Blessing campaign for vacationers: Church tangible in Sommerach!
Blessing campaign for vacationers: Church tangible in Sommerach!
Tourist pastoral care is becoming increasingly important to make people in vacation regions spiritual offers. Ilse Waldenmeier, municipal officer in the pastoral area of Sankt Benedikt of the diocese of Würzburg, took responsibility for tourism pastoral care in October 2022. After 30 years in various pastoral services, she brings a breath of fresh air to this pilot project, which aims to get in touch with tourists and enable unexpected encounters outside the church. Sonntagsblatt reports that Waldenmeier attaches particular importance to giving church and being present where people are, such as in vineyards.
One of the special offers is an ecumenical blessing with the title "Gönn 'you blessing", which will take place on the wine yoga swings in Sommerach on July 22nd from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This campaign offers religious impulses and an open ear for the concerns of the visitors. Pastor Mareike Rathje emphasizes that it is important to go to people with low -threshold actions. Anonymity is made possible, which helps the participants feel their worries and fears taken seriously.
spiritual offers on vacation
The importance of leisure and vacation should not be underestimated. These time -outs should strengthen the body, mind and soul and offer space for spiritual reflection. Questions about meaning, biography, interpersonal relationships and ethical values are focused on. How the website of the leisure and tourism pastoral care informs the leisure pastoral to create new approaches to Christian life knowledge and to offer prospects for a fulfilling life.
Although special services are not offered for tourists, Waldenmeier plans spiritual walks and hikes to give travelers access to faith and community. In doing so, she brings prayer books and singing books and is ready to pray or sing with people. However, she does not provide information about leisure or gastronomic offers to focus on spiritual experience.
support for tourism regions
The department "Church and Tourism" offers support for parishes and facilities in regions with a high number of tourists. This includes the planning and implementation of pastoral and pedagogical offers for vacationers and hotel employees. An example of such offers is the camping church at the Gohren campsite in Kressbronn, which provides pedagogical and religious offers during the summer holidays and also searches for volunteers.
The cooperation with other institutions, such as the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the Evangelical Landeskirchen Baden and Württemberg, enables a variety of offers in the touristy regions of Baden-Württemberg, including the National Park, the Lake Constance region, the Allgäu and the Tripsdrill wildlife paradise. The church is also present with an information and advisory status at the CMT Caravan- Motor- Touristik Messe in Stuttgart to present further opportunities.
The initiatives in tourism pastoral care are not only aimed at accompanying vacationers during their break, but also act in everyday life and encourage people to deal with their faith.
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