Katholische Junge Gemeinde

Katholische junge Gemeinde

Abbreviation	KjG
Formation	June 17, 1970
Type	German non-profit youth organization
Purpose	association of young Catholics and Catholic local groups
Headquarters	Düsseldorf,  Germany
Membership	80.000 members in 24 diocesan organizations
Presidents	Anne Schirmer Marc Eickelkamp
Praeses	Eva-Maria Düring
Secretary-General	Peter Dübbert
Website	www.kjg.de

The "Katholische junge Gemeinde" (short: "KjG") is one of the big German Catholic youth organizations. KjG has got a democratic structure and local groups in all over Germany (mainly in Catholic parishes) with in total about 80.000 members. The KjG is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap and the German umbrella of Catholic youth organizations BDKJ.

History

See also: Overview of the history of KjG on the homepage of KjG (on German)

• 1896: The "Katholische Jungmännerverband" (translation: Catholic organization of young men) is founded. It is the predecessor organization of the "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" (KJG, translation: Catholic society of young men).
• 1915: The national organization of "Katholische Jungfrauenvereine Deutschlands" (translation: Catholic organizations of young women in Germany), the predecessor organization of "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" (KFG, translation: Catholic society of young women), is founded.
• 1938: Catholic youth organizations were forbidden in Germany by the NS regime.
• 1947: The "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" (KJG, translation: Catholic society of young men) is founded.
• 1954: The "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" (KFG, translation: Catholic society of young women) is founded.
• 1970: The "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" and the "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" merge to the "Katholische junge Gemeinde" (KjG, translation: Catholic young society).
• 2005: KjG organized with Fimcap the a centre for international exchange during the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne named „feel the spirit" and visited by more than 20,000 pilgrims.
• 2010: KjG hosted the General Assembly of Fimcap in Munich.
• 2013: More than 100 groups of KjG took part with projects in the 72 hours campaign, the biggest social campaign of young people in Germany.
• 2014: In the year of the European elections 2014 KjG organized the nationwide project "YOUrope - Strippenzieher*innen für eine jugendgerechte EU". The aim of the project was to encourage young people to think about youth rights and to show them possible ways to participate in political processes.^[1]

Patron and Motto

The patron of KjG is Thomas More (1477–1535). The motto of KjG is "I never thought of consenting to a matter, if it would defy my morals." This quote is attributed to Thomas More.^[2]

Thomas More - patron of KjG

Structure

Diocesan organizations

Diocesan organizations of KjG
KjG Aachen[3]
KjG Augsburg[4]
KjG Bamberg[5]
KjG Berlin[6]
KjG Eichstätt[7]
KjG Essen[8]
KjG Freiburg[9]
KjG Fulda[10]
KjG Hamburg[11]
KjG Hildesheim[12]
KjG Köln[13]
KjG Limburg[14]
KjG Magdeburg[15]
KjG Mainz[16]
KjG München & Freising[17]
KjG Münster[18]
KjG Osnabrück[19]
KjG Passau[20]
KjG Paderborn[21]
KjG Regensburg[22]
KjG Rottenburg-Stuttgart[23]
KjG Speyer[24]
KjG Trier[25]
KjG Würzburg[26]

References

1. Homepage der KjG: YOUrope
2. Homepage of KjG
3. Homepage of KjG Aachen
4. Homepage of KjG Augsburg
5. Homepage of KjG Bamberg
6. Homepage of KjG Berlin
7. Homepage of KjG Eichstätt
8. Homepage of KjG Essen
9. Homepage of KjG Freiburg
10. Homepage of KjG Fulda
11. Homepage of KjG Hamburg
12. Homepage of KjG Hildesheim
13. Homepage of KjG Köln
14. Homepage of KjG Limburg
15. Homepage of KjG Magdeburg
16. Homepage of KjG Mainz
17. Homepage of KjG München & Freising
18. Homepage of KjG Münster
19. Homepage of KjG Osnabrück
20. Homepage of KjG Passau
21. Homepage of KjG Paderborn
22. Homepage of KjG Regensburg
23. Homepage of KjG Rottenburg-Stuttgart
24. Homepage of KjG Speyer
25. Homepage of KjG Trier
26. Homepage of KjG Würzburg

External links

• Homepage of KjG