missio
missio ( Latin for "mission", "order") is the abbreviation for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany , Austria , Switzerland and other countries.
structure
The Pontifical Mission Societies are subordinate to the Apostolic See and are entrusted to the leadership of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , led by Cardinal Fernando Filoni . The president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, which are divided into four works, is Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso . The four works are:
There are representations (national directorates) of the Pontifical Mission Societies in over 140 countries around the world.
Germany: missio, the International Catholic Missionary Organization in Germany, has two legal entities:
- Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk missio eV based in Aachen: Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Bündgens is chairman of the administrative board (chairmanship has been suspended since December 5, 2019). Dirk Bingener has been president since October 2019 , and Gregor Freiherr von Fürstenberg is vice-president .
- missio - Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk - Ludwig Missionsverein KdöR based in Munich: Chairman of the Central Council is Archbishop Reinhard Marx . President is Msgr. Wolfgang Huber .
Austria: National Director of Missio is P. Karl Wallner (since September 2016). Predecessors were Fr Leo Maasburg (2005-2016), Auxiliary Bishop Ludwig Schwarz SDB (1999-2005) and Fr Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck OCist (1994-1999).
history
In 1819, 23-year-old Pauline Marie Jaricot founded the Lyon Mission Association (officially the work of spreading the faith from May 3, 1922 ). Your idea of donation aid quickly found an echo in Germany.
In 1832 the Aachen doctor Heinrich Hahn and his friends founded the Franziskus-Xaverius-Verein to support the Catholic missions. Heinrich Hahn came across the yearbooks of the Lyon Association while visiting a sick person in Montzen, Belgium, and set up a German branch with like-minded people. They organized themselves and collected donations, but had to struggle for church and state recognition for ten years. At the same time, the Ludwig Mission Association supported by King Ludwig I was established in Munich . The missios principle emerged as a “citizens' initiative from below”, as a lay initiative.
Missio has been the successor to the Papal Work on Propagating the Faith in Germany since January 1st, 1972. This branch of the Pontifical Work of Propagating the Faith was established under Pope Pius XI. Erected by Motu proprio on May 3, 1922. Until 1972, the mission work was supported by the Franziskus-Xaverius-Verein (FXV) in Aachen, which had existed since 1841 and which had been called the Papal Work for Propagating the Faith (PWG) since 1922 .
In the Munich headquarters of the International Catholic Missionary Organization, the House of the Universal Church , there is the Missio House Chapel , which has been equipped with works by 16 Malawian wood sculptors since 1988 .
Today, missio Aachen and Munich say they have around half a million members together. The work of missio is supported by membership fees and donations.
Tasks and key themes
- Collections in all parishes on World Mission Sunday and the Feast of the Epiphany (Epiphany).
- In addition, missio supports projects in the local churches in Africa , Asia , Oceania and Latin America in the fields of acute aid, pastoral work, training and maintenance.
- In addition, it does educational work to create a universal church awareness in and outside the Catholic Church. The main themes of the mission work are: mission, human rights, charity, peace work and spirituality.
- Support for aid projects from other organizations
Campaigns
missio also reaches out to the public with campaigns to raise awareness of the concerns of people in need in Africa , Asia and Oceania :
- The “Guardian Angel Campaign - For families in need. Worldwide. ”Focuses on the dramatic situation of refugee families in the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been the scene of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II since 1996. Rebel groups in Eastern Congo capture coltan mines and illegally sell the rare ore used to make cell phones. The civilian population is brutally evicted. Rape is used as a weapon of war. Women and families in particular suffer from the unbelievable brutality. A central element of the campaign is the missio truck, a walk-in truck that draws attention to the refugee problem in Africa.
