Martinus Medal

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The Martinus Medal is the designation of awards from the Catholic Church , which the dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart independently award to individuals and groups for outstanding voluntary commitment and lived charity in the sense of the diocesan patron of both dioceses, St. Martin of Tours .

The medal - it is available in bronze and silver - is designed differently depending on the diocese , but shows the image of St. Martin with the beggar in different versions on the front, and a special motif of the respective diocese on the back. It is usually awarded to a maximum of 25 recipients on November 11th, the feast day of St. Martin or on the Sunday on which the patronage festival is celebrated.

The people who have been awarded this medal have mostly shared time, health, strength and wealth with others over many decades in addition to their official service or their professional activity in the spirit of St. Martin. You have stood up for the church and society in an outstanding and varied manner or have taken initiatives to found non-profit associations , self-help groups , campaigns or biblical and ecumenical circles. The commendable commitment extends from the establishment of hospice groups and sick-visiting services as well as the work with the disabled and the elderly, help for the unemployed and young people or the rehabilitation of delinquents to the support of missionary work and third world initiatives , adult education and women's work Club and association level.

With the silver Martinus medal, the highest honor for voluntary commitment, the respective bishop honors outstanding personalities from church and society as well as groups and institutions that are particularly connected to the diocese and church and their relationship , taking into account the advice and vote by the episcopal ordinariate to the diocese in a special way ecclesiastically or socially meritorious.

Usually the vicar general of the diocese bestows the award on behalf of the bishop.

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