Schoenstatt Institute for Diocesan Priests

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Guest and conference house Berg Moriah, 56337 Simmern WW. - Seat of the management of the Schoenstatt Institute for Diocesan Priests

The Schoenstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests (also known as the Association of Priests ) is a branch of the Schoenstatt Movement and is a secular institute of the Catholic Church for priests . The international community includes over 200 priests from 21 countries.

The members are all incardinated in a diocese and are fully available for their service in the diocese. In contrast to this, the Schoenstatt Fathers do not belong to any diocese, but are incardinated in the secular institute.

Further priestly communities within the Schoenstatt Family are the Schoenstatt Priestly Union and the Schoenstatt Priestly League , each with less far-reaching ties between the members and the community. Together with them, the diocesan priests also share responsibility in the pastoral care of the other branches of the Schoenstatt Movement.

history

Father Josef Kentenich , the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, initiated the community of diocesan priests on October 18, 1945, a few months after his return from the concentration camp. A young generation of priests started anew in 1964 and worked out the final statutes.

The community achieved canonical recognition in 1989 when it was established as a secular institute of diocesan law in the Diocese of Trier . Due to the cross-diocesan and international expansion of the community, it was established on October 18, 1995 under papal law.

Community

The international community is led by a Rector General and four General Councils who together form the General Government. Christian Löhr is the General Rector (as of January 20, 2017).

The community is divided into six regions, three of which are in Europe and one in Central America, one in South America and one in Africa.

Each region is headed by a regional rector who is assisted by several regional councils. Within a region, the community is divided into groups, each headed by a group rector.

Known members

literature

  • Peter Wolf: Schoenstatt Institute Diocesan Priests . In: Hubertus Brantzen (Ed.): Schoenstatt Lexicon: Facts - Ideas - Life . 2nd unchanged edition. Patris-Verlag, Vallendar 2002, ISBN 3-87620-195-0 ( moriah.de ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Management, structure and distribution ( Memento of October 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - moriah.de (as of September 28, 2011)
  2. ^ Zollitsch becomes chairman of the Bishops' Conference - Welt.de (February 12, 2008).