Kolping Society
The Kolping Society is an international Catholic social association based in Cologne in the legal form of a registered association. There are also several companies that belong to this group. In 1850 the first of these associations merged to form an association that was renamed "Kolping Society" in 1935. It is one of the great social services of the Catholic Church .
The core and focus of the Kolping Society's work is engagement with and for the family, whose advocate the work sees itself as. The internationality of the association is becoming more and more important. The emergence and growth of the national associations as well as the continental and intercontinental association partnerships (networking) testify to this.
The Kolping Society in Germany has the greatest importance worldwide due to its history and a number of around 230,000 members (as of 2018). Around 26,000 honorary board members work here in around 2400 Kolping Families. In the Federal Republic of Germany there are 230 Kolping Houses (as of 2018), 200 Kolping Educational Institutions and more than 810 public streets and squares with the name "Adolph Kolping".
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The Kolping Society is represented in 61 countries around the world and has around 450,000 members. These are organized in 5,800 "Kolping Families" worldwide.
There are also:
- Kolping Society Europe, with 21 national associations
- Kolping Society Germany, based in Cologne, federal association with 230,000 members
- State and regional associations
- 27 diocesan associations in Germany
- District Associations
- 2,400 Kolping families nationwide (as of 2018)
history
The Kolping Society began as a Catholic community for traveling journeymen. In 1847 Kolping became second president of the Catholic journeyman's association founded by Johann Gregor Breuer in 1846 ; 20 years later there were already over 200 journeyman's associations that go back to Kolping. Soon separate savings and health insurance funds were set up and journeyman's homes were built. In 1864, Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (Mainz) described the journeyman's associations as “a Catholic contribution to the solution of the workers' question ”. He highlighted the “cooperative principle”, supported by the “spirit of Christianity”, as the social impact of these associations. In 1871 the term "Kolping Family" was first heard in a church address. A network spanning all of Germany was created.
In the Weimar Republic , political opportunities also opened up for the democratically organized association, and in 1922 the first journeyman's day was held in Cologne. As a reaction to the success in Germany, further national associations were formed all over Europe and on other continents. In the time of National Socialism , the journeyman's clubs experienced considerable impairments. In order to avoid a ban, the Catholic journeyman's associations changed their name to "Kolping Families" in 1935. The Kolping Society was restricted in its activities during the National Socialist era, but not prohibited.
After the Second World War, Kolping work was resumed in the three western occupation zones . In the former Soviet zone , later the GDR , the Kolping work could only be continued in the narrow church area. The individual Kolping families were not forbidden during the existence of the GDR, but their work was considerably restricted.
Since the late 1960s, women and girls have also been able to become members of the individual Kolping families.
With the first journeyman's associations and their further training opportunities and leisure activities, the nucleus of the Catholic social movement emerged in Germany, the effect of which continued in the secular area of social education into the second half of the 20th century.
Kolping banner
10 D-Mark commemorative coin for the 150th anniversary
"150 Years of the Kolping Society", Dt. Postage stamp 2000
Gesellenverein Oberursel 1881 with President Pastor Wilhelm Tripp (front row left), 1887 City Pastor of Limburg an der Lahn and Cathedral Chapter. Unknown photographer.
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Today the Kolping Society and the local Kolping Families are involved in youth and adult education , for humanitarian projects in the Third World and in Catholic youth and senior work . The Kolping Youth is formed by all members up to the age of 29 and has around 50,000 members in Germany.
From 1986 to 2004 Heinz Schemken was chairman of the Kolping Society of Germany, from 2004 to 2018 Thomas Dörflinger , and since 2018 Ursula Groden-Kranich . In November 2012, Josef Holtkotte was elected Federal President of the Kolping Society of Germany. Federal President of the Kolping Society Austria has been Gerald Gump since 2007 , and National President of the Swiss Kolping Society since 2010 Jean-Marc Chanton . Ottmar Dillenburg has been General Praeses of the International Kolping Society since October 2011 . He is also chairman of the social and development aid of the Kolping Society. V. (SEK), the specialist organization for development cooperation of Kolping International. General Secretary of the International Kolping Society has been Markus Demele since September 2012 .
The Kolping greeting is "Treu Kolping" with the answer "Kolping loyal". At the end of the meeting, the Kolping funeral song is sung together.
Kolping houses, Kolping educational institutions and other institutions
Kolping Jugendwohnen gGmbH
Kolping-Jugendwohnen gGmbH maintains 23 youth residences (as of 2018). It offers young people who want to take up an apprenticeship position away from home the possibility of accommodation, food and socio-educational support. Kolping youth living conveys aspects of community life , which in view of increasing individualization and increasing mobility due to demographic change will be an increasingly important component in the area of social skills transfer.
The simultaneous provision of accommodation, meals and socio-educational support results in access from various social benefit laws ( SGB II, III, VIII, IX, XII, BAföG ) for youth living or the differently accentuated needs of young people . Associated with this are different objectives and technical requirements for the service to be provided. A central role is played by child and youth welfare , which not only contributes to the realization of the right of all young people to promote their development to a self-reliant and socially competent personality, but is also intended to protect young people from dangers to their well-being (§ 1 para . 3, No. 1 and 3 SGB VIII). Accordingly, it is their task to ensure that youth housing facilities are appropriately equipped by means of operating permit procedures in accordance with Section 45 of Book VIII of the Social Code as well as performance, remuneration and quality development agreements in accordance with Section 78a ff of Book VIII of the Social Code - especially for minors.
