Sports pastoral care
The Sports Chaplaincy (also sports chaplaincy , sports ministry ) is called - like the artist chaplaincy - a pastoral work for athletes, particularly peak and athletes . It is particularly offered at major sporting events. The best known is the Olympic pastoral care.
A sports pastor or sports minister ( Sports Chaplain ) takes care of the spiritual and spiritual needs of athletes and coaches and serves them pastorally. Well-known representatives of sports pastoral care are the Protestant theologian Karl Zeiß and the Austrian Salesian father Bernhard Maier.
Origin / history
After the Israeli Olympic delegation was taken hostage in Munich in 1972 and its tragic end, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) determined that pastoral support was needed at the Olympic Games. International Sports Chaplains from different denominational backgrounds are available to them.
Area of responsibility
A sports pastor or sports pastor takes care of the personal concerns of the athletes and coaches. He also leads athletes' church services, visits the sick and cares for the soul of the athletes and coaches in one-to-one conversations.
Representative
- Karl Zeiß, German Protestant sports pastor, is considered a pioneer in sports pastoral care
- Jörg Walcher, non-denominational Olympic and top sport chaplain, co-editor of the winter sports bible
- Hans Günter Schmidts, General Manager of SRS Germany Altenkirchen
- Vinci Carrillo, Head of Athletes in Action
literature
- Bernhard Maier: Sport today. A socio-ethical challenge. 25 years of Catholic Olympic and top sport pastoral care in Austria. 1972-1997. 1998.
- Michael Sieber: Sports pastoral care. Theory and practice of the biblical image of man in sport 2001. In: icf.ch from June 3, 2015.
- Bernhard Maier: sport, ethics, religion. A little summa ethica athletica. 2004.
Web links
- Olympic pastor: "Games connect people". from February 15, 2010 on vaticanhistory.de
- Athletes in Action from June 3, 2015 on athletes.ch
- SRS - Sportler calls athletes from June 3rd on srsonline.de