Religious children's week
Religious Children's Weeks (RKW) are events organized by Catholic parishes for children and young people. They serve the thematic examination of religious content, such as experiencing the Christian community, praying together, eating, playing and learning religious content in catechesis .
history
The Religious Children's Weeks were invented in the early days of the GDR by Catholic parishes as a counterpoint to the holiday games of the state schools, so that the education of the children was not based on it alone. The meetings took place in the community rooms for a week under adult supervision.
Meaning and process
Today the Religious Children's Weeks are particularly popular in East Germany, but are also gaining popularity in West German parishes. In general, an RKW is usually associated with a trip. Every year adults deal with the children of the community on new topics. The content of the RKW is prepared annually by a diocese and published as a material package at St. Benno Verlag Leipzig.
There are first attempts to organize ecumenical religious children's weeks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b St. Katharinen eV ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2007 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.
- ↑ a b Lexicon Church & Religion on kathweb.de
