Campus Community Dialoque - 170 Years of Diakonia in Würzburg and Lower Franconia
"Love is mine as faith"
This sentence condenses the revolutionary thoughts of Johann Hinrich Wichern, the founding father of Diakonie in Germany. In view of the great hardships in the midst of the upheaval of industrialization, he recognized that the Church must.
the "inner mission", the turning to the neglected and the poor, to the proletariat, as its
Accept task. This marks the beginning of deaconry in Germany. Johann speaks on 20 June 1849.
Hinrich Wichern in the Stephanskirche in Würzburg. This is the beginning of the history of deaconry in our region. For 170 years now, the Diakonie in and around Würzburg has been there for the people who need support, assistance and help.
Diakonia Würzburg is happy to celebrate this anniversary and cordially invites you!
Registration for the symposium is handled by the Diakonisches Werk Würzburg:
Claudia Michaela Kaufhold
Phone: 0931 804 87-56
fax: 0931-804 87-32
e-Mail: kaufhold.bezirksstelle[at]diakonie-wuerzburg.de
- Download the flyer of the event.
- Visit the homepage of the Diakonie Würzburg.