The Kolping Youth Housing gGmbH founded on the guiding principle of Adolph Kolping and works on the basis of standards that result from the guidelines Kolpinghäuser the Association of Kolping houses and from the 13 quality promise of youth hostels in Germany, which is part of the initiative Away home together to have.
Kolping Jugendwohnen gGmbH was founded in 2009 in Cologne. The aim is to lead youth living at Kolping professionally into the future in terms of content and structure. The aim is to offer the owners of Kolping youth residences nationwide the offer that Kolping Jugendwohnen gGmbH will take over the operation of this youth residence so that the management of the property (here: property Kolpinghaus) and operation (here youth living in the Kolpinghaus) are separated from each other . The entrepreneurial goal of Kolping Jugendwohnen gGmbH, as a nationwide player and operator of Kolping youth residences, is to make them future-proof, to create synergies and thus to secure youth living at Kolping in the long term and sustainably.
Youth community services
The Kolping Youth Community Services (JGD) were founded in 1953 as a result of international work. The core is the original campaign “Reconciliation over the graves”, which began with the aim of bringing German and French young people closer together in the post-war period. The idea of international understanding has expanded through encounters and joint work on non-profit projects. Today this idea of international understanding refers to all peoples, nations, religions and cultures and is extra broadly based on the activities of the International Kolping Society.
In contact with other cultures and social systems, tolerance and understanding should be strengthened. Encounters and exchanges should be based on the principle of reciprocity.
As part of a Catholic social association, the JGD also see it as their mission to contribute to the specification of Christian concerns through international understanding and to shape their work in accordance with the programs of the Kolping Society of Germany and the International Kolping Society.
Kolping family vacation spots
The Kolping family holiday resorts are a network of nine holiday resorts for families in Germany. The Kolping family vacation centers and their regional sponsors see themselves as institutions and part of the Kolping Society. They are committed to the model and objective of non-profit family recreation as well as the Christian image of mankind of the Kolping Society and its founder, Adolph Kolping.
The aim of the holiday resorts is to support families, especially those in economically or socially problematic situations. They should also be of use to people in the sense of Adolph Kolping for orientation and life support in personal problem phases. For this purpose, offers of a spiritual and spiritual nature are kept ready. The holiday complexes are designed in a framework that allows the Christian faith to be experienced and experienced. The chapel attached to each house and regular church services serve this purpose.
Despite their clearly Catholic character, the holiday complexes are open to all families regardless of their membership in the Kolping Society, their denomination or religious affiliation. In their self-image they want to get closer to a Europe that is growing together and see themselves as carriers of cultural diversity and as a forum for intercultural and interreligious encounters.
The family vacation places of the Kolping Society are united in the nationwide "Working Group of Kolping Family Vacation Places" based in Cologne.
Others
In addition to its social and missionary commitment , the Kolping Society is also of great importance for the influence of the Catholic Church in politics . Thousands of MPs work in the parliaments of the federal states as well as the cities and municipalities . 38 members of the Bundestag belong to the Kolping Society.
In addition, the Kolping Society is a member of the European Movement Network .
The publicist Petra Heinicker has published a book about the Kolping work in the Soviet occupation zone and GDR between 1945 and 1990 as part of the publications of the Commission for Contemporary History, Series B: Research, Volume 139 at Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn ( ISBN 978-3-506- 70286-9 ).
See also
Web links
- Kolping international
- Kolping Society Europe
- Kolping Society of Germany
- Kolping Society Austria
- Kolping Society of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ^ Idea & Tat (Journal for Leaders in the Kolping Society of Germany), Vol. 2018, Issue 4, p. 39.
- ↑ a b c Idea & Tat (magazine for leaders in the Kolping Society of Germany), year 2018, issue 4, p. 40
- ↑ Kolping Society Germany In: kolping.de , accessed on January 10, 2018.
- ^ Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Bishop of Mainz: The worker question and Christianity. Mainz 1864. In: Federal Association of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB) (Ed.): Texts on Catholic Social Teaching II 1st half volume. (Kevelaer) 1976, p. 202.
- ^ Hubert Göbels: Adolph Kolping - the people educator. In: Kolping, selected educational writings. Obtained from H. Göbels. Schöningh, Paderborn 1964, p. 231; published in: Schöningh's collection of pedagogical writings , sources on the history of pedagogy. Edited by Theodor Rutt .
- ↑ Friedhelm Vahsen: Introduction to social pedagogy. Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1975, p. 56.
- ↑ Change at the top of the Kolping Society . In: kolping.de , November 17, 2018, accessed on November 19, 2018
- ↑ Kolping greetings. In: kolpingfamilie-havixbeck.de , accessed on January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Otto Josef Lohmann composed the original text during his time as President in Barmen ( obituary in the Dürener Zeitung ).
- ↑ Self-presentation on kolping.de ( Memento from May 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
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