- The campaigns “Solidarity with oppressed Christians” and “Action Signs of Life” present the fate of Christians who are discriminated against, harassed or in some cases persecuted in the Near and Middle East, Africa and Asia. What is important to missio is the role of interreligious dialogue as a means of resolving conflicts and helping Christians under pressure, the indivisibility of the human right to religious freedom, which applies to members of all religions and non-believers alike, and the appeal for tolerance and reconciliation. An example of this is a postcard campaign in 2016 for the Syrian Catholic priest Jacques Mourad , who, despite being kidnapped by terrorists of the so-called “Islamic State” for five months, continues to campaign for peace and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims.
- The “Share Faith. Worldwide. ”Wants to make Christian spirituality from Africa, Asia and Oceania accessible to the people in Germany, which they can use in their everyday life of faith or for church work. missio presents men and women at the same time who bear witness to the loving, philanthropic God in an extraordinary way. In addition to Mother Teresa, these witnesses of faith include the singer Patricia Kelly and missio project partners.
- On the Sunday of World Mission in October, missio designs its central annual campaign every year. Every year the campaign focuses on the church's engagement in the partner countries. On the Sunday of the World Mission (the penultimate Sunday in October; only in Germany on the fourth Sunday) the life of the churches in the "countries of the south" will be discussed and their work in the fight for human rights, charity and peace work will be presented.
- The campaign for Africa Day in Germany benefits church employees who work for freedom, justice and peace in Africa . The donations are used for training and further education. Gundula Gause has been the patron of Africa Day since 2002.
financing
Missio provided financial support to Aachen with 1,192 projects in 2018. In an annual report, missio provides information on the funds received and what happens with these donations, collections and membership fees. The 2018 annual report recorded income of 51 million euros, of which (in million euros): 1.0 sustaining membership fees, 5.1 collections, 19.8 individual donations, 14.5 church tax funds, 4.0 interest. missio has the DZI donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues .
Missio's work in Germany is supported by the pro missio foundation and the ecclesia mundi foundation .
Magazines
- six times a year, missio Aachen publishes the magazine continents - the missio magazine for its members.
- Missio magazin is also published six times a year at missio Munich .
- alle welt is the Missio magazine in Austria.
See also
- Foundation per missio , mission Scientific Institute Missio
- Adveniat , Misereor , Kindermissionswerk , Caritas international , Renovabis
- German Bishops' Conference
- Evangelical Missionary Work
literature
- Fritz Kohlbrunner: Mission In: Volker Drehsen et al. (Ed.): Dictionary of Christianity. Orbis Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-572-00691-0
- Konrad Simons: Missio - The History of a Movement - The International Catholic Missionary Work in Aachen from 1832 , Aachen 1983
- Gregor von Fürstenberg, Irmgard Icking, Hermann Schalück, Klaus Vellguth: Faith. Life. give. 175 years of missio , Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-451-29176-2
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the Board of Directors. In: website of missio Aachen. Retrieved April 19, 2018 .
- ^ "New President for" Die Sternsinger "and missio Aachen" , Vatican News of July 22, 2019
- ^ Members of the Board of Directors. In: website of missio Aachen. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Missio: The National Directorate ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , missio.at, accessed on September 4, 2016.
- ↑ History missio , missionary site
- ^ History of H. Hahn - Beatification Process , website of the Diocese of Aachen
- ↑ Project focus . In: website of missio Aachen. Retrieved April 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Guardian Angel Campaign - For families in need. Worldwide. Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ missio truck "People on the run" , website missio Aachen (accessed on April 19, 2018)
- ^ Action Signs of Life Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ^ Action Signs of Life - Participate and support website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Postcard campaign for Rev. Jacques Mourad Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Spiritual offers for congregations, institutions and private persons Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Pearls of Light - Worldwide network active Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Witnesses of Faith - Discovering Faith together Website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Month of World Mission , website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ Africa Day , website missio Aachen (accessed April 19, 2018)
- ↑ missio annual reports. missio Aachen, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Annual report 2018 (PDF; 5.6 MB) missio Aachen, August 1, 2019, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Donation seal. German Central Institute for Social Issues, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
- ^ Continents - the missio magazine. missio Aachen, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
