Pastoral assistant
Pastoral assistant is a term used for various offices in the Roman Catholic Church .
Germany
In Germany , the pastoral assistant is a person who is in training (professional introduction) to become a pastoral consultant.
Austria
In Austria , the pastoral assistant is a similar position, which does not necessarily require a university degree in theology , but can also be exercised after completing a secondary vocational school, such as the seminar for church professions .
Switzerland
In Switzerland , the pastoral assistant is a person with a fully completed theological training, but without ordination , who works in parish pastoral care. Even secularized priests were appointed to positions in which they as a pastoral assistant or as a lay theologian were called. The term pastoral assistant is sometimes also used in Protestant free churches, for example in Pentecostal churches or the Adventists.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See http://www.skb.at/ausbildung_seminarform.html
- ↑ Alois Schuler: What does the Holy Spirit mean by that? 40 years of lay theologians in the diocese of Basel . In: Church Today . Parish journal community of Northwestern Switzerland. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
