Grüss Gott Zurich – Newsletter of the Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich (November 12, 2021) – kath.ch
Arnold Landtwing, Information Officer General Vicariate: What do good, bad and a man’s handbag have in common? No, that is not one of my ironic questions, it is meant seriously. What seems to be loose herd has a serious background. The answer to the question is provided by the German political scientist and journalist Christiane Florin, who works for Deutschlandfunk, among others, in her ceremonial address for the 50th anniversary of pastoral advisers in Germany. Florin describes the job description as “lay people with full theology studies. Not consecrated, but privy. ” In her incomparable art she looks back half a century. And at the end of her speech she says: “A thoughtless way of doing things, an“ Ad multos annos ”, as is customary in upscale Catholic circles, a“ Every crisis is a Schangse ”wisdom you don’t deserve,” about three remarkable wishes to give: To equality, to defend oneself and to be free. Worth reading and considering! Christiane Florin’s experiences are located in the Rhineland, where the river flows slowly. If you already remember that the church profession of pastoral assistants is celebrating an anniversary, could it be that. Dies flows back to the sources of the same river in the diocese of Chur?
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