Clergy association
The clergy association is the professional representation of the Roman Catholic clergy in Bavaria and the Palatinate . The association, founded in 1919, is based in Munich . The remaining German Roman Catholic clergy are organized in the PAX priest association.
tasks
The clergy association is a registered association . It is an amalgamation of the diocesan clergy associations of the dioceses of Augsburg , Bamberg , Eichstätt , Munich and Freising , Passau , Regensburg , Speyer and Würzburg . The aims of the association are:
- Providing information and advice on questions relating to the professional and private life of the clergy
- Granting legal protection to clerics
- moral and material support for clergy
- Protection of professional honor
- Conclusion of collective agreements
Facilities
The association maintains various facilities to achieve its goals:
- the office in Munich
- the monthly Klerusblatt as an association magazine
- the Klerushilfe eV for financial support of clerics in need
- the St. Josef recreation center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- various courses (e.g. annual retreats for priests and religious sisters)
history
The Association of Clerics was founded on December 17, 1919 on the initiative of Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber . At the same time, the association magazine Blätter for the Catholic clergy (since 1925 Klerusblatt ) was launched. By 1939 the association had around 6,200 members. During the time of National Socialism , the association was exposed to severe reprisals . The Klerusblatt was strictly censored and temporarily banned. After the development work after the Second World War , an essential task of the association in the 1960s was the implementation and explanation of the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council . Due to the falling number of priests, the association still had around 3,300 members in 2008.
Chairperson
- Thaddäus Stahler , 1919–1933 Diocese of Würzburg
- Georg Böhmer, 1933–1942, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Franz Stadle, 1942–1954, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Josef Holzer, 1954–1967, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Konrad Miller, 1967–1982, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Josef Grabmaier, 1982–1992, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Herbert Jung, 1992–2011, Diocese of Munich-Freising
- Andreas Simbeck, since 2011, Diocese of Munich-Freising
literature
- Theodor Maas-Ewerd (ed.): Clerics in the service of God for people. Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the clergy association and the clergy gazette in Bavaria and the Palatinate 1920-1995, Munich 1995.
- Alois Natterer: The Bavarian clergy in the time of three revolutions 1918-1933-1945. 25 years of the clergy association, Munich 1946.
- Florian Trenner: Clergy Association. History and meaning, Munich 2004.
Web links
- www.klerusverband.de Official website
- Entry in the Historical Lexicon of Bavaria