of working with the "juveniles".

At that time Adam Gottron became co-leader for the younger ones.

Under Guardini's leadership, the Quickborn group, founded in Mainz in 1912, merged with Juventus . Conversely, some “juveniles” took part in the first Quickborntag at Rothenfels Castle in 1919 .

Well-known members included Alfred Schüler , Hanns Ruffin and Fritz Burgbacher .

literature

  • Hanns Ruffin: Guardini and the Mainz »Juventus«. In: Romano Guardini: Man - the effect - encounter. Mainz 1979, pp. 73-140.
  • Adam Gottron: The Mainz Juventus 1890-1921. In: Mainzer Almanach. 1967, pp. 127-141.